Behind Blue Eyes

Because most of my pictures involve use of the camera flash, and because N’s eyes are a somewhat dark blue at the moment, it’s hard to see what they really look like while looking at a photo.  Here you can see more of what they look like in person.  (And the shirt she got for Christmas from her Aunt J is a great color combination for her).    

On a Cloud

“There is a castle on a cloud,
I like to go there in my sleep,
Aren't any floors for me to sweep,
Not in my castle on a cloud.”

     

Poor K, working so hard.  Actually, she begged to help with the cleaning (“Wipe?  Wipe please.”) so I hooked her up with a Swiffer wet to combat the doggy paw prints on my kitchen floor.  I was able to shorten the handle and she did great!  Sure, she’s not as thorough as me, but any swiffering is better than no swiffering at all.

It worried her sister, though:

“You’re not going to make me clean too, are you?”

Sunday Smiles

I dare you to look at these pictures and not smile! It is such a joy to see N’s smiles!

Sunday Sisters

The girls wore their matching owl dresses this morning.  It’s so cool to me that N. is finally here and able to wear her dress—when I made it, she was just a little peanut in my womb.  I also can’t believe how much taller K. has gotten since then—it was mid-August, and the dress was much too long on her.  Now, it hits her just right (glad I didn’t shorten it like I thought about doing).

Why are my girls so serious so much of the time?

Like Mother, Like Daughter Perhaps?

I think I finally figured out who N. takes after.  Which is only fair, of course, since K. is a virtual mini-me of her father.

    

 

Second Christmas

Since N. is so young, it didn’t seem like a good idea to travel all the way to my parents’ house for Christmas, so Grandma and Grandpa were kind enough to come here for a day of celebration.  After opening presents and eating a fancy lunch (cough—sandwiches—cough), we sat down for photos.  On a quest to get any decent photos of K. with her loved ones, here are the latest attempts:

The best of the bunch: And this one is an outtake, but I love how happy everyone is and how much they’re interacting.  It’s actually one of my favorite pictures. N. hanging out with Grandma, whom she smiled at several times during the visit!  Now if we could only get Grandma to smile…(I love you, Mom!)

Friends of the N.

We had some good friends over today, and I was able to add to my collection of “pictures of people holding baby N.”  K. was upstairs ignoring us (and playing with her friend) while we were cooing over the baby.  After the photos, though, K. got to spend some time playing with her girlfriends, too.  Looking at last year, I think it’s a Christmas break tradition to all hang out, and a fun one at that.

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One of the many games the girls played was dress up (though more of K’s friends dressing her up).  They put her in a fancy dress and had her walk out with their little brother, saying that they were going to prom.  Too cute!  I wish I had gotten the picture snapped while they were still holding hands, but this will have to do.

Doctor, Doctor

One of K’s current obsessions is of playing doctor.  I don’t know if she just likes the pink case that her medical equipment is in, or likes the game, but she cannot get enough.  Tired of being the perpetual patient, I passed the duties onto the littlest one.  N. was in a good mood and very cooperative—and she even smiled at one point (which is still a rarity around here)!

Dr. K., listening to N’s heart:“You’re going to put the thermometer where?!” “Oh, my armpit.  Okay.” Check out N’s grin in this one! The patient patient.

Purple Velvet

After church, I took some pictures of N. in her new dress, which was a gift from her first cousin twice removed (N’s grandpa’s first cousin) who has excellent taste! You might remember the cute outfit K. was wearing in her “hop hop hop” video a few posts ago? That was a gift from the same cousin.

Oh, how much fun it is to dress a sweet baby girl!

And here N. is pictured with the edge of a blanket that was a gift (handmade!) from her Auntie D. (N’s great aunt). I’ll get a better picture of it at some point so you can fully appreciate it.

We’re so lucky/blessed to have such great family in our lives!

Very Merry

It's Christmas! We traveled up to B's parents' house on Christmas eve and stayed for a few days (N's first overnight trip). We spent time with family and, of course, opened presents. K. was so polite in opening her gifts--she would actually look at each thing she opened before setting it gently aside and opening the next gift. She also said "thank you, Grandpa" when he'd hand her a gift. I tried to take some cute photos of the girls by the tree (as capturing a cute photo of the girls is one of my current life missions, along with getting rid of N's diaper rash). This was as close as we came. For the record, K is actually saying "cheese" as she gives her practiced grin.

And N. is about to fall off K's lap. Don't worry--we caught her.

Here K. is showing N. the tree. "Well, you don't say. That is interesting, big sister."
We tried varying ways of trying to pose the girls in front of the tree, and finally just lifted them each and held them in front. K. thought this was great fun!

And this is currently one of my favorite pictures of K. She's so sweet!

Christmas Eve Cousins

K. and N. are fortunate to have cousins who are close-ish in age and whom they get to spend time with. Cousin M. is 3 years older than K, and W. is between my girls. We got the girls matching outfits, which they wore on Christmas eve. We tried to capture a good photo of the girls. We took the first photos on the steps at Grandma and Grandpa's house on Christmas Eve. N. was asleep, but I love these pictures of the older girls:

And even though he didn't have a matching pink outfit, W. wanted to be a part of the picture too. He's less than a year younger than K, and I think they'll all have a great time playing as they grow up.

Here are the three girls in their darling matching outfits. Did you, gentle reader, know that I love things that match? I do. It is my inclination to dress my girls in matching clothes on a daily basis, though I don't. It pleases me to see the girl cousins matching. M. got a kick out of the girls being "triplets" and was really excited. I'm not sure K. noticed that they had the same outfit on. I'm not sure N. is aware that she wears clothes. She's certainly unhappy in this picture, but you can at least admire the triple matching.