Baby's First Christmas

I am a fan of the "Baby's First Christmas" ornaments that let you put a picture of the baby in it.  I'm a fan of pictures in general (obviously), so I love having some hanging on my tree.  I realized today that I never posted Natalie's first Christmas pictures on here for y'all to see!  I recently got some really great pictures for Aidan's ornament, so I figured I'd post them all together for you.

Even though Natalie and Aidan are only 25 months apart, their birthdays straddle Christmas, so Natalie's first Christmas was 3 years ago when she was 2 weeks old, and Aidan is celebrating his first Christmas this year (he'll be 11.5 months old on Christmas day).  Needless to say, their ornament pictures are quite different!  haha

I'm no newborn photographer, and this was my very first attempt at it, so I didn't get the perfect sleeping baby pose. Oh well!  Natalie was exactly 1 week old in these pictures.

{This is the picture in her ornament!}

I crocheted the Santa hat for her before she was born (free pattern here), and made the tulle skirt, too.  :)

I didn't make anything for Aidan's pictures because I just didn't have time (or red yarn), but I don't think he needed it anyway.  I'm still technically choosing which one to put in his ornament, but I have an idea which it'll be.  Which is your favorite??

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C                                                                            D

E                                                                        F

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11 Months Old

Here I am posting this a week and a half after the fact, but Aidan turned 11 months old on the 7th!  He has experienced his first Thanksgiving and his first Christmas season is in full swing.  He's not officially walking yet, but he's trying!  He is a super fast crawler, and loves having freedom to go where he chooses (which doesn't happen too often because I don't have enough energy to chase him all day long - ha!).

I had a hard time getting him to cooperate for his pictures this month.  Travis was working, so I was alone in the attempt to keep him both happy and laying down.  Quite a feat.  I couldn't get any pictures of him smiling, but I'm just happy that I got an in-focus, semi-decent picture. ;-P

Here are a couple of outtakes:

  

But after a little while, I finally got something I could work with...

I just love his cheeks.  I mean, come on.  Look at them!  And those lips... and eyes...  Umm, I know I'm biased, but I think he's so stinkin' cute!  :-D