Helloooooooooooooo FRIDAY! It’s been one heck of a week. On Monday we got the call from daycare informing us that Caroline (and a few others in her class) came down with some sort of stomach bug and needed to be picked up. That night was super rough as our poor baby was up sick several times. The next morning I flew out before sunrise to Chicago (cue the mom guilt) while Matt took care of sick, fussy minis. He is truly super dad. Anyway, after a long three days, I took the last flight out of Chicago last night and arrived home super late. Soooo, you get three things today…
one // We received our Christmas session photos back from our amazing photographer this week and I am so obsessed with this picture of our minis. I have a ton of other amazing images to show you all but this picture was just too perfect to wait to share!
This year I felt so unprepared for our Christmas shoot. I prefer to
stress out for a week or two about outfits, pin poses that I’m hoping
will come together on picture day, etc. However, this year things were
too busy to plan. So the day before our pictures Matt and I literally
ran into baby Gap and pulled two matchy outfits out of the window
display for Thomas and Caroline — a dress for her and a matching plaid
shirt for him. The rest of the outfits were pieced together from things
already in their closets.
Thomas: Plaid Shirt // V-Neck Sweater // Skinny Jeans // Hi-Top Suede Shoes
Caroline: Dress // Bow // Shoes
two // Oh, and on the way to our shoot we stopped at
Harris Teeter for a bag of mini marshmallows — the perfect, non-messy
bribe/reward for the kiddos throughout the photo session. Highly recommend.
three // Last but definitely not least — a spectacular giveaway!!!! Caroline and Thomas have been rocking their adorable, personalized, matchy-matchy Jennifer Ann leggings a lot recently and I cannot get over the cuteness. We can’t go anywhere without receiving a handful of compliments. And not only are they too stinking cute, but the quality is leaps and bounds better than any of the other leggings in Caroline’s impressive collection.
Anyway, Jennifer Ann has graciously offered to give away a custom pair of leggings to one reader! Enter below using the rafflecopter. The contest will run through Nov. 15 and the winner will be announced back here on Nov. 16. Good luck!
Happy weekend, friends! To link up, visit April or Natasha’s blog!
Oh my goodness…that photo! So perfect. And, hope Caroline is feeling better!
Love! I have wanting a pair of those leggings for my daughter!
Would love to win this adorable pants for my toddler! 🙂
Love those leggings! Have a great weekend.
The pictures came out adorable, I cannot wait to see more! 🙂
The pictures came out adorable, I cannot wait to see more! 🙂
Ohh my gosh your babies are seriously adorable! Fingers crossed for this giveaway!
I've always admired those leggings and would love to win a pair!! Your kiddos look darling as always 🙂
That photo is adorable! She has such a sweet little personality!! Love it! Hopefully the rest of you stay healthy!
Those are such sweet pictures! I am sorry it has been such a tough week and hope everyone is feeling better soon! Also, love those little leggings! They would be adorable for my daughter!
That photo is adorable! And I love the leggings!
Adorable!!
Love the sweet photo of your kiddos and love Caroline's dress!! Would love to win a pair of leggings for my daughter:) they are adorable!
Precious children and photos! I would LOVE to win a pair of leggings for my little girl! So adorable! Crossing my fingers!
Precious pictures! Definitely taking you up in the marshmallow idea ?
Cute! Would love a pair of these leggings for my little girl.
I've had my eye on these leggings! SO cute!
Such cute leggings! Think I will have to buy a pair for my girl! Love your pictures and love reading your blog! ?
GOSH! I love those sweet babies! I know they're so glad to have mama back home!!!
adorable pics! and cute leggings!
We bought the same dress for our daughter for Christmas pictures! So cute!!
Love the tip to use mini marshmallows for pics…wish I would've thought of that for our photos last week! Love the leggings!
I hope C is feeling better. Nothing worse than a sick kiddo. The leggings are adorable!
I love the tip of marshmallows for the pictures. We are taking ours this weekend and I need all the help I can get.
Such sweet leggings! Great pictures. Your kiddos are adorable!
Such sweet Christmas photos and the cutest leggings ever!!
I been eyeing these leggings ever since seeing your kiddos with them, they are adorable! I love to get my boys (2 year old and a 4 month old) a pair!
Such sweet pics! I love the Jennifer Ann designs!
We love Taylor Stading too! Would love to get my sister a pair of leggings who is pregnant with her first baby girl!
Great giveaway! We love wearing legging.
They are the cutest. And love the leggings!
Your kids are the cutest! I just love the personalized leggings, how adorable are they.
Love the leggings and love following along with your adventures. 🙂
These are so adorable! Would love to win them 🙂 And the pictures turned out great.
These leggings are so cute!! I have to get a pair for my little one coming in December!
I love those leggings!! The kids look perfect 🙂
Ahh! I'd love those leggings for my twins! Your Christmas outfits are adorable! Sometimes not stressing over them makes them that much better!
These are so cute! You can't go wrong with anything personalized.
I'm absolutely going to need a pair of leggings for my sweet Charlotte to wear when she makes her debut in January!
Love these leggings!
Thanks for the giveaway! Have an amazing weekend!
Precious! Perfect for my sweet guys!
Love the family photos of the minis and the leggings! I just had a baby boy 4 weeks ago and would love to win!
They are so precious! Great idea with the marshmallows haha! Taking notes! 🙂
I would love to win these leggings! My sweet girl has a different name and I love personalizing anything and everything! Hello Southern mama right here!
Those leggings are adorable!
They're the cutest!! Always love when you post pictures of them – Caroline always looks like she's scheming haha
Love the marshmallow idea!
Can't get enough of monogrammed designs!
Love monogrammed designs!
Great idea on the marsh mellow reward! I may have to use that on Sunday when we get our taken.
Marshmallows…good idea!
Love those leggings!
I love your minis! What a beautiful family!
So adorable! And I will def use that marshmallow trick!!
Adorable!
These are so cute
Those leggings are the cutest!
The Christmas pictures are so sweet! I definitely think you have your hands full trying to plan with those two cuties!! Good thing they are just naturally cute. 😉 Were you staying at the Sheraton in Chicago?? It looked like my view from a couple weeks ago. 😉
Your Christmas pics are super cute!
How sweet are the babies! I love the leggings
ok those leggings are too much! 🙂
What a greatness holiday card pic!
I've been admiring these leggings ever since I saw your kiddos wearing them!
I having all the heart eyes over these adorable leggings!!
If I need anything for baby girl page, it's those leggings or a blanket! So stinking cute! And carolines wave.. I just can't! They're perfect pics 🙂
Those pictures are great. I can't wait to see more!
Great pictures! Love the leggings 🙂 So cute!
Those leggings are so cute! I have a Caroline and I think she needs a pair of her own.
What a great idea with the marshmallows! You always have such great ideas!
Love these! Your kids are too cute 🙂
Love the leggings!
Your babies are adorable. I am the same way about Christmas photos. Last year we just winged it and guess what – they ended up being my all time favorite.
Would love a pair of the leggings for my toddler! My email is [email protected]
We love her leggings and her personalized blankets make the best baby gifts!!!
these leggings would be so fun! Hope the babies are feeling better!
I would love to have these leggings for my son!
CUTE!!!
So adorable
So adorable! Love it all!
You always get the best pics of your kiddos!!
Baby Gap display for the win!
Super cute leggings!!!!!!!!!
This would be a perfect gift for my niece and her new baby, Maddox!Digicats {at} Sbcglobal {dot} Net
Oh my goodness, definitely keeping the marshmallows trick idea for the future!
Love these leggings! My sweet Lily would look precious in them!
Your minis are adorable!
Your Christmas pictures are adorable! And so are the leggings 🙂
I've been eyeing those leggings since I saw them in one of your posts a few weeks bag (maybe IG???). Anyway…love love love!
Aw those leggings are precious!I'm expecting my first daughter in February and those would be perfect:)
Your family is the cutest!
I just LOVE your Christmas card outfits – well done friend! We also love JAS leggings… Maybe I should enter for Baby #3 x
Super cute leggings and beautiful Christmas card pics! Love the marshmallow idea!
Your Christmas photo teasers are so adorable!! Can't wait to see the rest!