Our Christmas Cutie Pie

Posted By on December 22, 2010

Since this past weekend, Mark has been taking a lot of random pictures of Sam in preparation for getting our family Christmas portraits.  There were so many “test” shots that looked too cute for words, that I have to post some of them.

We strung lights ALL OVER our house this year since Sam is so enamored with them.  You can see how happy they make her.

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I love her little face when it is looking right at me smiling, but sometimes I think the pictures where she is pensively looking off into the distance are sweet.  I don’t recall what she was looking at here, but it captured her attention.  Zephyr maybe?

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Here she is happily playing with the string on her horse pull toy, completely oblivious to the fact that Mark needed her to model.

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Oh, you need my attention?  Why didn’t you say so?

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No matter how much Sam has changed in the last year, one thing that hasn’t is her love for snowmen.  They were her favorite last year, and they are this year too.  I love the little tongue sticking out.  She does that when she concentrates, and Mark does too (although he doesn’t stick his out quite so far!)  She is just like her daddy in so many ways.

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She is looking at her Christmas stocking here, perhaps wondering what goodies Santa will stuff it with….

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These pictures were taken tonight while testing some poses.  I am sure Mark won’t like these photos, but I do.  In fact, I was having some trouble getting these pictures to post, and a minute ago Mark came down to help me, and he said, why are you posting those?  Ha. I knew it.  Anyway, I just like them because we don’t have a lot of family photos with the three of us, and I think we all look really happy.  And we are really happy. The last week or so has been really stressful with all the holiday planning, running out of time, the usual, so you wouldn’t necessarily know it, but it is nice to see proof that we are one big happy family. 🙂

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2 Responses to “Our Christmas Cutie Pie”

  1. Debbi Plenn says:

    She is starting to look more like a little girl than a baby. Is she walking a lot yet?

  2. pamelamyers says:

    You know, she is hardly walking at all. She walks a lot when holding onto things, but not so much on her own. Last night, actually, was the first time she really made any effort at all. She walked about 3 or 4 feet across our kitchen on her own without holding on, and she did it about 3 times. So we’re getting there!

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