Strawberry Picking

With all of us dressed in rainboots, we braved the muddy strawberry fields this year.  We successfully filled our containers with only a few berries losing their way into our bellies as we picked.

Easter Favorites

So sorry to miss Leah.  3rd child didn't even make it out of her bunny pajamas all day...

Official Santa Visit

We waited until the last minute to visit Santa in the mall this year!  Everything seems to be a little last minute this year :)

2011 Christmas Tree

This years tree trip was pretty uneventful, except for the fact that the dog that runs around the place we go to, was out sick :(  This years tree fared much better, might have had something to do with the fact that Eric was responsible for watering it, for the obvious reasons :)

New Year, New Baby, New Camera :)

For Christmas, I was surprised by getting the DSLR Camera that I had been eyeing up for quite some time.  Needless to say I have been playing around with it ever since.  In Love.  Some random Christmas morning, evening, and just hanging around the house.

Coolest snowmonster hat ever!

The deviled eggs seemed to be a hit at the kids table!

Pajama Storytime With Santa

Posts have been slacking, but we have been busy.  We have had an influx of visitors since we won't be making it to PA for the holidays, which has been nice for me as I get closer to my due date.  The visits have been giving me something to look forward to throughout the weeks.  Our third round is headed here tomorrow! 

In the meantime, we have been busy with holiday activities here in NJ.  Here are some pictures of story time with Santa at our local book shop with our favorite Ms. Michele....and Santa of course.

Fall Fun

Just two kids playing in the leaves on a gorgeous November day.

Holiday Card Attempt

Well everything is on fast forward this year because of obvious reasons.  I am not even thinking about Thanksgiving which is a shame, all I can think of is that I have to get good pictures for the holiday card, finish shopping, prepare for the new baby, get the planning started on the kids birthdays and so forth.  With that being said, I attempted one of my ideas for the kids for the holiday card....I still want to try to incorporate lights and maybe a homemade backdrop, but for today I just shot with a basket.

Brooke has a big scratch on her nose from this weekend so I will have to re-do her pictures when it is gone, but I got a few acceptable ones with Brandon, just as they are.

(trying to crop out the fact that he is shoving his finger in his ear)

Uncropped version :)

(Obviously the bottom 2 would be cropped up closer for use in a card)

Not a bad start, some stress gone....for now, I guess.  Yeah there are shadows, oh well, not going to be overly picky this year, I hate my camera, want a new one, and an external flash....Okay I am done.