We had a great Christmas! I hope you did too. Caroline absolutely loves and adores her new American Girl doll. She named her Anna Elizabeth Claiborne. Here she is, moments after opening her. She has a funny look on her face 'cause I think she's squeezing her real tight. heehee I am disappointed in my pictures from Christmas. I didn't take very many because I just wanted to enjoy the moment but then later I regretted it!!! Also, it rained that morning so it wasn't very bright in my living room. I had my flash off because I've gotten to where I just hate pictures with a flash. They look so artificial! So I only got a few decent shots. I will have to say, however, I looked at my pictures from last year and the year before and I didn't get any great ones on those Christmas mornings either. Caroline is just in too big of a hurry to open gifts and she's one big blur. So oh well. Did you get any good pics of gift opening?
Here's a picture of Caroline after she changed her doll in to one of her new outfits. She got three outfits (from my Mom and us) and a t-shirt. She is really good at putting it all on by herself. She's brushing her hair too so it will stay nice. It was dark and rainy again today but I think tomorrow I am going to put her Christmas pj's and then her Christmas outfit on again and take some pictures of her with her toys. I used to take one of her in front of all her toys after Christmas but the last few years I forgot. I'm definitely going to do that and make a list too.
Here's a picture of Caroline after she changed her doll in to one of her new outfits. She got three outfits (from my Mom and us) and a t-shirt. She is really good at putting it all on by herself. She's brushing her hair too so it will stay nice. It was dark and rainy again today but I think tomorrow I am going to put her Christmas pj's and then her Christmas outfit on again and take some pictures of her with her toys. I used to take one of her in front of all her toys after Christmas but the last few years I forgot. I'm definitely going to do that and make a list too. 
You should see our Den. It is completely full of toys. I will be figuring out storage for everything in the next few days, do you have to do that? Caroline got a Little Mommy grocery cart for her Little Mommy dolls (she has the original one and the twins). That is the biggest thing I'm worried about storing. She also got a container of about 800 legos and a Disney castle with all the princesses. Luckily it folds up. She got a Princess remote control car she's loving. Here she is at my Mom's opening gifts. I love how her hair curled up. We're getting it cut this week so I need to get several pics of it long first.I got some nice gifts: 2 seasons of Andy Griffith on DVD, socks, money, gift certificates and cards, body wash from Bath and Body Works, a great calendar, books and my favorite, a new Bible. It is beautiful. I will treasure it. I want to start a daily reading plan in 2007. We will hopefully begin our school day with prayer and bible study. That was my plan all along but I didn't implement it. Now that Caroline can read so well, she is going to read her Bible and I'm going to read mine. I want to train her to make a habit of spending time with the Lord.
Well I hope you are doing well and had a great holiday.
3 comments:
How fun! We had a fabulous Christmas too! I did get some good pictures. But they are mainly snapshots and I wasn't going for anything "professional looking". It's not on my blog yet, but I captured some of those first expressions of awe on their faces. It was really cool.
Merry Christmas! I'm so glad yours was wonderful! Ours was too! These photos are great! I know what you mean about the flash. I used mine and the photos are a bit harsh but I'm okay with it! I actually updated my blog with some of those shots!
She lloks so cute with her new dolly!
rachel
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