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Monday, December 22, 2008

Pictures by the Christmas Tree

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Quote of the Day

"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often, it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know, none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaking suspicion... love actually is all around." ~ Love Acutally

Thursday, December 18, 2008

I'm such a proud MOM... look at that angel.. she's perfect!

Little Lorelai

For Auntie Leigh...

The only way this picture could be more for Leigh would be if she were in it herself.... Lorelai is standing next to the kitty door, wearing her Hoboken shirt, with chocolate smudged all over her face... ADORABLE!!!

Me and my mini-me...

Just like a china doll...

Lorelai came in as runner-up in the Jackson Sun's Cutest Baby Contest, I'll post a link to her shining moment when it runs in the paper on Tuesday! YAY! Oh, and for what it's worth... she totally deserved first place... I saw all other babies in that contest, and I'm certain that she was the cutest!

What Lorelai really thought of Santa...

This picture was Lorelai's first response to Santa... it would be a great one to submit to http://www.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/holiday/sfl-scaredofsanta-ugc,0,7181908.ugcphotogallery
This picture is by far my favorite, and really captured the moment... the one in the post below was after three trips through the Santa line... LOL!!!

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Lorelai & Santa in B&W!

SANTA!!!

Lorelai visited Santa tonight!!!! We ended up buying two pictures... this one (we got this one on cd so it was easy to upload) and another one (to be posted as soon as I can scan it it) that is a more accurate depiction of Lorelai's feelings about Santa this year (read: crying and terrified)...

This perfect picture was accomplished by sitting Lorelai on my knee and then me draping my leg over Santa's lap... I almost wish we had a full shot to post too.... I'm sure I looked really pretty dangling backwards over Santa's sleigh! LOL! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Please Christmas don't be late!

Derek & Angie's Christmas present for Lorelai arrived... so I wraped it and put it under the tree... she quickly found it, and it's as if she knew it was hers... she went straight too it.

Since she was obsessed with it, I decided to put her on top to pose for a picture...

As soon as the picture was over I helped her down and she started to tear into it before I could stop her...

Trying to sneak away before Mommy could get back around the table to stop the mischievous little angel!

Friday, December 12, 2008

You still have time to VOTE:

http://www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/tngallery?Avis=DQ&Dato=20081106&Kategori=BABYCALENDAR01&Lopenr=811060801&Ref=PH&Params=Start=181

Click on the above link to vote for Lorelai in the Jackson Sun's Cutest Baby Contest!!! The cost of the votes have long since exceeded the value of the prize... so NOT the point... she is the cutest baby in Jackson, and should rightfully have that title. The contest ends at midnight tonight!!!

*** UPDATE: Voting is over... I'll post as soon as I find out if Lorelai wins!!!