Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Sunday Photos
After church we tried to get a few good pictures for all three girls together. It is quite difficult to get everyone to smile and to look at the camera at the same time... and make sure that they don't drop the baby! (No children were harmed in the making of these photographs.
Start with the individual pictures of the subjects most willing to be photographed!


Perhaps they will throw in a fancy "ballet" move without being asked.

Work your way up to two kids in a picture. All is still going well.

Add an infant with little head control and a four year old who is not so experienced at holding babies.


Try having the baby sit in between the bigger girls. Not working either, we still cant see that precious little face.



Forget about having the baby sit up and have two small children hold her.


That is a little better except for the fact that the baby is now crying!

Everyone is now looking at the camera . What you can't see is the big sister was not able to maintain her ladylike posture while holding baby, causing her undies to show and forcing mommy to shift and crop the picture.

Poor Violet is now about to fall, Pearl is distracted and Rose is over this photo shoot.
PS. Check out Pearl's shoes and Violet's rolls on those chubby legs.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Beach Babes













Monday, August 17, 2009

Two months... too Cute!










I took Violet's two months pictures and had a hard time picking just a few to post since they were all adorable to me. She is a happy baby (when we are holding her!) and loves to smile and coo at daddy and mommy. Violet has stolen all of our hearts and we are so happy to have her in our family. She has slept through the night twice and we are praying for more nights like that. I don't know how much she weighs but my arms say she is HEAVY! I am guessing she is at least 14 pounds, we will see next week at her check-up. She has outgrown all of her 0-3 months clothes and is outgrowing some of her 3-6 months clothes. Happy Birthday Violet!

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Violet's Plate
(photos are a month old)







I have made a plate for all of the girls, but this time I put her footprints on it and I love it. I also realized that my husband can write neater then I can so I brought him along. He did the writing and I painted the flowers.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Can you see the resemblance?
Pearl and I were out shopping and came upon a magazine rack with Michael Jackson's photo. I wanted to see if all of this crazy media explosion had reached my two year old and if she recognized Michael Jackson? I held up this magazine and asked her "Pearl do you know who this is?" she stared at the picture for a minute and then answered "Daddy!" (several people were within hearing distance). I replied "No Pearl, but he has the same name as Daddy!" Pearl then said "Prince Charming!", which is what she calls Mike, when she is playing Cinderella! Maybe I should file a paternity suit and get in on the money!

Ya just gotta love Pearl she sure makes us laugh!




Tuesday, August 04, 2009

New customers can get $10 of free food from Schwan's delivered to their door! No obligation, but only to the first 500,000 people, so get it before it's gone! I ordered a 2 lb bag of Six Cheese Tortellini (serves 9) which was $9.99, and the total came to $0 with free delivery!

Click here enter your zip code and then it should say "Congratulations" and then click "start shopping" to browse. Put something that is $10 or less into your cart (of course you can order something for more than $10 and just pay the difference). When you've decided, click checkout and then it will tell you to register for an account. Enter your information (no credit card needed) and then click on your cart again and your item should still be there. Click checkout and confirm all the info, pick a delivery day (someone will need to be home all day unless you want to pay for a $4.99 freezer bag).

Yay for free food and easy meal prep! :-)

Sunday, August 02, 2009

Pictures for the grandparents and aunties


Look at that double chin

Bedtime stories with daddy

Creative play at it's best. Pearl is a baby with a broken leg!

Sweet girl

Taking a bottle from mommy

Miss Photogenic

Rosey Rosey

Look ma, the corn is taller then me!
Our sweet corn is so tasty.

Crunchy cucumbers!

Another one of Pearl's fun outfits.