The Most Beautiful Christmas Angel Ever

Ever since I can remember Christmas was never my thing. It lost is luster for me when it became all about stressing over the perfect presents and spending more money than I have. Don't even get me started on dragging all of the damn red and green decoration rubbermades from out of the attic. That shit if for the birds. Evil takes a form in assembling the Christmas tree. Lights, ornaments and sticky candy canes for animals and babies to break...not to mention cuts all over my hands from the fake plastic needles. Aubin seem to like it though. 

Well this year the tides are beginning to turn.  This tiny princess is making me love all things red and Santa! I mean LOOK at her!! How could you not be excited for this madness??

   

I have the great fortune of knowing an awesome guy from the gym whose wife is an amazing photographer. We set up a mini session to get some photos of tiny done for Christmas cards and some family Picts. We had to decorate the house BEFORE thanksgiving (the cardinal sin of all thanksgiving lovers) I went Pinterest crazy and had a whole countertop of props, a shit ton of outfit changes and a lighted backdrop. We used her deer head in her nursery for some super cute mistletoe pictures too!!

In two hours I could not have been more happy with the photos we got. I have no idea how I am going to pick my favorites out of all these!! Aubin should basically be a baby model. Here is the link to all of her pictures!!! 

If you need a GREAT photographer look up Three Regions Photography here! She does amazing work and has really decent prices as well!! 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Do Great Things!!
Linds&Aubin

Rules to taking a tiny person trick or treating

Halloween is a pretty great holiday if I do say so myself. You get to dress up and be whatever you want to be, and then people give you food for it. And not nutritious food, but junk that rots your face hole. What could honestly be better??

Here are my rules to taking your child trick or treating

You MUST have a ridiculously cute costume. Extra bonus points for a couples costume.

a.       Aubin and her boyfriend El decided to be an old couple. They kept holding hands and just looking at each other like their baby hearts would not beat if the other wasn’t there. The cuteness was overwhelming.

     Don’t be an asshole

a.       If your child is capable of walking, there is no reason to drive your child from house to house. If you do, the world hates you. You are already getting diabetes from all the candy and now you aren’t even getting any physical activity from running from house to house. I really don’t even think that pouring rain is a good excuse-you want candy? You better buck up champ and bring an umbrella.

b.      “But Lindsey, I am not able to keep an eye on my kids when they are walking, that means I have to walk too!!” …Remember that time you were a responsible adult and took care of your children and actually engaged with them??  Get over it and walk.  

     Try your best to plan naps during the day.

a.       There is about a 100% chance that your bedtime routine will be jacked up. Not only was our bedtime schedule messed up, but it was also daylight savings time. Talk about your ultimate F you to the parents. Let’s keep your kids up, give them sugar (if they are old enough) and then have them wake up an hour early because their bodies don’t get it. Just bullshit if you ask me-pure bullshit.

     Get the neighbors involved for optimal candy distribution.

a.       We truly bought our house because we met our neighbor at our first showing. He said that there were families that all had babies under 1 (now they are 2 and 3) and sometimes they meet in the cul-de-sac and drink beer with the baby monitors. Done- the Johnsons are all over that. All of our neighbors are absolutely amazing. So for Halloween we all got together in the cul-de-sac and paraded our kids around so everyone could see their awesome costumes and get oodles of candy.

                                                               i.      We also have some random college renters that went above and beyond and gave our full size candy bars and then gave beers to the parents. Yes, college kids- you make my heart full and I love you.

    Get candy for babies that obviously can’t eat it.

a.       Here is where I was torn. My kid looks cute as hell but there is no way that she can eat any of this candy. I felt like a loser taking her and Eli to people’s houses that I didn’t know and asking for candy. Trick or Treat?!?!- Mama only wants Milky Ways, and Twix Bars!!!! Aubin ended up getting just a small amount of candy which was perfect because we ate it all and totally didn’t need any of it.

    Take millions of pictures

a.       DUH look at my kid! Of course I am taking millions of pictures and I am going to shove them down your throat via social media and you will like it. 

Do Great things

Linds