santa

ready to go see santa

neither one had any clue that scary ol’ santa was behind them, but adalaide was terrified of the camera man who got in her personal space. there was no rallying her around, so it looks like we can add another crying santa picture to the mantel.

the reason you dedicate a baby, not a toddler…

all kidding aside…
it was really important to us, to stand before our families and church community
and dedicate the girls to our Heavenly Father.
I wasn’t raised a Christian.
So teaching my children about God is something I’m learning as I go.
I don’t know all the words to every praise song.
I still learn new things when i read Finley’s children’s bible.
but even so, my daughter is already loving God.
She initiates praying.
She loves to read her bible.
and she asks questions that absolutely amaze me.
We’re not promising to be perfect parents {far from it!!}
or know the answer to every question.
But we are promising to do our best
to raise our children to love Jesus,
and to follow His teachings.
thankfully we aren’t asked to do it alone.
we have the most amazing families,
the best church community,
and the most awesome kids ministry {shout out katey!}
Finley has been counting down the days until her third birthday,
because then she gets to go to the big kid room at church
SUNDAY SCHOOL!!
I remember picking her up from the nursery as a baby.
They told us, “that girl is going to be a CEO or something.
She really knows what she wants and goes for it!”
the first time we picked up adalaide, they gushed on and on
about what a “sweet spirit” she has and how laid back she was.
it makes me laugh, because they have our kids figured out pretty well.
i know this is a photo overload, but i loved all of these.
none of my pictures from the service turned out.
thankfully our good friend photographed the event,
so lets hope he got something good, tantrum and all :)

a birthday celebration for mimi

This weekend we celebrated my mom’s birthday. The weather held out {barely} so we spent the morning at the fremont farmers market, and then came back to our house for a little birthday dinner.

{my new favorite dress on finley-from target}
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{my grandparents finally got to meet adalaide}
{someone sure loves her baby sister}

Finley is turning into quite the little poser. She climbed into Adalaide’s bed and requested that i take their photo. Brian had our camera with him at a job so i had to track down our old one, but i’m so glad i did.

This weekend we went to two parties sans finley who still can’t be around other little ones. As much as we missed her, Brian and I had so much fun hanging out with other adults and actually being able to finish our sentences and enjoy our meals. First we went to a co-ed wedding shower for Laura and Israel, friends from our community group. Two words: GOOD FOOD!

Then we went to cousin Lucy’s first birthday party. She is such a darling little peanut, and she definitely did not disappoint when it came time for digging into her pie!

I also was able to do some fun sewing projects for some special little babies that are arriving soon. Can’t post pictures though cause that would ruin the surprise.
I’ve been drooling over these darling little baby shoes on etsy, but i just can’t justify spending $30 on a pair of baby shoes that will fit for a few months, at the most. So, I attempted to make my own. Now i understand why they are so expensive. These things are time consuming! My sewing is awful, but from afar they are cute. I’m hoping they’ll turn out better with some more practice.
More photos from both parties in the online album.
Holy long post!