Christmas Re-Cap 1

Well the Holidays are finally winding down and let me tell you... I am completely pooped. My sister flew in on the 16th with the kids and it has been non-stop since then. I have been off work for 2 weeks and wow... it sure feels weird to be back.

Christmas was great and we had lots of fun. My Dad and stepmom flew in right before Christmas and almost got stranded an extra few days because of the massive snow storm that slammed New England [that's where they live]. My sister leaves early Monday morning with the kids and back to Washington she goes and for us... that means getting back into our routine again.

For now let's do a re-cap. The first full day my sister was here we decided to get some photos done of the kids. Seeing as how we don't have any photos of them together and we also wanted to get a few good snaps of the three of them together because one of the gifts for my Dad and stepmom was a frame with one of the photos. The frame we used was a nice ceramic/glass style frame and had the word 'Grandkids' at the top. It was cute :)

After our mini photo session, I realized why Photographers charge so much for photos. Trying to get these 3 to smile all at the same time, while ALL looking at the camera was a major project all in it's own. It basically involved me saying 'Cheese' over and over until I was blue in the face, while my sister hopped up and down, clapping all the while trying to say things to make them laugh. [Mind you she was in her PJ's while doing it]. Im sure the neighbors were wondering what was going on in our yard.

At first Jayden didn't want to have anything to do with photos. He just wanted to go play near the shed and when we finally got him to come over and join the other two, it took him awhile to warm up to the idea of 'posing' for the camera with two other kids [his cousins] who were still 'new' to him.

Doesn't he just look like a Doll!!?? That's little Gavy. He's a little peanut... or Jayden is just big. Im not sure... either way he is only 3months younger than Jayden and in the very first pic you can see how much smaller he is :)

See how much smaller he is! -Or how much bigger Jayden is! These two have been nothing but little 'Partners in Crime'. They are surely smarter then they want us to think they are!

All in all it was a good day, and although it took a little 'acting' on our part to finally get the smiles going, we got the photos we needed which in the end made for even bigger smiles for 'Grampy' and 'Grammy' :)