celebrating with seth & emma

she loves her headlamp
merry christmas emma!

merry christmas seth!

he loves his headlamp!

LUCY's 1st CHRISTMAS

her new stocking
sleeping santa puppy

she almost didn't fit into the stocking!

keeping a close watch on the presents

christmas morning

the tree after santa visited
mia and lucy working together to open the gifts. mia opened the gifts and lucy stole the wrapping paper!

lucy got a puppy from mommy and daddy!

mia was really into opening gifts, as usual

family photo for lucy's first christmas

santa sent some elves

but the only thing they seem to be good at is unwrapping gifts and eating cookies...

how UGLY is your sweater

My ugly sweater and BK's walmart womens sweater :)

the ortho residents and the luge

the party people

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 :)