HaPpY NeW YeAr!!!

WOOOO It's 2012!! YAY for a NEW year with hopefully less medical craziness than last year right?! One can only hope, and I'm hoping hard! We started the first day out a little crazy. Went to bed pretty late since the girls did not want to go to bed, and then A & I spent some good quality time renting a movie off of Zune (I LOVE Zune! I love being able to rent a movie right off his 360, it's genius!) Anyway, we started that, Rang in the New Year with a wonderful Kiss (I remember when we started the movie again that I was the Luckiest girl in the world to be kissing Aaron at Midnight, I NEVER want to stop feeling that way), movie ended and we headed to bed. Just as I dozed off, I heard this sound downstairs that sounded like a dish falling and breaking, so I shook Aaron awake and he grabbed his gun, and headed downstairs. It ended up being nothing, maybe something in the dishwasher (THANK HEAVENS!!) but woah it was crazy. I being an idiot, go to check on Libby down the hall and then mid checking I realize that if A comes back up while I'm headed back to our room, he might shoot me. Hahaha, so yeah, note to self, just stay in bed & wait. Turns out the neighbor's glass door broke & is boarded was boarded up this morning, so that must have been what we heard. ANYWAY, the rest of our day was bliss spending it with my 3 loves.

Libby was on one today, and it's FOR SURE that the terrible two's have definitely shown up early (darn them!) Check out her tantrum throwing skills, she's getting pretty dramatic!


It was SUCH a nice day out. A beautiful high of 78 in Arizona today, with perfect blue skies. We hung out in our backyard for quite a bit today. Presley & Libby both love being outside, it calms them down, and tires them out all at the same time if that makes sense. It was pretty bright outside, and Libby was prepared, she brought her sunglasses :)


She even decided to share them with Presley, which Presley LOVED them.

The glasses make Presley look so smart, I don't know what it is about her, but whenever I look into her eyes, they are just so knowing and wise, and they have this smart look about them. Much more so with the glasses, she may be delayed, but I'm sure she is a genius.

Can't forget to throw in a pic with her and her plotting hands :) She is ALWAYS holding them. Sister just loves her hands. I think she is starting to teeth, because she is trying to chew on them more. Drool is becoming a factor too, but no way near as much as Libby did.

I was hoping that Libby would be running around everywhere driving us crazy and running from one place to another by the new year.... yeah, not so much. Still not walking. She knows how, she would just rather crawl? She can walk about 13 steps and then she drops to the ground. I haven't seen her take 13 steps since about two weeks ago, but I KNOW it's close. Just yesterday she was standing at Presley's swing, and all of a sudden turned and walked 7 steps to the ottoman. Aaron & I were like OMG NO WAY!!! So, since she is doing it without us prompting her, I'm sure it's close. Maybe by her 19 month birthday? We can only hope right? SHe has to walk eventually. In the meantime, she loves to practice with one hand!

She has loved having her Daddy home during the day to hang out with outside before it gets dark. Today Aaron tried teaching her how to golf. It was SO cute to watch them together. When Aaron would help her hit the ball with her itty bitty golf club, she would squeal with joy, get this huge smile on her face, and say YAYYYYYY! So cute.


Standing up ALL by herself!!! Yeah, Go Libby!

Aaron will carry her around outside, and walk around with her, and explore, and Libby LOVES it. Her newest obsession lately, is LEAVES. We tell her they are leaves, and she calls them "eeeees" :)

And one of my favorites, she LOVES her Daddy!

Her eyes always amaze me. I get asked time and time again if I edit them, change their color, sharpen them, and I'm pleased to answer, No :) I do a basic quick edit of my photos overall, but I'm not a fan of too much post processing, and like the more natural look... But with their eyes, I think they are already perfect in every way, and I have no desire to change them. I'm proud to say that's pretty much the only feature my girls get from me, is my blue eyes... the rest of their good looks, they get from their handsome daddy! Look how gorgeous Libby's eyes are:

I'm thinking of doing a 52 week photography challenge, but am also looking into doing one that's a 12 for 2012, so I guess we will see what I end up doing. I'd love to do a 366 (leap year this year!) but I don't want to get too cRaZy with all my other goals for this new year... so a weekly might be best :) This was one of my favorite shots from today, I LOVE baby jellies. Libby has so many jelly shoes, and Presley even has some she has yet to wear too! There is just something about baby jellies that make me happy, that or the chubby little baby feet that go in them :)

2011 was a CrAzY year, a lot of stressful things, but filled with TOO much medical crazyness, too many ER visits, BUT it brought me my beautiful miracle baby girl, Presley, who makes our family complete. We also watched Libby grow from a little baby to an amazing little toddler. Kinda makes me sad she isn't my baby anymore because she is growing up so fast, but happy too because she is growing up so wonderfully. So with that, I'm closing out 2011 feeling SUPER blessed, and humbled, and welcoming 2012 with open arms and more than happy that I get to do another year in this crazy life spending it with the ones I love most. I wish you all a great New Year filled with Love & Happiness!