Say Cheese ... Please?!?!

I practically had to beg Gabe to let me to take some pictures of him.  He was NOT excited to wear the Santa hat, nor did he want to wear Daddy's Christmas tie!  So opinionated these days :)  This is all I got  after saying ... "smile!!! and say cheese!!  Please??!!" ... about a thousand times ...


I love this sweet guy!  You are growing up too fast :(

Here Comes Santa Claus ...

We have a Santa hat in our coat closet ... I'm not really sure where it came from!  Abby and I decided to have a little fun with it today :)  We threw in an ornament and Daddy's scarf for distractions.  We hope you are having a very Merry Holiday Season!

(Gabe's pictures will be next!)

Had to throw in the sweet feet just because

Just For Fun ...

I took a few pictures of Abby today while Gabe was napping.  I tried to coax Gabe into picture taking while Abby was asleep, but he wanted to play instead :)  I took these so I could play around with coloring in my post processing.  I'm still trying to find my style ... I can't decide what I like best!!  Let me know which one is your favorite!  They are all kind of similar

Just added this one because I love her lashes :)

Merry & Bright!

I LOVE this time of year, and having little ones only makes it brighter!  They are so sweet!  Abby loves the lights and the ornaments ... she is actually pretty gentle with them.  Gabe is learning some of the Christmas songs, he mostly sings jingle bells.  I've never really heard him sing along to something in the car, but when a version of Jingle Bells came on he belted it out!  Melted my heart and made me smile.  We really want to instill the true meaning of Christmas in our kids ... JESUS!  We read the story of Christmas every night before bed, and each night Gabe picks up on something new.  He thinks it is the neatest thing that the angel's name is Gabriel.  :) We also have our wonderful Jesse Tree that our dearest Megs made for us!  You can do so many things with a Jesse Tree, and after much searching, we finally found a devotional/tradition that will work for our family ... You can check it out HERE and read more about what a Jesse Tree is!  Many blessings to you all this Christmas season!