My New FAVORITE Picture

A precious moment before bedtime...boy am I blessed!

Just a Swingin...

Evelyn does this (or at least tries to do this if I don't catch her first) at least once a day. I had to finally grab a picture because her face totally says it all to me..."I know I'm not supposed to be in here, but have you ever sat in here Mom? It is soooo comfortable! And you have to admit - I look just flat adorable doing this."

Father's Day Photo Shoot

I had the bright idea to take some pictures of the girls to send to the grandpa's for their Father's Day present. Well...let me just apologize to both Grandpapa and Popo as neither received a nice photo of all three girls. Why? Lets just take a look and see what might have gone wrong.

It was evident from the get-go that Evelyn was NOT interested in taking a picture. Let me just say that when Evelyn is not interested in something, it is not gonna happen. You can try juice (which is actually a soft drink), a cookie or a puppy, but those don't always work when she really sets her mind to it. Here she is bailing from the couch on our first attempt to sit her next to her sister. Yes, it appears that she is actually falling off...drama queen.


So I resort to single shots - I can work with that. Here Josie is hamming it up.


And of course, Josie HAD to hold Isabelle in one of the pictures. It had been about 10 minutes since she last got to hold her. ;)

WARNING - these next two pictures are not for the faint of heart. It is a pure F-I-T caught on camera as I had a moment of hope and thought, lets try that group picture one more time. When will I learn???


I think I can sit Evelyn down and quickly grab my camera. Really, Cecilia??? Are you that optimistic? Evelyn started getting off the couch before I even let go.


I think I am attempting to hold her up with my hand while I snap the shot. Awww - now this is a precious picture, don't you agree? Why didn't I just blow this one up and send it to the Grandpas?

Did she get her way? You betcha!

My Morning Smiles

How can you not have a good morning when you get these smiles? As a friend said this weekend, when they look at you like this, you realize what pure innocence really is.

It makes you smile even at 5 AM.

My Big Girl

One princess bike - check.
A princess helmet that fits like a glove - check.
The pink princess basket that every girl needs - check.
Pink streamers and a princess bell that constantly rings - check.

A very happy three year old - - - most definitely!

There is a story behind this bike, which I hope to share later, but for now, I think these pictures speak volumes on their own.