Santa Photo 2010

I pretty much knew this would be a crying photo but I think that it turned out even better than expected...I mean if you are going to have a crier, why not go with the full out SCREAM!!!

Merry Christmas 2010

Now I am regretting that I didn't send this out as our Christmas Card, it is classic!

SPEECHLESS

Speechless, that is what I was when Esther sent me over these photos she took of Blakely last weekend!!! I am in love with everything about them and especially this little girl! She is the light of our lives and I can't imagine life without her. She is spunky and stubborn and keeps me on my toes. At 11 months old (how did that happen) she is so much fun. She really started walking this week and it is fun to see her get right back up even when she falls down. We are so excited to head home for the holidays, I know she is going to have a blast trying to keep up with all her cousins!

P.S. Esther is amazing check out her blog here

if you do you can see Blakely and the love of her life sharing a moment, it is to die for!

Christmas Miracle

I got an early Christmas Present this year...I waited awhile to announce this becasue I didn't want to jinx myself but it is true, a miracle has occured and my little one is sleeping through the night!!! Oh the blessed day has come and I am loving my life. After several failed attempts at sleep training and a very sick baby it has happened and seems to be here to stick. We even have a real nap schedule. So for all those out there who have felt my pain dreams do come true!

SHE IS A WILD ONE BUT SHE HAS TO SLEEP SOMETIME!!!

Bad Luck...or trying to tell us something?

I just want to start this post by saying that I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP!!! And I can't stop laughing right now.....
About 30 minutes ago I was going through my pictures getting ready to do a post about going and getting our Christmas tree. It is a tradition that I love and I have been holding on to my love for going to get a real tree over surrenduring to the fake... For those of you who have been following my blog for a while you probably haven't forgotten about our mishap with the Christmas tree but if you are new to H and E than take a look at this and this before you continue on!
Anyhoo so there I am sitting there looking at my cute pictures we took the other night thinking that I am grateful that I am not the pregnant one this year (Simone is much cuter pregnant than me) when I hear a crash. I had just put Miss B down so before I could even think what was that? I could only think I hope that didn't wake her up. As I turned the corner to see that our tree had tipped over....YES THAT IS THE TRUTH, I could not stop laughing. I honestly have no idea why or how it tipped, it was the perfect little tree and had no lean to it, and we even had the EXPENSIVE stand. I had to call Hank to come home from a church meeting to help me get the tree back up and get the water damage but the whole time we just could not stop lauging.
Maybe we are not meant to have a real tree but I will keep pushing forward!!! In the meantime will someone come redecorate my tree because it was too much work the first time???

BEFORE



AFTER

Before the drama I would have posted all these cute pictures and talked about how much fun we had for the second year in the row picking out a tree with the Dahls, saying we better pick a good one this year not like the LEMON that tipped over last year. So here we are!

 Creepy Santa?? Yes mam!

Can you hardly wait until next year's Christmas Tree post???