Santa Claus is coming to town...

My favorite pictures of the year...Santa pictures! I booked this session months ago and couldn't wait for it, because it was so magical last year!

She always starts out with the kids just sitting on the couch before Santa sneaks up behind them!

Last year, he got a little scared when he realized that Santa was behind him, but this year he just turned around and smiled, maybe he remembered what was going to happen from last year and anticipated it.

Decorating the tree with Santa. Finn was not sure what to think about the old man, I was kind of hoping for a pouty lip, but he was totally unimpressed.

Right before he spit up on Santa!

Look at that smile! He is seriously the happiest baby ever!

He told Santa he would like a guitar for Christmas.

Santa had a little present for everyone and it was a big hit!

Not every kid can say that they beat Santa at arm wrestling!

I'm already sad thinking about the day that my kids are "too cool" to go see Santa! Holidays with kids are just so magical and I love every minute of it!

Pajama Pictures

These are the only pictures every year that Katie not only takes voluntarily but also WANTS to take. Must be something about wearing jammies.

I can not believe there are four people in this picture! Truly a dream come true for me and one of those "Holy shit, I have two kids!" kind of moments!

I can't believe how smily Mr. Finn was for these pictures. I'm telling you, our photographer is magic!

She texted me this sneak peak picture late that night and I love it so much, I already blew it up for our family wall and had it printed on my credit card.

I mean, look at these kids...how freaking lucky am I?

Snowball Fight!

Fox was all about it!

These pictures took like ten minutes and I love every single one of them. 

If you're local, check out Packer Family Photography, she is amazing!

Christmas at the Princess

We started out the season with "Christmas at the Princess", one of our favorite Christmas traditions! This time we met up with a couple of our friends for their opening night and it was a blast!

Grumpy little elf

Writing their letters to Santa. Fox asked for a guitar and drew one on his letter, he did really good, I wish I would've snapped a picture of it!

I love this picture! These kids have known each other since they were itty bitty, Fox was about two months old when we had our first playdate. 

Fox was super excited to do s'mores. He usually can't have any because he is allergic to regular marshmallows and also has a dairy allergy, so I prepared and brought some vegan marshmallows and chocolate for him and he was so happy. My mom guilt let him eat like three s'mores and all of us moms paid for it later, because the kids were all on a major sugar high. We should've done the s'mores at the end of the night instead of the beginning, because they were bouncing off the walls like I never seen them before and just a crazy bunch. They were funny!

Of course this guy was along for the ride and as chill as ever.

Funny enough, Fox asked to take a picture with the penguin. He usually never likes to take pictures with characters...maybe it was the peer pressure because the other two wanted to take their picture as well...haha.

They have this giant christmas tree there that is synchronized to Christmas music. At first, the kids were just sitting there looking at it, but it soon turned into a wild dance party!

It was such an amazing night and I'm so grateful for these two ladies who have supported me through some hard times this year. Their friendship means everything to me and I' so glad that our kids enjoy each other's company as well!