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A little catch up

1/5/2013

Project 365 days 3, 4, and 5... i realized I can't possibly title EVERY post for the rest of the year project 365 because, well, how boring. And my mom is ALREADY giving me a hard time about WHERE ARE YOUR DAILY PHOTOS! I said I would take daily photos but proooooobably won't post them daily!!! :)

So.... January 3... was a bit of a rough day. Mark is out of town, for 3 weeks. Like, out of the country out of town. And Jackson has thrush and was tough work, and on this particular day, Riley had a massive meltdown and cried so hard she broke blood vessels under her eyes... I mean, WHAT? The best I could manage on that day was an iphone picture, because, well, it was just that kind of a day. Those dots under her eyes are NOT freckles.

January 4, 2013. I can't keep up with this little boy with his tongue stickin' out. He's going to be 11 months old in 2 days. How did that happen?

January 5, 2013. Today. Had a bit of fun with my macro lens and my little piano playing monkey. :)

And now we're alllll caught up... :)

January 3, 4, and 5, 2013....

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December fun!

12/25/2012

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This month FLEW by. Hard to believe Christmas has already come and gone!!! December is definitely one of my favorite months of the year, and this year was no different. We do lots of fun holiday things, lots of holiday traditions. We hung all the ornaments on the trees, with "help" from the little ones. Riley was really into it this year, and Jackson just wanted to eat the ornaments and pull them OFF the tree.

December is the season for holiday cards, and I wasn't organized enough to book family portraits for ourselves this fall, so I attempted to do them myself. I swear it must be the photographer's curse, to have children that just do not want to cooperate for family photos. And of course, despite finally getting a photo and ordering my cards on time... I still haven't sent them out. So you may get one in January or so.

But hey, at least my kids looked cute, right? Riley put that headband on herself and refused to take it off, which is why it's practically backwards, but that's alright. Gives her outfit a little character.

We made sugar cookies and decorated gingerbread houses, which really mean Riley ate all the sprinkles and candies while I tried to make things look pretty. But it was still fun, and very very messy!!

We had Christmas-themed movie nights and read stories in front of the Christmas tree. We read all kinds of Christmas books and talked about Santa and reindeer and elves, and all things Christmas-related.

Christmas trees are magical things to babies. The lights, the texture, the ornaments... and Christmas trees with trains around them? Even better.

I really really wanted ONE picture of my two little ones sitting next to each other in front of the tree. Oh man I had to work so hard for it, now that Jackson doesn't sit still for a minute, and Riley is just a wild woman! This might have been the best one I got!!

Since Riley loved Christmas lights so much, we decided to take her and Jackson to this special street in Alameda with tons and tons of amazing Christmas lights. I thought it would be better to get out and walk so we could see them all up close and personal, but it was a little cold and I think Riley probably would have liked it better being in the car. But it was still pretty awesome!

A few other highlights leading up to Christmas (actual Christmas photos have yet to be uploaded and edited...)
Jackson trying to attack the trains around the Christmas tree... kid can move at lightning speeds!

Riley's very first present she got to open from her Aunt Jennie. Her very own Minnie Mouse power wheels.

And? Her very first haircut. She didn't even flinch, probably because Elmo was on and she got to sit in a cool car chair. Mark practically forced me to take her to get her haircut, but I must say it looks pretty darn cute, and it's even MORE curly now!

We had a fabulous Christmas, full of lots of family, presents, food, and pictures!!! Coming soon, I hope! Happy Holidays, friends and family!!!

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Some more Hawaii...

12/12/2012

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I'll be honest, I hate sharing old old photos (like, almost a month old). BUT, it motivates me to actually sit down and at least do a quick edit of them, which makes catching up on yearly albums so much faster, so here we are. More Hawaii! Yay!

We had some fun on the fake animals at a local hotel... and of course, we had tons and tons of beaches and pools, and Riley loved the tiny playground the most...

But we did manage to sneak over to the beach a few times! These photos below were not easy to get! Not when you have a toddler that is less than thrilled with the ocean!

The next series is my fave. Thinking about ordering one of them BIG. On a canvas.

We tried every way we could think to try and get Riley to not be afraid of the ocean. She watched us go in, she put her feet in, we held her close, we told her the dolphins and seahorses and fishies lived in there (yay!), but nothing worked. She is clinging to Mark for dear life here...

And poor poor Jacky boy. The kid does not do well in warm weather. And it wasn't even THAT warm, maybe 80? He gets all hot and breaks out in a rash, and he's uncomfortable and itchy, and so I decided to try and help cool him off, to give him a taste of frozen yogurt. Well, not 10 minutes later, his face got all swollen and itchy and he was absolutely miserable. Hello allergic reaction. Luckily it was a wild one, and I was able to get him to sleep by walking him along the ocean, so it wasn't all bad.

Sigh. So after realizing the beach was probably not our friend, we spent some more time at the playground.

Always guaranteed to get some smiles from this little munchkin!

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A little catch up

December fun!

Some more Hawaii...

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