I have some really great

Nieces...
They are so great and man are they ever cute!

You see we had Mad Mad's party, and I took some shots of their faces. Cute faces. SO cute faces.

Maddie, she is the oldest of my sister's children, she is also the first grandchild on both sides!!!! It was her birthday, and she has a lisp, just like Hannah. We don't make fun of it though, we embrace it. Or embrath it....Get it? Embrace with a th....like I have a lisp. Ya, okay, moving on.

Then there is Molly, she doesn't have this weird underbite in real life, she just was a little confused at my desire to shove a camera in her face. Her swim suit was to die for cute, it had that ruffle factor going on, makes you wanna squeeze cheeks and cuddle with the cute baby wearing it. She is a doll and we love her, she gets attached to people and never leaves their side.

And this doll is Halle. No way you can't pick her up and kiss her and shake her making sure she is real, because she is so cute. No stinkin way. Especially when she does this..

Goodness, look at those teeth, and those cheeks, and those eyes....I need a baby to stare at. Because this is unreal. If you are a mom out there, did you crave babies before you had one? And after you had one?

I'm an addicted craver. Then I look at my bank account, years left in school for Brad, and say...there will be plenty of time for babies. But I still crave them, addictively.

Mother Hannah, I just hope I look as good as she does after three girls.

Father Jeremy. He's a dentist. So they all have picture perfect teeth. Brad and I can't afford the dentist, so its been awhile.....new topic.

You know, I have lots of nieces, and don't feel I love these nieces more than the others, by no means do I. I love them all the same.

This is Sophia. She is Tanner's baby. I love her, and so does Brad apparently, because when she fell in I said. BRAD! She fell in! GRAB HER!! And she was grabbed immediately by Brad. Amanda is her mama.

So, I promise my nieces are the greatest thing. You just have to experience them, but don't think I left out my favorite toddler...

Faith, my sister. She's 3 now. And thinks she owns the world.

But this is about my nieces, so get your own blog post Faith. 

Oh, and my other needy friend.

Brad. Can't you see him? With that adorable tube that makes him nerdy? Well there he is.

Oh Mad Mad.

It's her birthday today.

She turns five.

I think five is such the age. You get to go to kindergarten. You get to be a big girl. FINALLY!

You are old enough to play with the big kids, but young enough to still play with the 3 year olds. 

You begin to read, and reading brings so many other opportunities.

Maddie is my niece. She is the oldest niece. 

She has so much energy. Loves butterflies, lady bugs, and junk in her purse.

She is a gasper.

You know like, Ahhhhhhhhh a suck in air when anything happens. 

We are celebrating by going to my uncle's pool. 

We cannot wait. 

Starts in an hour :)

Three photos from me.

I thought I would share with you three Christmas photos today.

Things that I forget how happy those Christmas days are until I look at days like this, and look back at days like those.

Not that days like this are bad, they just aren't as joy filled as those Christmas days.

Photo #1

Mr. Sexy Pants opening his presents. I got him sheets to replace our flannel sheet. Ya thats right, we had one sheet. Now we have the beauty of matching pillowcases and sheets. With a plural sheet for ya there. This purchase was something he guessed, he just threw out random guesses all the time,and he got most of them. I only surprised him on the tire pressure checker.

Madelyn was Mary, and due to my lack of staff while organizing the Christmas program, I was the set designer, script writer, narrator, producer, exucuative producer, and yada yada but most importantly I was the costume designer, and as you can see, we were going for the modern day birth of Christ story. I called it, Awesome.
The entire cast at its fullest. Molly was a wise man, wearing cheetah print, but...she wanted to be an angel like the rest of the world. Baby Jesus is actually a girl, and Tosha's baby girl, but you do what you can with what you have.

Have a great day, and remember if you are a parent that your time is most valuable to your children, and remember if you are a child to thank your parents because their time was valuable and they spent it on you.