Dedication

A couple of weeks ago we dedicated Jillian and her life to the Lord.  It was a great day at church with our family!  We had been meaning to do it for a while.  She was so fussy as a baby that I was too nervous to do it then and we just hadn't gotten around to it.

Me and my boy before the service started.  The kids were CRAZY while waiting in the library!!  They ran all over the place and had to sit in every chair.

Luckily, they were perfect angels once we were in the sanctuary!  Here is the pastor talking to us after handing Jillian her little pink Bible.

She spotted the family sitting right up front!

Eli praying.  He has to work so hard to keep his eyes closed! :)

Special thanks to Aunt Liz for taking the pictures!

Johnson Family

My sweet friend Amy wanted me to take some family pictures for her Christmas card.  Her two sisters were in town so we got some of all the cousins together too.  All the kids did great and the mommies were wonderful at keeping the kids happy and smiling!  I just love this family!

Visiting Santa 2011

We headed out on Black Friday to go see Santa.  We started doing this a couple of years ago because we figured with everyone out shopping that no one would be in line for Santa and it has worked out really well.  Unfortunately, this year Mommy was a little mixed up about what time Santa would arrive and we were there an hour early.

Eli did a great job waiting and was very happy to walk around the mall and look at Christmas decorations.

Little Miss was less than thrilled.

This is the front of the line waiting to see Santa.  Willow Bend does a great job of having lots of things for the kids to look at while they wait. 

Jilly's "cheese" face.

After a while we found the play area (thank goodness!!)  Jillian loved this tongue slide.  She would climb inside and stick her tongue out at me and give me a look like "how can I be sliding on a tongue?!?

There is a small room right before you see Santa that has "snow'' falling from the ceiling.  I'm not sure getting snow all over the kids right before taking a picture is the best idea, but they LOVED it!

Mrs. Claus was great!  She talks to the kids and puts them at ease before they see Santa.

Eli did great, as expected.  I promise he was happier than he looks in the picture.  He went right up to Santa and sat on his lap.  Jillian was unsure at first but after she saw brother sitting on his lap she decided to try it.  As soon as I stepped away she got upset and reached for me.  She did better than expected too.  I really thought she would scream!  :)

And for comparison...

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Fischer Family

I was SO excited to take some family pictures a couple of weeks ago for our good friends.  They are some of my favorite people and we had fun trying to get good pictures of the littlest model!  I know people say this about him all the time, but Caleb is seriously the most easy going baby I have ever met!  Mommy, Daddy, and 6-month-old Caleb did such a great job!  We had some harsh sun conditions at first but it got better as the day went on.  Here are some of my favorites!