Pink Dress

This one cracks me UP! Both girls lookin' at Katie and I like, "What do you want from us?"

Dancer Girl

These next few posts are from a photo shoot one of my BFFs did back in January of the little girls. Seriously check her out she rocks!!!

A Day in the life of LILY

I LOVE Ella's look here, like "What is that big black thing, and why to you keep saying my name over and over?"

I call this series the "JUNGLE ANIMAL" series

A Picture of a Picture

Her dog Whitey, with the Gabriella wig on.

Sometimes when I am needing a break and just want to "veg" on the computer for a second I come up with many busying? tasks for a 3 year old to occupy her time. One of these is to let her take the camera around the house to take about a hundred pictures, then she brings them back to me and we discuss her work. Like "Wow, I like the angle you used here" or "That toy pairing really brings out their best features" Anyway, here is a sampling of her recent work. ENJOY!

Chipped Tooth and the Gabriella Dress

So excuse the bad picture but it's the only good shot of her chipped tooth, which happened Thursday afternoon while trying to run fast as lighting up our front porch steps. Lily was soooo sad after this happened, I think mainly because as a princess she couldn't fathom a "crazy chunked tooth" (her words) on a beautiful girl like herself, and I think she thought it was always going to be like that. After a long discussion about how all baby teeth eventually fall out for permanent "mommy" ones, and the awesomeness of the tooth fairy, and many more tears shed she finally fell asleep watching high school musical you tube clips.

Well, after Daddy heard all about her tramatic day, he brought home a special treat! A Gabriella dress/wig combo and a Tinkerbell doll. Probably two of her most very favorite things (Pretty dress and fairy). I think the pictures show her delight and Chad was thrilled with the million or so hugs and kisses he got that night, along with the repeated phrase "Oh Daddy, thank you so much. I love you! You are the Best, dad thank you so much."

We went to the dentist the next day and after x-rays and an exam, she is going back in 2 weeks for a small crown. Yay! Even though she has said to me several times since, I don't want to go back to the dentist, my tooth is almost all better, I think it's growing back! She really is a trooper and I seriously feel like my girl has grown up so much lately.

Evidence

Just a little video that shows how Ella is 98% of the time, just sitting, playing, and happy. (Excuse my boring voice telling Lily's friend that they can't wear their swimsuits and swim in my tub that day)

Mmmmmmm Eaing the Leaves

I remember with Lily, how this horrified me to see my kids eating everything around them. It still grosses me out, but not before I get a few good pictures out of it!

A Tiny Taste of Spring

This last week we had a few nice, sunny days where we rediscovered playing in the yard and Lily even discovered some flowers (from our neighbors, oops!)

Can't wait for more SUN

Bubble Bath

Here at our house, we girls need a good soak every now and again!