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Catching Up - Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving!!
I'm a few days late, but that's to be expected when you've had as much on the agenda as we have. I hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving weekend with your family. We did! It was much less stressful this year and that is always a bonus.
Our first stop was at my dad and step mom's house. Her family and our family was there. It went off without a hitch. A great time was had by everyone! It used to be a bit awkward, but this year everyone seemed to get along and have fun. We had tons of food! Much to my surprise, a lot of it was Gluten Free. Woopie!! That's all I needed was another excuse to eat. I feel it today, believe me..right in the hip area.
The girls frolicked, played, and ran around. They fed the ponies carrots and the ducks bread. They played chase and swung in the porch swing.
They also looked like little dolls. Everyone agreed with me. My step mom's family couldn't beleive how precious their outfits were. Any old blog readers recognize Care bear's outfit? It's a recycled Miss Priss getup. She wore it exactly two Thanksgivings ago in 2007. I wish I could find the picture, but sicne my desktop crashed I lost all of them. Boo! 
"Rocka Rock" that's what Care Bear says.. she loves to swing.
MIss Priss didn't want to sit still long enough for a picture. She was all over the place!
CB watching the ducks very intently. She loves ducks. Anytime she comes upon one she exclaims "Quack.Quack!!"
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Black Friday recap.
I'm one of the Black Friday crazies. I am proud of it too! I love me some Black Friday sales!! I understand if you don't need the things that are on sale , you don't save any money, but if you do need something{like a Tom Tom} then you will save a generous amount of money. And I did. ;)
I left the house at 5am. My first stop was Wal Mart. The parking lot was reDONKulous. I went it and walked right back out. There was nothing there that I absoloutley needed, so I didn't want to fight for nothing. I headed to Target, Kohls, and Old Navy {they are in the same strip mall..thank goodness!} I rushed to the electronics at Target around 5:25am and stood in line for about 35 mins..which wasn't bad at all! They were almost out of the TomToms on the floor, but thankfully I got one of the last three. Score! C is going to be so happy. =) I didn't buy anything else there, but I did find some awesome deals on clothes for the girls at Old Navy and a pair of $15 jeans for me. Although, the 1 hour wait in line almost made it unworthhy.
I went home after that. C and I took the girls to my inlaws and we headed back to Kohls. We found more great deals on clothes for both girls and their Christmas dresses and PJs! Woo Hoo!!! I'm so excited for our Christmas pics this year. We normally go to Sears, but I think we will go out ona limb and try the new Portrait Innovations Studio {just in to Arkansas} this year.Wanna peek at their dresses?! {Don't mind MP's headband..she will have a pretty and prissy Bow!}
Like Care Bear's Red Mary Janes? I got them at PBK on clearance! They were regular $48.00 and I got them for $12.99!!
Saturday and today{Sunday} we've been working on our Christmas decor. We have an upstairs tree that we do every year. It is white with blue decor in our living room. All of that is finished. Every year, I do less and less because I don't like the clean up after Christmas. Man, i'm a bummer. Just a touch of decor still gets the job done. I'll post pics of that later. This post thas gotten really long.
As most of you know with two or more children, they are exact opposites. Care Bear is not.so.easily.photographed. It isn't completely her fault. Her Albinism plays a big part as she cannot open her eyes all the way in bright sunlight and her nystagmus makes it difficult for her to look directly at me for long periods of times. Oh and the transition lenses in the glasses are so darn dark outside! Plus, she is one year old and loves to explore!!
Once again, model much?! I can just see her at age 16 posing for pictures like this with her friends. =) I know because, this was me at one time. I was the same exact way.
Another almost impossible task. Getting a decent picture of your kiddos together. Yeah, it's not going to happen. You just gotta live with it.
Care Bear has learned a new thing. She now loves to "Call the Hogs" If you aren't from Arkansas, you may not know what that means. But if you are, say it with me "WOOOOOOOOO PIG SOOIEEE!! RAZORBACKS. Go HOGS!!!!" Mm hmm, my one year old can do that and does quite frequentley and it's stinkin.hilarious!.jpg)
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What was that about never getting a decent picture of your kiddos together? I take that back. This is pretty sweet. I sorta love it.
This one isn't bad either. 
Did I say she was absoloutley gorgeous and oh.so.photogenic? Oh right, I did.
See, I think I over edited this picture. It was so dark and dull looking. Now it's bright and perky, but a little to bright maybe? Either way, she's such a happy girl and I love this picture. It shows her essence completely.
This is how most of the day went. She ran away from us no matter where we went.
At home, later in the evening, I tried again with a more subtle light for Care Bear's eyes.
This might have been a keeper if that darn paci wasn't in the shot! Girl loves her paci..no doubt!
Really? REALLY?? She waited all day, up until the last shot to give me this angelic, amazing picture? Of course she did, that's how she rolls. Make mommy stress all day then BAM. Perfection.
