It begins....

And so here I am a few days after Thanksgiving, almost 8 months preggo & actually having time to add to the old blog.  My favorite time of year is upon us, Christmas!!  The girls have many beautiful dresses hanging in their closets, but I always like to get them something matching or coordinating to visit Santa.  We chose red sparkle dresses this year & they girls both look darling in them.  I wish Jessica would have let me style her hair a bit more for these, but it was just a few quick shots anyway, it kind of captures her where she's at right now in terms of trying to do everything herself, but really still needing some guidance.  Can you tell, Jessica is a ham?  She loves to show her 2 missing front teeth :)  Ella, on the other hand, poses so nice & always wants to look her best.  They are so different some times.  This year is a huge year for Christmas at our new house, Michael was busy being Clark yesterday & spent almost all day doing some exterior illumination, while the girls & I decorated the inside.  It's both fun & frustrating to find new locations for our well-loved Christmas decorations.  The season is upon us & I've already put up 4 artificial trees, the baby even has a small one this year, the girls insisted!  We go get our big live tree at the farm tomorrow, so we are keeping it low key today & finishing up some decorating/cleaning.  Hope everyone is enjoying their Thanksgiving break & the start of the Christmas season!