Fiber Optic Lamp.

When i was little a friend of my mom had a fiber optic lamp and every time i visited her, I played with the lamp and thought that there was nothing more enchanted and magical than this. The lamp kept changing the colors from blue, to purple, to red, green and blue again...I was always fascinated by the changing colors so when i saw a similar lamp at the store i just had to buy it for my children. They both love the lamp and it is now sitting in Noah's room. It glitters and shines just like Noah and Leah. We love it!

Leah looking at the tree.



Noah showing Leah the sparkly lamp.

Magic in the air.

Random shots of my girl.

All these photos were taken with the 85mm 1.4 lens. I rented this lens for the weekend and wanted to compare it to my 50mm 1.4. Well, of course the 85mm is a way better lens but the 50mm is a great lens as well. Anyways, I took Leah outside and snapped a few pictures of my little princess, who is crawling all over the place desperately wanting to walk. I know I've said it probably thousand times but she is really the best baby EVER! She is soo sweet, gentle and oh so girly :) I can already see a little drama queen in her. She loves to be held and sang to and she definitely loves mommy's jewelry. YES she is a girly girl :) I am so happy to have a little girl like that. It's a whole new world to shop for a girl because everything is so cute! There are so many cutesy outfits out there in PINK! Gosh i love pink :) Dressing Noah was fun but shopping for Leah is WAY better. I've never imagined having a girl will be soo much FUN. Noah and Leah are very similar but yet different. They both have a lot of energy but Leah is quieter than Noah and self-contained. Noah is high maintenance, Leah is not. Noah loves to hug and cuddle, Leah does not (it's funny, one would think it will be the other way around). I love you guys soo much! Like from here to the moon and back. Always remember this.

Leah in front of our house.


Love her facial expression on this one.

Soo cute.






My happy girl.


Josh.

Lilly Bell.



Leah at the Wolf Camera store...

Christmas Day!

So Santa came last night and brought lots of goodies for the kids. Me and Noah left Santa some cookies and milk on the table and moved the table away from the chimney so that Santa may enter our household more easily :) And he did...because all the cookies were gone this morning and the milk cup empty. Yeah!!! What a wonderful morning this was. I was probably even more excited than Noah :) I even forgot to take off his diaper (that he still wears at night) for the morning pictures. Oh well, I was kind of busy trying to film the whole experience and take pictures at the same time. Noah loved all his toys, but he just adored his big pirate ship (definite winner). Leah also liked her new dolls but it seemed like she enjoyed her big brother's toys even more :) Leah loves whatever Noah is playing with and vice versa. She plays with cars, imaginext and almost anything that Noah plays at the moment. It is just too cute to watch them interact with each other. Leah is definitely the one who always must submit to Noah's decision making (i know it's hard to be a little sister) but she is doing this with lots of grace and composure. She almost never cries when Noah takes a toy from her. Overall, Noah has been doing better job with sharing but we still need to work on this skill. I always try to explain to him that me, Noah and Leah are a team and he gets it most of the time :) Anyways, after our busy morning we got ready and drove to Pell City Alabama to see Paul's family for Christmas. Noah had a great time seeing everybody and getting even more gifts. The kids got to see their cousins Evan and Chandler and Noah had the best time playing with Evan. I wish Evan lived closer to us so he could babysit for Noah. How wonderful would that be! Thank you everyone for a wonderful Christmas day and all the gifts. The kids loved it!

Noah running around not knowing which present to open first :) Completely amazed!


Leah with her new Bella doll.


A pirate ship!!! The winner toy!

All excited and trying to rip the package apart :)

Playing with his pirates.

Another pirate ship! LOL

Babcia holding one of Leah's dolls. Leah received two barbies and a princess Bella. I can't believe we bought her barbie doll already :) It says on the package 3 years and up :) Oh well. If i already start to buy Leah barbie dolls, no telling how many barbies will she have before she is 3 years old. Gotta spoil my only girl right?

Noah in Pell City.


Miss Leah by the tree.


My little chipmunk :)

Leak with beautiful babcia Ewa.

Eating her headband :)


Finally picture of me :)


Me and my princess.


All of us together (Leah was getting pretty tired at this point :)

Time to open the presents!!! Leah checking out her new lala.



Leah with babcia.

Noah had eyes on the price :)



More presents...


The paper was flying all around the place and Noah just ran from one present to the next, completely overwhelmed and delirious :)

Leah wasn't much into her presents, she just wanted to explore the new place :)

Noah with Evan behind him :) He is such a sweet cousin to Noah.