Professional Photos

We did a family photo shoot with my friend Nia from Noyan Photography. She did an amazing job with our pictures and I am thrilled with how they turned out. I had the hardest time choosing which ones to include on the blog so I picked a bunch and it was hard to even limit it to 20! I hope you love them as much as I do.

Kristen Elsie is 3!

Happy Birthday beautiful girl! It's so hard to believe my first baby is already three years old. It's sounds so cliche, but it is imazing how fast they grow. Kristen had her birthday party yesterday with lots of friends and family. The weather was gorgeous, so we were able to spend most of the day outside, which made for an extra fun party. The day was filled with running around, dancing, and several games of Ring Around the Rosie. My little 3 year old is a princess at heart and had been anticipating her "Ariel Princess" party for weeks. I was more than happy to oblige her.

Here is a picture from today, her actual birthday, wearing one of her birthday presents. She is in love with her Belle dress.

Kristen's Ariel birthday cake

Sampling the marshmallow pops

Timmy had a lot of fun running around outside.

One of the many games of Ring Around the Rosie

Showing off her princess crown

She had a blast opening her presents.

Here she is riding her first bike! A gift from Mom and Dad.

Singing Happy Birthday to the birthday girl!

Kristen trying to blow out her candles

Christmas Morning!

Christmas morning is so much more exciting with little children. Kristen and Timmy were very excited when they woke up. I didn't expect it, but Timmy was very into opening the presents. I thought he might still be a bit too young to get excited about it, but I was wrong.

Snow and the Zoo!

Merry Christmas! I haven't been keeping up with the blog updates lately, so the Christmas photos will have to wait for another post. Last weekend we went to the mall to visit Santa and it snowed! Well not really, but they did have a snow machine and the kids were fascinated by it. Here are a few pictures.

Last Saturday we met some friends of ours at the Phoenix Zoo for Zoolights. We had a lot of fun, despite it being insanely crowded.

Kristen gets some of the most spectacular bedhead hair I've seen. I just had to share with all of you.

And finally, here is Kristen showing off her new dress she wore to Christmas Mass.

I promise more pictures from Christmas as well as our professional photoshoot will be coming soon!

Goodnight Gorilla

Watching this video makes me want to go pick up Timmy and snuggle him right now! Here he is reading his favorite book, Goodnight Gorilla. He loves the brightly colored pictures.

Playing the drum

Kristen and Timmy love playing with their drum. Grandpa Dave made this drum for Kristen for her 2nd birthday. Thank you Grandpa Dave!

Halloween pictures!

Ok, so I'm not that great at getting pictures up in a timely fashion. I can admit it. But here are our picturse from Halloween night. The kids had a great time trick-or-treating in our neighborhood.

Has there ever been a cuter Pooh pumpkin?

My gorgeous Tinkerbell

Trick-or-Treating!

Once again, Timmy demonstrates why it's hard to be the little brother to a 2 year old girl who loves dresses and all things pink.

The Pumpkin Patch

Last weekend we made our yearly trip to the pumpkin patch. It as a bit hard to feel the fall spirit since it was almost 90 degrees, but we still had a good time.

Kristen modeling her pumpkin shirt before we left.

Here are Kristen and Mommy just after we arrived at the farm.

Here is Kristen measuring up.

Timmy had a good time too!

Kristen the scarecrow!

Navigating the hay bale maze.

So proud at the end of the maze!

This is the tractor that pulled our hay ride. The driver let Kristen test out the seat after our ride.

Our cute pumpkins posing in the patch.