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I truly enjoy blogging about our journey as parents and sharing all the pictures of our family with you...but most of all I hope that one day Kennedy and Presley will love reading this blog and cherish each memory I have tried to capture for them. Our girls bring us so much joy everyday!

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Family Photos in our new neighborhood!

I have been taking advantage of some deals this kind of new photographer in DeLand has been offering.  She took Kennedy's first birthday pictures and I have been hooked since.  Our pictures below were from a mini special she was doing.  It was only about 30 min long but she got some great shots that will definitely be on the walls of our new home.  I intended to use them for Christmas cards but New Year cards it was!  BUT my favorite part about this photographer is that she offered a New Year special of HALF off any of her packages if you booked before a certain date.  Baby G2's first year of life (5 sessions) will be captured by Miranda Hagan with Pixel Perfect Memory Photography! Yay!  Merry Christmas, Happy Birthday, Happy Everything to ME!  Thanks Baby!  You know I love my pictures!  Speaking of, one of my New Year resolutions was to make more "me" and "us" time since "they" are multiplying, haha!!!!  So, I signed up for a camera class in Orlando to learn (or try to) about my camera.  Maybe one day I can take my own photos...or maybe not...but trying to be positive :)  Happy New Year!

 This is our neighborhood, beautiful oak trees!

 The family...I am 6 months pregnant here so Baby G2 is included :)

 Our Happy New Year card...on our new front door step!

 I love the candid pictures she takes.

 Kennedy's wardrobe, once again, thanks to her cousin Audrey!
 Say cheese!

 My babies!

 So sweet.

 Weeeeeeee!

 Not sure what I am laughing at but Kennedy loves my jewelry!

 My girl!

 Don't you just want to kiss those lips??!!  We do all the time!


Thank you Miranda for these beautiful pictures we will cherish forever!





A Merry Christmas!

I have come to peace with the fact that from now on blogging will be harder to fit in but I am ok with it...So I hope you enjoy this Christmas season post even if it's almost February, haha!
We kept pretty busy over the holiday with a visit from Nini, Uncle Eric, and Maw Maw, going to church, visiting Santa, spending time with our family and friends, and of course lots of house stuff in between!  Unfortunately we ALL got sick at different times over the course of the month so that put a damper in some of the fun but we got through it and tried to make the best of it.  Kennedy still loved Christmas morning in our new house and all the gifts, even if she doesn't get it quite yet.  She is turning into a little girl right before our eyes and is so much fun to watch!


 Kisses for Daddy while we wait for the Live Nativity at Uncle Tim's and Aunt JaMamaw's Lutheran Church.  This nativity was seriously awesome even if we didn't get to see it all, I can't wait until Kennedy truly understands the meaning of Christmas.

 Twins??!! 

 So serious but so pretty!  She was watching the live orchestra.

 Driving around local neighborhoods with hot chocolate, listening to Christmas music, and looking for Christmas lights will be a new tradition for this family.  This was a street in Winter Park that was full of the coolest light lanterns.  Kennedy was in awe!

 Is it snowing in FLORIDA?!  Not really but the fake snow was fascinating too!  We met up with some friends at a Holiday Festival in DeLand and went on a train ride too.  

 She didn't know what to do with herself!

 Thanks to the help of Maw Maw, Nini, and Uncle Matty, we finally got our Christmas tree up a week before Santa came!  Teamwork makes the Dreamwork!

 Happy Christmas Baby going to visit Santa!

 I love her!

 Walking the mall with Momma!

 Just playing around!

 Showing off her new dress from Audrey, we got so many compliments on it!

 Our little monkey!

We can't get enough pictures of her!

 She wasn't scared of Santa, she just wanted down!  A lot different than last year when she was sleeping!  I love this Santa at the Millenia. 

Obsessed with water!

 Santa Hat photo shoot in another cute outfit from cousin Audrey...

 The girls in their hats!

 I love this one!

 My mom and I pulled together our Christmas mantle last minute but it was cozy :)
We even added an extra stocking for Baby G2!  So far this winter we have only been able to have a few fires though. 



 Throwback, haha!  

 All dressed up for Christmas Eve Church.  Thanks Auntie for the pretty dress!

 The best we could get...it was nice to go to church this year with the family.

 Here's my crazy family, lol!  You can see Baby G2 is growing too!  

 Christmas morning....Kennedy was so into these Hallmark singing/dancing things!

 That's our Boo Bear!

 Riding on her princess car from Uncle Tim and Aunt JaMamaw, she loved it!

 Getting into her stocking boot from Nini!  I remember this was a favorite thing for my brothers and I to do too with our Nini.

 Playing ball with Uncle Air Wick!

 Checking out her new toys!

 Her Saints tutu from the fam in Houston...her Graf fam will appreciate this !  As you can see Kennedy is clearly more interested in eating the ornaments...I am surprised she isn't throwing them!

 Daddy being silly...and Kennedy still eating the ornament, haha!

 Playing with her new toy from Uncle Matty.

 With her new dress on from Miss Rachel, her nanny :)  Yes it was warm enough to be in this on Christmas unfortunately!

 Uncle Todd and Landon came over that night to play too!

 I love this one...she is always analyzing books, cards, DVDs...it's so cute.  She was carrying around Todd and Landon's card all night!

This one is for you Sharon!  Uncle Bucci opening his beautiful book from you guys, he loved it!

We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and the New Year has started off right!  We love and miss you all!