Friday, December 23, 2011

Birthday and Christmas - yeah!

I am starting with Harper's 2nd Birthday!  She was a little under the weather but rallied to blow out her candle!  Thank you to everyone for all of the birthday gifts and good wishes and for the wonderful party at the new Happy Joe's in Burlington!  I meant to say "thank you" on the holiday cards but forgot - so think of this blog as a "thank you" card, too!  Also, we forgot the camera on our Thanksgiving trip to Iowa - but had a great time.



Harper and Finley like putting their babies/doggies in the baby bjorn.


A quick dog hug before ballet.

Spiky, post-bath pigtails - love it!

The girls like to pretend that it is summer...who can blame them.  Notice the new Dora jammies - thanks Aunt Stephie.


Aunt Sammie sent some new bows along with some delicious sponge candy for the holidays - love her!



Matt spent a good two hours putting together the big holiday gift  for the girls while Finley was at school.  Harper got a sneak peek but has not told her sister about it yet.

Yes - that really is Matt putting it together - and I helped/annoyed him a little, too.

The girls are obsessed with the tree and ornaments - we have only lost/broke a couple.

Merry Christmas to all and a Happy New Year!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

XMAS PICTURE PREVIEW!

We survived Xmas pictures this past Saturday.  Within the first ten minutes of arrival, they were both in fake tear mode - but it passed quickly and miraculously, some good shots were taken!













Finley did not want to get on the horse with Harper - but that led to the best shot - naturally!







Finley picked out the sparkly bows from Wal-Mart, and even after several baths - they both still have hot pick sparkles in their scalps!  

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Happy Halloween!

Just a regular dinner night to start you all off - yogurt is a favorite and notice the spoon!

Fins in a pretty new sweater dress eating a delicious "natural" hot dog - yum!

We decided not to carve pumpkins once we discovered these clever Mr. Potato thingies. No mess = happy mama!

We really need to work on her camera ready face - it looks a bit fake!

Harps especially liked the pirate - she is hugging it!


I dug out the Cardinals shirt that was originally given to Finley by Nana Pat when it looked like the Cards needed some extra help.  Harper went to sleep in it for Game 6 - lucky ducky!

However, I would like to disclose that I forgot it for Game 7 - so maybe they didn't need the extra luck.

Proof that she is her mother's daughter - she can sleep anywhere/anytime.


Olivia the Pig for Halloween - which one is real and which one is stuffed?



Finley finally decided to be a fairy after much ado, and insisted Dixie be a princess.  No other dogs were forced into costumes on Halloween night.

And, who had the most fun dressing up on Halloween?  Scooby Do Dada - he was a big hit!

However, Daphne kind of looked like a tramp - go figure!

Happy Halloween everyone!