Family Photos 2011

Once again our good friend Lisa Cowart did an amazing job with our family photos! Typically, Kirsten would be smiling a lot more, but she wasn't her usual cheerful self during the photo session. Those 2 year olds, so unpredictable! Here are some of the favorites:

What am I missing...

Cookie, check!

Pink & purple hair extensions, check!

Princess wand, check!

Dress-up shoes, check!

My clothes... whoops!

My Blue Eyed Baby

Well, I think it is official... Alexa's eyes are blue! She will be 4 months old on 12/5/11 and I know they say eyes usually take a year to develop their color, but if they are anything but blue I will be so surprised!

Happy Birthday Drake!!

Where has the time gone? I can't believe Drake is already 6 years old!! We celebrated Drake's birthday at Nana and Papa's house (Gordon's parents) while spending the Thanksgiving holiday with them in Northern Wisconsin. We had lots of fun playing with Drake's new games and toys. He received so many great things, but the highlights were a shooting game, Uno Spin, a light sabor from Star Wars and a Transformer!

Miss Alexa Lynn

My little baby is growing up too fast! She is already 16 weeks old and is developing her own little personality. She has long eyelashes, like that of a doll, and loves to smile! Her eye color is still undetermined, but I think they will be blue. Here are of few photos of Miss Alexa Lynn!

Kirsten's 2nd Birthday!

Enjoy the slide show of Kirsten's 2nd birthday! We celebrated at our home and entertained 21 adults and 18 children, needless to say, it was an exciting afternoon. Most importantly our little princess, Kirsten had a ball!

This digital slideshow created with Smilebox

Thank you Meme!

It has only been one week since my Mom has gone back home to Las Vegas and we all miss her so much!

Gordon and I feel so blessed that my Mom was able to stay with us for 5 weeks, helping with the kids when I went back to work.

"Meme" watched Alexa exclusively while Kirsten went to daycare. We were fortunate to have her help with this arrangement when Kirsten was born and we were ecstatic she agreed to do it again with Alexa.

Kirsten and Meme had some special bonding time, reading stories, going through her flash cards, and playing with her toys. Kirsten also learned a few new vocabulary words from Meme, like "coffee" and "gum" :)

We miss you Meme!!

Halloween 2011

This Halloween we were able to take the kids to multiple places for treats and showing off their costumes! Kirsten and Alexa were Kitty Cats and Drake was the Incredible Hulk. The first stop was a party at our church, where Kirsten picked out a pumpkin and shared treats with Daddy. Next, we took the family to "Night Eyes" which is a trick or treating festival held at the Zoo. Then we had a pre-Beggars Night get together with ours neighbors, topped off with trick or treating around the neighborhood. This was Kirsten's first "official" year to go around in her costume collecting candy... she LOVED it! She was very polite, always thanking everyone for each piece of candy and SO appreciative if they gave her extras!

Danielle's Wedding 9/10/11

We celebrated my best friend Danielle's wedding on 9/10/11. Danielle has been engaged for more than a year and I was nervous that my pregnancy may interfere with my ability to stand up in her wedding. However, Alexa arrived 2 weeks early and I had 5 weeks to get my body back into shape for the wedding!!

Gordon and I packed up the family and took 2 lap children across the country to Los Angeles, CA for the festivities. My Mom flew into town just to watch the kids while we were at the wedding. The trip went by so fast, but everything went smoothly!

Danielle was a beautiful bride and it was great to see all my best friends (Danielle, Tiffany and Alexis).

Congratulations Danielle and Robert!!!

My Mom bought Kirsten these glasses since she was going to be in LA! I had to take a picture of Kirsten and her Godmother Tiffany; pictured to the right are the adorable Ugg boots Tiff got for Kirsten that light up when she walks!! Don't mind Kirsten's funny face... this is her "cheese" smile!

Drake's First Day of School

Drake's first day of school was a success! He let me take multiple photos and only started to get bothered with me constantly saying "smile" when he saw some of his friends from Pre-K. Kirsten loved the whole thing... you would have thought it was her first day of school!!

More photos of Alexa!

I turned our living room into a studio so I could take some newborn shots of Alexa. Here are 4 of my favorites!

Alexa Lynn Guthrie

Alexa Lynn Guthrie

8/5/2011

6 lbs 8 oz

19.5 inches long

Kirsten was so excited to see her little sister. She ran into the hostpital room saying "baby, baby" and squealed with delight when she saw Alexa for the first time.