Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Babies' First Christmas

Mia and Ava are in a new stage of development which is going to make picture taking during the holidays a bit difficult.  First, they are on the move.  Is isn't easy to get both of them in a picture, anymore.  If I do manage to get them together, inevitably, one of them ends up looking goofy.  I'll get one child with a perfect smile and the other is covered in slobber.  Work with me girls! I might as well be dressed like I'm going to the beach because it gets so hot chasing, placing, and smile-making. Anyway, I digress. 

The second issue is that these girls have developed major stranger anxiety.  They cling to us like crazy when we enter a room full of people.  The desperation in their cries is just plain pitiful.  Needless to say, I think we are going to be too busy keeping the girls calm to worry about getting the perfect picture. 

I've been working feverishly on a little insurance policy just in case we don't get to take all the pictures we want:
Is Santa coming?

 Practicing with the cookies and milk

Mia choosing a story

We read a holiday story every night

Ava coming down the stairs

Mia in her Christmas Tutu

Someone likes presents

Ava's Christmas Tutu
What's in the box?

Ready for their First Christmas

Ava's Christmas Eve outfit

Mia's Christmas Eve outfit

Our little present

Our other little present

1 comment:

  1. Too sweet! Trust, I know how taking pics of your kids can be sweaty & exhausting, especially as they get older because then they just don't listen to you when you say, "smile, look at the camera, look at mommy, look at me, look at the circle!!!" Ugh!!! Somehow we have a ton of Christmas books we read every night too. I've been making a collection of books for each holiday & then I pack them away with all the decor at the end so it's new to them again next year. I'm going to do the wrap thing I saw on Pinterest though. That way there is no arguing over which book we are reading tonight!

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