Merry Christmas 2011

From our family to yours...

Merry Christmas!

santa baby

We went to the mall last Sunday so the girls could take pictures with Santa.  Addi decided that she didn't want to and I certainly wasn't going to make her so it was Halle solo.  She had a slight melt down when I walked away, but Santa called me back up there.  Once we got her calmed down they snapped the pic with me sitting right next to her.  Pretty genius, huh?

Addi did visit with Santa at the Candy Cane Brunch so she thought that was good enough for this year.

Happy first Christmas Halle!!

family pictures 2011

Kalee Ridings took our family pictures back in late October.  She did such a great job!

I love this one because Addi is trying to make Halle smile...

The three loves of my life!!

When it was Addi's turn to go solo, things got sassy.  Shocking, I know.

Love. This. Girl.

And this one too.  I mean, seriously, look at those eyes and cheeks.  She melts my heart each and every day.

She never ever takes her eyes off her sister!

I really wanted some pictures in their Christmas dresses on this red vintage couch, but it was freezing and Halle was D-O-N-E!

This one cracks me up...notice Addi's pouty lip?

This is the best one we got.  Oh well.

Thanks Kalee!!

the THIRD annual hofmann/roberts christmas

I can't believe it's the THIRD annual already...and now there are FOUR sweet girlies!

Of course we started the evening with a group picture attempt.  

It was a great attempt...

But unsuccessful.  I need to figure out how to crop faces and put them into different pictures.  I think Liz and I have a lifetime of group picture attempts ahead of use.  Hopefully they will get better as the girls get older!

Before opening gifts.  H was asleep at this point and E was playing.  

Playing where?  In Addi's room.  Liz and I had already picked up the room a few times and realized it was a lost cause.  These girls had more fun making the biggest mess of their lives.  It was totally worth it, though, because they had a ball!

I did end up with an okay picture of my two girlies.

candy cane brunch

Sunday was the annual Candy Cane Brunch with Santa at the country club.  Addi was ready to talk to Santa and to take a picture, but I wasn't so sure it was going to end well. 

Halle was still sick.  She was a trooper, but I could tell she just wanted to go home.  Poor 2nd child gets drug all over the place, even when their sick. 

A & O were perfectly content sitting in the window seat playing iPhones. 

How cute are these two? 

I wish you could have heard the squeals when they notice that they were wearing the same shoes!  Priceless! 

Sweet Ems. 

When Santa made his big entrance, Addi did GREAT!  She wanted to be held but she actually spoke to him, gave him high 5's and best of all, didn't cry!!  

Afte we ate it was time to for pictures.  The Roberts went first and Addi watched from a distance.   

Our turn!

After a little coaxing and a few promises made, Addi sat on Scott's lap and smiled like a pro! 

 

A & O decided they would take a picture IN FRONT OF Santa.  They even agreed Addi would stand by his left foot and Olivia would stand by his right foot.  They seriously crack me up!

I had already turned my camera off and was packing up when this happened and my flash wasn't turned on.  I'm sick these didn't turn out better, but hopefully the photographer got some better shots! 

I have to say, I was really surprised by how well the morning went.  Halle did cough so hard she threw up in her car seat right before we were leaving but she had already done that a few times that weekend, so it wasn't anything new.  I disassembled, washed and reassembled her car seat when we got home and in record time, I might add.