Violet & Shiloh

Shiloh Jolie-Pitt was on the cover of a magazine this past week and I got several comments about how much she looks like my little Violet. I have to admit there are some serious similarities! What do you guys think?





So what do think? Can you tell who is who?

Violet's 1st Birthday Party--Invitation

I decided this year to have a family party for Violet's 1st Birthday. Everyone is welcome to come if they feel comfortable with mine and Zach's family swarming around and monopolizing most of the time. We would love to see you though if you want to come. Let me know and I will happily run you over an invitation. If you don't want to come, that's cool too. Here is the invitation for you to look at. The theme is "Winter Wonderland." I'm sure I will post pics after the party is over.

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause

This was going to be our Christmas card--but it just didn't work out. When I sat down to design the card, I just wasn't feeling the love . . .But the pics are cute, so I decided to post them on here. Look for our Christmas card (much more traditional) sometime this week.

My Christmas Decorations

We were really excited to put up our decorations this year (as always)--but it seemed our neighbors were much more excited as they decorated before Thanksgiving was even over. I've been meaning to post some pictures of our recent remodeling--but there are still some more things to do, but there's a sneak peak in some of these pics.






I love the outside of our house during Christmas. I am way proud of myself for the wreaths in the windows, because not only do I like how they look, but Zach doesn't have to get on the roof to string lights in the freezing cold! Love you Zach.

Violet's First Snow Day

So we woke up pretty early to take some pictures of Violet in the freshly-fallen snow for her birthday invitation. She pretty much hated the whole experience. This really surprised me because she loves to try new things and loves to be outside. What can I say, every time we tried to put her down in the show, she screamed. We still got some cute pics though!