Saturday, December 19, 2009

1 Year Photos

This week we received the photos we ordered from Elaina's 1 year photo session. We were fortunate to get a local, on-location photographer to take them. We did the photos at Pullen Park in Raleigh, which is right next to the campus where I work (NC State). And yes... we did see one of my students there (or rather, he saw us).

We were so pleased with the results, it was tough to pick our favorites. We wanted to just buy them all.

Then we saw the price.

Here are the five we purchased.









Friday, December 11, 2009

Monday, December 7, 2009

Thanksgiving

We were sad to lose my Grandpa a week before Thanksgiving. We traveled to Indiana for the services, and we stayed through the holiday. We had originally planned on hosting Thanksgiving in North Carolina and combining the meal with a birthday celebration for Elaina. It turned out that Elaina got to share her cousin Addison's second birthday party at Grammy's house. The girls were so cute!
On Thanksgiving, we celebrated with my mom's extended family. At some point, Elaina discovered Grammy's glasses.
We couldn't resist the urge for a sibling photo op. Jordan's height really is ridiculous.
When we got home, Elaina decided she wanted to help me unpack. I tried to tell her that we would just be packing up again in a few weeks for Christmas, but she didn't listen!

Tonight, Matt is taking law school final number 2 of 3 for the semester. His last test is tomorrow morning, and he has promised that we can decorate the Christmas tree tomorrow evening. Elaina has been so funny with the decorations. She's allowed to touch if she is "gentle" and she says "pwetty" (pretty). I hope you are enjoying the holiday season!