Visiting Santa

We took a trip last night to see Santa. 

It went fairly good, except for we didn't get either girl on his lap and Rick and I were forced to be in the picture.  

Clara liked him from a distance, Bree didn't want anything to do with it at all.

Last year, Bree was much happier about Santa. Not really digging the whole situation

this year. 

Santa visit 2012, done and done!

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!

Love, our Mini Minnies

A Little Pool Time

 It was a nice, warm 80 degrees yesterday.

The girls and I jumped over to the store and bought a little wade pool and made the most of the warm weather.

There were smiles and laughs all around.
I look at these pictures and think that it defines what pure happiness looks like.
Nothing makes me more happy then to know that both of them will never be alone,
they will always have each other.
Always have a little friend to play with....

Those chubby legs...I die over them.

Bath Time Shenanigans

My girls have always loved bath time...

up until a few months ago.

Around the time they turned one they started absolutely hating the bath tub. 

It was so strange because they both started hating it at exactly the same time.

Both Rick and I would loathe giving them baths because they would scream bloody murder and reach for us to get them out.

My mom suggested I try bathing them in the sink to see if it would help and much to my surprise it did!

Hopefully soon we can phase back into the big bath tub
but for now this works...

One Year Pictures

I finally got the girls one year pictures taken this past weekend.

So, I guess these are more like 13 month pictures but we will still call them "one year pictures" :)

I'm glad they are done and I am happy this cute stage they are in is documented. 

The pictures went well until half way into the shoot when we were changing into the second outfit,
Clara fell off a bench and fell flat on the floor.
Her mouth started bleeding and we had to give her a little TLC for a minute, but in good Clara fashion she continued to pull out those ear to ear smiles.

Because of the mishap, the second outfit(their Easter dress and pink bow) didn't get much camera time.

Oh well.
I love our little beauties and can't believe how much they have changed in the past few months.
Enjoy!

A Birthday Party, for Bree and Clara

We had so much fun celebrating Bree and Clara turning one!
I loved planning this special day for my little ladies.
I am happy most of our closest friends and family could be there to share this day with us. We missed those who couldn't come.
I had a ton of help with food, the cakes, setting up and cleaning up. We are lucky to have such great people in our life.
We had the party at our town home's clubhouse and it turned out great!

Bree and Clara did great with their cakes, they dug right in. All that pretty pink frosting made for some cute pictures.
Afterwards they were so messy we ditched the clothes and they spent the rest of the night opening presents and playing with their new toys shirtless. It was so cute to see them crawling around everywhere with their little chubby tummies hanging out.
We had a blast!