It’s that time of year again….It’s almost TULIP TIME, here in Holland, MI and  I am so excited! Really, come on, who doesn’t love tulips?!?! They are so pretty and come in so many different colors. Anyway, we were out today, and I was able to take a few shots of some flowers. I’ll share a few with you….

A few weeks back my middle daughter, Isabel,  kept asking me if I would  take HER pictures. I Think I may have had a few shoots that week and she was feeling she wanted her time to shine. So, I had an idea on how to make it more special for her. I let her pick out her own outfit. Now, that may sound kind of trival to some, but you have to know my girls. They are SOOOO girly! SO girly!!! I always pick out their clothes for school, so this was a real treat for her. OK, so Isabel, my middle daughter, had it in her head what she was going to wear already. What can I say the girl has style!! She had dress-up bling, from the playroom, and one of my necklaces….she didn’t miss a thing. I’ll post her pics in a minute…

So, My oldest daughter saw the pictures of Isabel on the computer and said she wanted to do the same thing. Again, she was so thrilled to pick out her whole outfit. It was so fun to see her so excited about having her pictures taken. Oh, and listening to her talk about “the tights matching her dress” was so FUNNY! She had some bling too… Of course….Her a few pictures of them.

Now it was my youngest daughters turn.  She can’t pick out her clothes yet, so I had to help her out. She came with me to her sister’s shoots, and it wsa finally her turn last week. SHe hardly has any pictures of her, by herself, so I made sure to take more than just a few. She is a little honey!! Ok, so it looks like I gave her some direction, but I didn’t! All I told her to do is “smile like a princess” and this is what she gives me….

Those are my little ladies, and I adore them!!! I can’t wait until we do it again.

Here in little Holland (MI), we are finally having some beautiful spring weather. We have been outside for only a little while though because Eva has croup. But I did manage to get some shots while we were outside.

Poor Eva was not feeling the best, but she REALLY wanted to play outside.   She lasted outdoors for all of 10 minutes, poor girl.

For a little while there, I didn’t have time for a “photo of the day.”  Life just got a little too busy. Things have finally slowed down a little bit, so I was able to catch a few shots this past week.

March 15: My Lucia.

March 13: Lucia holding on to her toes

March 11:  A happy Isabel after eating chocolate. There is still a little piece under her lip.

March 9: Lucia. She looks like she had a long day, doesn’t she?

Have a great wek everyone!

-Selena

A couple weeks ago we were looking at some old video that I had taken on of the girls.Well, it actually was a video of Eva when she was around 6/7months old–Lucia’s age right now. I never really thought our kids look that much alike until I saw that—holy cow! Lucia looks SO MUCH like Eva. Dino actually thought that we were watching a recent video of Lucia. Anyway, so I thought I would  compare pictures. Can you tell that they are sisters or what?

Eva was obviously a bit heavier as a baby, but for the most part they look pretty close don’t ya think? I can’t help but laugh when I see that photo of Eva. Her thighs are so chubby…well what isn’t in that baby photo. I LOVE it!! Ahh, they grow so fast….

I hope everyone had a pleasant Christmas and New Year! It seems crazy to think all of is done and over with already. Isabel has been singing “Away in the Manger” non stop these days, and we are still reminding her that Santa is back at the North Pole and that he will not be coming back until next year. I think that since we missed seeing him at the mall or downtown,  she thinks that he is gonna come back to our house to say What up?! Poor girl– I’m sure she’ll forget about it soon anyway.

Eva starts school again tomorrow and I am the helper, so that will be fun. I think we are gonna have a belated Christmas party, since the last day before Christmas break was canceled due to all that snow we had. She is pretty psyched about hitting the pinata and getting candy… of course. It will be great to get her back into the routine of things. She is one of those kids that needs routine and always has been that way. I love it too!

So this past weekend, we moved Isabel into a new room and Lucia into her own room. Lucia has been in the bassinet in our room this whole time, and it was time to move her out! Now everyone has there own room and space. YAY! Bel loves it!! We haven’t had her pick out her bedding yet, but we will do that soon enough. For now she is using our spare bedroom outfit. I think Eva likes the idea too, that her and Isabel have rooms next to each other. We also moved the bookshelves from Isa’s new room, to the nursery and organized them too. That, by it’s self, took forever! I have an obsession with books. I LOVE them. LOVE them!! Any kind of book and especially children books. I could spend hours at bookstores. Anyway, off track….so yep, oh yes…..Lucia–not a fan of the move. She does great at night, but at nap time she can’t stand it and usually cries her self to sleep.  I’m sure in a couple of weeks she will be doing better. Have I ever mentioned she is the most difficult baby that I have had? She is by far! Eva was a wonderful baby and Isabel was even better. Lucia is something else for sure! She can be the sweetest, most content little peanut, and then turn on you and cry FOREVER the next minute. I shouldn’t be complaining, ’cause I know it could be worse, but geesh girl……:)

So it’s back to work for me. I have a few things to finish up and then I will be all caught up! YAY! I decided this year I am gonna try to take a picture everyday. I never did it in the past because I knew I wouldn’t be able to post everyday. So this year I am gonna give it a try but I will post the pictures on Friday.’cause really, I know I would fail if I were to post everyday.  So every Friday I will post pictures from the whole week.

Ok, I am gonna meet a friend for coffee soon. I hope you all have a great week!

(Taken on our way home from Target that really foggy day 12/27/08)

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