baby its cold outside!

a little sprinkle of snow and the cold winds and its time to break out the fur hooded coats! lucy got mia's hand-me-down ( thats a little sister thing right?) and mia got a purdy new one (not yet a fan) Brrr!!

naps on the couch

another nap pose. we do a lot of napping around here. at least these two do!

neener neener!

lucy has a big ole floppy tongue that she sticks everywhere and LICKS everything with! come meet her, you will find out fast! :)

almost like bunkbeds...

lucy and mia find napping close together to be extra comforting, this is one of many positions

family time

santa & mrs claus puppies under the tree
lucy was tasting the stockings, uh oh.

the tree is up! after someone broke the two strands of lights and a quick trip to target!

and the newest santa baby

a visit to the farm

mia met a llama... ok an alpaca... they wanted to get closer to her, but she wanted to bite them :)

lucy & mia met santa and mrs claus!

it's CHRISTMAS tree time!

scary.
we found our perfect tree!

we will never be able to get all four of us looking at the same time. bummer!

fav photo- the girls were obsessed with the tree!

lucy the KANGAROO JUMPER!

well, it happened... we caught lucy jumping from the ottoman (3 feet away) up to the bed (another foot or two higher) all on her own. she uses her kangaroo hind legs to jump to the bed and then uses her ninja skills to climb the blankets.

thankful playdate

fruitful bounty cornacopia, so cute!
we are thankful for our friends

thankful tree, mayflower boats and more!

trick or treat night

beaver lake enchanted forest

Brian and I joined some friends for a fun, non spooky halloween event. A local nature preserve called beaver lake hosts a beautiful trail lined with pumpkins event. People can donate their carved pumpkins to go on the trail, and they light them all up to be seen through the night.

I love my babies. seperate. and together.

possibly the sweetest, melt-your-heart photo ever :)
this photo really captures mia's thoughtful eyes

and lucy!

random moments of Kistler Family Crazyness

do the puppy dance

I was lucky enough to catch some very candid puppy dance moments between mia and lucy. they love each other to pieces, this is their version of rough housing :)

pumpkins!

amazing that I could get them both to sit near pumpkins at the SAME TIME!
she was too LONG and the pumpkin was too SMALL so she had to lean over it and not go inside of it :(

and she licked every pumpkin clean!

day trip to Ithaca

Ithaca Farmers Market- such a pretty place, right on the water.
Ithaca Falls- forget the name of the trail..

Down at the bottom of the falls, the water was low enough that we could cross the bridge and get even closer!

Lucy is here to STAY!

the two sisters take a nap together. one of the sweetest, melt-your-heart moments yet!
lucy loves her wubby and her chewies

and she is like mia, a great napper!

asleep again!

LUCY

born to her mommy and daddy, Paco and Chica Maria Louisa Chikita Gussena

at birth she was the size of two lighters

birthday- July 18th, 2011

When we brought her home Friday September 16, 2011

she was weighing in at 2lbs 9oz

NOW, a week later, she is up a full pound to 3lbs 4 oz.

sweet baby girl Lucy

we just love her to pieces :)

twenty 6

mia was afraid of the candles
ta da! teeny tiny birthday cake! so cute!

happy birthday tina!

I love this puppy!