52 Weeks of Family Photos

So I tried this last year and didn't make it through month 3, so I'm going to give it another try.....though no promises. Essentially, all it entails is that we take a picture of our family, or those that we can, once a week so that mom and/or dad is included in the picture. We are GREAT about taking pictures, only one of us is always BEHIND the camera and never in the pictures themselves. I want the kids to be able to see me at my best and worst, lol, when they look back on these. Most importantly, I want to capture what day-to-day, week-to-week life looks like for our family. And since life includes me with them, why not capture that? So here goes January (We had one from Christmas Eve, so I decided to start it a week earlier than the new year).

December 24, 2011
Having just visited with my family, and Grandma staying with us, we were all fired up and ready for Christmas. Ava had a tough time falling asleep this night, but it was all better the next morning!


January 1, 2012
New Years 2012! Here's to a New Year full of health and happiness for all of our family and friends. We had a NYE party the night before with several of our friends coming over. Ava stayed up until well past 1:00 a.m., making it the latest she has ever stayed up. Griffin somehow fell asleep with 7 other children running and yelling, around 9:00 that night. Needless to say, we are all a little tired, but looking forward to our black-eyed peas and cornbread that's been simmering all day in the crock pot.



January 7, 2012
A day early, but this was taken on January 7, for my birthday celebration. Ryan, Ava and Griffin surprised me with breakfast in bed (mommy's favorite, peppermint mocha from Starbucks and pumpkin loaf). I was spoiled all day long and given a massage for my present.....exactly what I needed! That night, Gigi and Poppy took the kids and Ryan and I had drinks and dinner. It was SO NICE to get to sit down and talk, like we REALLY talked and had so much to say that wasn't all about our babies. Just so nice!



January 15, 2012
At Chuck E. Cheese for our neighbors 2nd birthday party and thought we'd sneak in a family picture, CEC style! Fun way to mix it up a bit.


January 25, 2012
Just hanging out in our bed. One of our favorite times of the night is after bath and we just play and hang out in our bed. The play tends to get kind of rough between the sibs, so someone usually ends up in tears. I now understand why my mom always said, "someone's going to get hurt." I am my mother. Strange how that happens.