In search of the Perfect Chrsitmas Card Picture

Well, it's that time of year at the Allred house. An attempt to have a perfect Christmas card picture. All I have to say is Thank Goodness for digital cameras. I've been known to take 3 or more rolls of film in search of a good picture. That number would surely double or even triple now that there are 2 Allred children. Below are some of our first attempts. Will they ever look at the camera at the same time? Will Alex ever smile a normal smile? Will I ever get a picture where at least one of them does not have their finger in their nose? Stay tuned to see if any other picture perfect moments make the blog. And you'll just have to wait until the card arrives in the mail to see which perfect picture(s) makes the annual Allred Christmas card.

Turkey Hats and Indian Head-dresses

Here is a picture of Alex and Emily the day before Thanksgiving. They both came home with their very own preschool versions of Thanksgiving head gear!

Emily is 2!

Emily turned 2 on November 21st! She was all excited about having her Mickey Mouse birthday party! We are not quite sure why she loves Mickey so, especially since we haven't been to Disney yet and we've only watched Mickey Mouse Clubhouse a handful of times, but she was very adamant about the fact that she wanted a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse birthday party! All of our family came to our house to help us celebrate! It was lots of fun!
It is hard to believe that Miss Emily is 2 years old. The first few months of her life were so crazy as we packed up in Rockwall and made the move to South Carolina. I tell people often that Emily was a very easy, quiet baby. She was fairly content to sit in the bouncy chair and just observe life happening around her....I think that was God's gift to Ryan and me! I think he knew we wouldn't be able to handle a high strung baby in the midst of our move!
However, the laid-backness from her baby days are gone now and she is a very demanding, outspoken 2 year old (That's the nice way to say she is HIGH maintenance)!! She absolutely loves life and keeps us laughing. She talks non-stop! For those of you that think Alex talked a lot when he was little.....it doesn't even compare to Emily talking!
We wouldn't know what to do without her!