Pretty Lil Woman

... all dressed up for her baptism and lookin cute as can be!

with her Godparents, Aunt Kelly & Uncle Ron

Someone got a taste of the cake... hmmm...

The gang's all here! Great Grandparents, Grandparents, Sisters & Our Kiddos

Yummy!

Wow, can you believe Caroline is 4 months old already? Neither can we! Our little woman is growing up so fast! On the bright side, the 4 month milestone means Caroline gets to start testing out food... starting, of course, with some runny rice cereal!

And yes, that is indeed big brother you hear in the background cheering her on... he's definitely her biggest fan! =)

Drumroll Please...

Guess what Caroline learned to do yesterday?! Woohoo, you go girl!

Merry Christmas!

Ho Ho Ho Christmas 5x7 folded card

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Jackson's 2!!

My oh my how the time has flown over the past two years. It's hard to believe our little baby boy is now 2 years old! It's so cliche to say, but it really does seem like just yesterday we were rushing to the hospital and he was a teeny, tiny little bundle of perfection. He's still perfection - just a much bigger and sometimes sassier version! =)

We just finished up a three day extravaganza to celebrate... Thursday party at daycare, Friday fun with Mommy, Daddy and Caroline on Jackson's birthday, and then a Saturday party with all the family over. We were ALL pooped Sunday (and even Monday), but it was all worth it as we had an amazing time!

Goofing around - jumping on the bed in one of Daddy's high school baseball jerseys

Always lots of love for his sister!

Digging his new Fisher Price iXL game... woohoo! So glad, because we apparently could have made a FORTUNE on ebay as this has turned into one of the hot toys this season... who knew we had such great intuition?!

Neato Mickey Mouse birthday cake

Blowing out the candles with Daddy

Everybody Smile!

Finally, we did it! After a blizzard-induced reschedule, we were able to skip off to the studio and get some pics done. It was a big day... Christmas pics, Caroline's 3 months and Jackson's 2 year pictures (goodness where has time gone?!), and we even had time to swing by to say hi to Santa!

Both kiddos really did great and we had no major meltdowns that couldn't be solved by a bottle of milk (Caroline) or an Oreo (Jackson)! =) And of course, the best part is we got some wonderful pics of our two cuties to capture the memories!

Deck the Halls

I LOVE putting up the Christmas trees (yes, we put up two) each year... and this year was no exception as Jackson was able to help out and had an absolute blast doing so. He really loves hanging up the decorations... and maybe once he's taller than 3 feet we'll have a few more decorations a little higher up on the trees =) Luckily Daddy was available to act as the ladder!

And how did miss Caroline enjoy the festivities, you ask? Well, I'd say she was pretty darn pleased with the whole thing, don't you think?!

Tis the Season

We made it through Thanksgiving, the tree is up and signs of Christmas are appearing throughout the house. Next up, another of my favorite parts of the season - picking out the family Christmas card (and of course the photo to go on it)! As I have for the past few years, I'll once again be ordering ours from Shutterfly - especially because they have an absolutely wonderful promotion for bloggers to earn 50 free cards! Check it out at http://bit.ly/sfly2010

Since the kiddos have come along, we seem to be racking up more and more purchases from Shutterfly. Of course, I can't complain as I'm always a satisfied customer! We've made custom calendars the past two years. This year we used pictures of Jackson each month from the previous year, so we have a "then and now" comparison - it's rather fun to see what he was doing during each month last year and compare to now! And since our little man is such a book lover, we have several custom photo books as well that I've designed - our vacation to Shedd Aquarium and Brookfield, ABCs, Plains and Trains, and most recently a Colors book... Jackson loves them all!

Our birth announcements for both kids also came from Shutterfly; although after ordering Caroline's I noticed that I must favor designs by Stacy Clair Boyd at Shutterfly, as it seems both last year's Christmas card and her announcement are rather similar... ooops =) I promise to studiously review all the Christmas Photo Cards and holiday photo cards available to ensure this doesn't happen again and we will have a new, unused design this year! There are literally hundreds to choose from, the hardest part will be making the final decision!

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Happy Thanksgiving

Caroline's first Thanksgiving... she couldn't have a prouder big brother! We certainly have a lot of blessings to be thankful for here! =)

Farmin...

Check out how well Papa can multitask... combining corn + wrangling both Jackson & Caroline! =)