We heard that Santa was stopping by Jason's squadron for a quick visit and was bringing all the good little girls and boys a special book just for them if they came to see him. The girls didn't need very much convincing!

I made the Evelyn and Aurelia matching shirts and they thought they were pretty snazzy.

So did I. I love my embroidery machine!

The girls met up with their besties, Adyson and Sydney Wantuck, and were more than happy to pose for a few pictures. Cuties.

When I asked Evelyn and Adyson who we were waiting for they jumped up and yelled, "SANTA!" All the meanwhile never letting each other's hands go - so precious. Evelyn added that she was going to give Santa "huggies and kissies."

Since we haven't gotten any snow down here Santa had to leave his sleigh and reindeer at home with Mrs. Clause. Col. Vaughn was kind enough to give him a ride in his fancy golf cart!

I wasn't too sure Evelyn was going to follow through with her "huggies and kissies" to Santa because this was as close as she was interested in getting next to St. Nick.

Aurelia was pretty happy inside where all the monkey bread was. Look at those baby blues. When did my baby get so big???

When Santa called Evelyn's name she went right up to him and whispered exactly what she wanted. "Pee-See (princess) shoes and Minnie (Minnie Mouse) shoes. Peas. (Please)."

"Tank You, Santa." And wouldn't you know...a huggie.

Meanwhile on Santa's other knee...Aurelia didn't waste any time tearing into her book. She didn't get the fuss over this strange man - I imagine next year will be a different story.

Merry Christmas!

Our little baby turned ONE last week and we celebrated in true little girl fashion - with butterflies, butterflies and more butterflies!

Well...and a tutu...

...a butterfly tutu, of course.

"I spy something special, something wonderful, something that is JUST mine."

"My Daddy! Now come in here and give me a huggie and a kissie!"

Poor Aurelia...born during football season. She'll always have to share her day with the flying pigskin. At least she doesn't seem to mind at this point. :-)

The Birthday Spread!

And of course - Aurelia's butterfly cake!

It looked too delicious and was too much of a temptation for one particular little girl.
Mmm hmmm.

After Mommy replaced the missing M&M we all sang "the Happy Song" to Aurelia and then blew out the candles together.

THEN...it was time for cake!

I think it's safe to say Aurelia liked it.

"Yeah Baby!"

"Oh that's tasty!"

Evelyn, on the other hand, was a tad more proper and requested a "nappie" when her hands got dirty.

...who loves Princesses most of all?

"Why Miss Evelyn Claire Shephard, of course."

Evelyn has a brand new obsession..."pee-sees." Anything in a dress that sings, twirls, is friends with animals or enchanted house-hold items and has a Prince Charming waiting in the wings is Evelyn's new love.

Well...today her obsession reached a whole new level. Today she got her very first Princess doll - Snow White! (Thanks Sue and Derek!)

"MUAH! I love you, Snow White!"

I decided to spoil her rotten and turned on the movie this afternoon...whoa.

"How can she be up there AND down here with me???"

"I'm not sure how she's doing it - but this is pretty amazing."

Last night we watched "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" with the girls...well, with Evelyn. Aurelia sort of fell asleep.

We had never seen the movie before and there were a few parts that kind of grossed me out. I have a tendency to get wrapped up in a movie - I like to say it's because I'm a focused individual - but truth be told it's just easy for me to get sucked in to something with a little suspense and mystery. Jason was taking pictures of Aurelia and started laughing when he saw my face.

He had to call my name a few times before I even heard him. Hey - I was focused. :)

No big events - just a few shots of the girls being sweet, precious and delicious!

Evelyn and Aurelia got these cute matching outfits from our friends Courtney and Tim Fritz - aren't the adorable!?

Since they were good about posing for the camera we went outside to our favorite new spot - the water table!

Aurelia sure does love that water!

And Evelyn does too...nothing like a little dump of water to cool things off a bit.

Later that night we rewarded ourselves with blueberry nectarine cobbler - it was amazing.

Poor little Ree Ree didn't get any but that didn't get her down.

All smiles!

"Yeah baby, yeah!"

Poor Truman didn't get any either. He's not smiling though.

Food coma.

Daddy and his freshly bathed baby girls!


Oh to be included in this conversation...

Must have been one funny story!

AND it ended in hugs and kisses! My kind of tale!

This little baby loves chocolate ice-cream...even if it is fake. Nummy! Thanks Plastic Kara!

She also loves to get into all the dvd baskets and make a mess. Stinker.

Modeling and looking pretty in a new ladybug outfit from Gigi.

"Hey! I can model too!" You sure can pickle.

Lucky little girl - another cute outfit from her Aunt Bob!

Outfit was complete with pretty pink sandals and sassy sunglasses!

Bye bye! Come again soon!