Happy Thanksgiving (belated)!

We had a great Thanksgiving and I was able to to get some good shots of the kids (before the girls puked on themselves :-) Dad and Judy spent the holiday again with us and it has been great to have an extra 2 sets of hands around. I told Judy yesterday that they could just move in with us or at least live right next door. She seemed to think that we would get sick of them and said they would just come out whenever we needed them to keep us sane (or to just be sure to call before we went insane). I told her we would be calling about 20 minutes after they leave on Monday :))

Some may not know this, but to get a decent picture of the girls is like conquering world hunger. And to get one of them all smiling is an act of god.  Throw Declan in the mix of all that and get him to smile, well I don't even have a good comparison for that... Nevertheless, sometimes my favorite shots are of them not cooperating and I've just come to the realization that it will only get worse before it gets better, so celebrate small wins...

Here's a pretty good one that I got Thursday. All were "smiling," even though they weren't all looking the same way :-) And no Declan...

L to R: Stevie, Aven and Bria...

Aven :-)

This is classic... So Stevie is intent on getting my cell phone (which is behind her)...

She's so happy she got it...

Uh oh... Here comes Aven...

And then she got it from her and Stevie is clearly unhappy!

But then, her attention is diverted to another toy in toyland :-)

Few shots of Daddy and Decky...

And there it is...

And here are a few good shots as well... They all tell a story :-) Em and her boyfriend Jeff (news flash - she is also moving in with him :-)) So Aven's not so sure about Declan. Stevie is a little unsure herself and Bria doesn't care becasue she is playing with something...

Declan smothering his sisters per usual...

Jeff trying to get Declan to chill and look at the elf on the shelf. Aven is still concerned about her brother and can't take her eyes off him... 

Then I give up on getting Declan in the picture and zoom in on them and the girls. Notice here that Aven has still not taken her eyes off Declan. Too funny!