Every 6 weeks......

So it seems as if I will never keep this blog going.  Perhaps it can be my New Year's Resolution.  It's pretty sad because these girls keep us laughing every single day and I want to be able to share all of their funny antics, but somehow the nights just get away from me.  So here we are mid December and I have missed Halloween, Thanksgiving and in 2 weeks Christmas will be here- what on earth?!  Where can I find the pause button? So a little recap.......
Halloween was a blast!  Macy, Mike, and Brandy joined us for Trick Or Treating.  Alyssa and Macy were fairies and Addison was Tinkerbell.  They were hands down the cutest babies out in the neighborhood. Addison was really excited about the amount of candy she received even though she hardly ate any of it!

Thanksgiving was full of family and food.  We ate till we couldn't eat any more and I think we had the prettiest and tastiest turkey we had ever cooked. We took our traditional turkey leg picture.  Addison was her usual self- eager to take a picture.  Alyssa on the other hand not even close.  She cried and cried.  You would have thought we were trying to make her hold a live turkey.  She was scared of it!

 Apparently Alyssa is going to be our scaredy cat.  When we went to pick out our Christmas tree, same thing.  She was terrified. Thank goodness this seems to be passing.  She walks by ours and says "tree" and points, but won't go near it.  That has definitely worked in our favor.  No worries about the ornaments. :)
Addison is still amazing us with her ability to retain stuff and learn things, often just by observing.  I am a super proud "teacher mommy" as I hear her count, recognize letters, colors, and tell me that when she is 5, she will come to my school.  It makes my heart smile!
Alyssa is walking- EVERYWHERE!!  She loves climbing and standing on things.  She loves pushing her baby in her stroller and holding her and saying "awww" while patting her back.  She has a handful of words"light, tree, dog, dada, and mama".  She is one of the sweetest, most lovable kids I know.   She LOVES Oliver.  She often says "dog" and walks over to him, pats him, and loves on him.  Oliver get a lot of love from Alyssa and the old guy deserves it.  He is such a great dog and takes all of Alyssa's "love".
Last, but certainly not least, we got our pictures back from Amy Smith Photopgraphy and as usual, she did not disappoint. She is amazing and we can never thank her enough for capturing these special moments.  If you want beautiful family pictures- she is your lady!  Check out some of the previews!