Judah is turning 1!

This is the invite for Judah's 1st birthday party! Its an ugly sweater party but somehow he's making it look cute!

Easton. Mr. Wild Child. WE LOVE YOU!

Before I was about to put this post up I was like, people are gonna say "not another baby post!" but then i rethought and concluded. This is my blog, my kids are cute and these are happy. also I love getting the practice to shoot shoot shoot!

This morning we got a happy visit from my friend Lydia and her super fun and super wild 2 year old nephew Easton.

We headed to the park close to my house for the kids to run around in the play set. Of course I took my camera and it was ALOT of work chasing these lil munchkins! As I write this Hannah is enjoying her nap. She slept easier today thanks to all the fun she had running around with Easton.

Cuties! Lydia and Easton

Easton on a mission to have fun!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee......eeeeeeeeeeeee

Easton has the CUTEST laugh!

I can't tell if they're enjoying themselves or they're petrified!

Judah just hanging out.

Count dem teeths! 2 1/2?

So cute!

Busy! Busy! Busy!

Goodbye hugs :)

hannah fell in the middle of a hug!

Easton and Lydia: Thank you for your visit! We can't wait to play again!!!

Malachi is 24!

My super handsome and super awesome husband Malachi turned 24 on Friday the 18th and me and the kids were so excited to spend the day with him.

We packed up our lunch and cupcakes and headed for a nice picnic in our humble backyard. This was also the first time we let Hannah eat a cupcake and I think she believed it was her birthday.

I am so happy with these photos because I know in 20 years we'll be looking at these with the kids and it will be an amazing feeling.

I hope you enjoy :-D

My Rockstars! I love em! (Judah catching flies)

I'd LOVE to know what Judah is thinking right now. (more salt for his cracker maybe?)

I think Judah wants some of Hannah's feed.

I Luuuurve my babies!

My favourite. Father and son!

Hannah's 1st ever cupcake. feeling a little overwhelmed.

Cupcake for daddy. Cupcake for Judah.

Jelly Belly goodness!

On Sunday we celebrated my official permanent residency status by going to a place thats pretty American. Costco! Seriously thats one of the top ten things I think of when I think of America. where you can buy everything in bulk. We left with nearly 20 pounds of meat and a whole lot of kiwi fruits and the best part.... 4 pounds or 1.8 kgs Tub of Jelly Belly.

For those that aren familiar, Jelly Bellies ROCK. Gormet snacking at its finest. 49 flavours!!! from pina colada to buttered popcorn, cream soda and toasted marshmallow. my least favourite being sizzling cinnamon.

I was walking past the tub this morning when i realised that over 1/3 was gone, which meant me and Malachi had been through a pound of it already in 3 days. Eeeek! For some reason Hannah thought it was breakfast. I whipped out the camera for a couple fun shots to remind me that if we did go through this whole tub this week that it did exist and I wasn't imagining things. While i was taking pics Hannah knew she wasn't allowed to eat it so she tried to smell it as much as she could and touched it while i wasn't looking.

Showing me her favorite Jelly Belly.

Hannah smelling all that sugar!

breakfast photo shoot :-D

Got a nice little surprise at 9 am in the form of a new lens. :-) So I got the kids up for a nice early morning photo shoot in their happy place. The dining table. While they were munching away I was annoying them with my photo clicks. They love mornings!!! and even Judah gave me his rare smiles.

Judah .... from boredom to belly button. ( which he played with for the next hour!)

"I don't know momma"

My happy morning baby!

So...Shocking!

Mr. Serious!

Judah is 11 months. That totally blows my mind! Our little man has developed so much personality and lots a baby goodness!!! not to mention his cheeks which i can't get enough of.

One thing we've noticed this past few months is his seriousness. when he lets you know..."Im not impressed momma!" thats what he showed me today when we went outside with Hannah.

I took about 30 pics in about 10 minutes and FAILED terribly to try and get him to smile. But I love his one expression, and its even better when he bursts into a smile the moment I least expect it. Hannah even tried to get a smile out of him with her fancy camera. OH WELL...maybe another day. In the meantime enjoy his famous expression!

Judah's "tough guy" look.

His 6 interpretations on 1 expression...so talented!

Even Hannah's kisses didn't bring out a smile.

Our lil photographer!