Happy Birthday Gabby

Today this sweet girl turns 6!!! I cannot believe 6 years ago I convince Michael to get a dog. And I cannot believe he found her. We adopted her and she has been the best fur child I could ever ask for. She listens, most of the time. She loves her brother and sister to pieces. She is super tolerant of them loving on her. She has the best personality. Even though, I can tell she is moodier about other dogs or she will hide in our room when she needs a break and that is a tall tell sign of her age.

She is definitely aging. Her gray and my gray are about the same. Too bad they don't have Doggie Hair Dye for her. She will be spending her day doing what she loves best...sleeping. I will take her out this afternoon to play Frisbee, her second favorite activity. Too bad the pool isn't open during her birthday or she would be in it today. The weather will be perfect today in the 60s so we may even take her on a walk.

I love seeing how she has changed over the years. She is thinner than she was during year 2-4 and a lot grayer. My old lady!

~Check back tomorrow for Michael and I's challenge for each other during the month of February~

Favorite Family Photos

Here are some of my favorites. It was fun taking these pictures and seeing my kids so happy. I love it. I cannot wait to get them blown up and hung up in the house.

Look how rare. All of us...and everyone is looking at the camera!

Mason and I were playing chase. I was trying to help get him smiling and laughing. It worked.

This one is really easy going and happy.

Up to no good. Love his face.

They both got tickled and I thought it was adorable.

I last time we got a good picture like this was probably our wedding.

Happy babies are the best!

My boys!!!

Sneak Peek

Last weekend we had our family pictures taken. It has been a few years since we had professional pictures done. We had newborn pictures of Addison, but last year we were too busy and I was pregnant and not feeling great, so we walked outside of my parent's house and snapped a few pictures for our Christmas card. This was by far my favorite session we have ever done. Everyone was happy, smiling, and looking extra cute...if I do say so myself. 

We had so many good ones that I narrowed down 300 pictures to 50 to 20. I am grateful for having friends that are photographers. They let you scan through the pictures and pick favorites. I think it helps that I take pictures too (landscape) and so I am more looking more at faces and expressions then items that can be photoshopped. I couldn't get it down to less than 20. I am planning to blow up several. I have been wanting to get pictures for our stairs. I wanted an individual picture of Mason, Addison and Gabby for that and I got the best pictures for that vision this time. I am going to get them blown up and framed and placed going up our stairs and that can be my Christmas present. 

I love this picture and how everyone is smiling and the kids are laughing.

Look how grown up he looks. *TEAR*

She was the easiest one of all. Sat and smiled like the big girl she is becoming. 

Of course, our Fur Baby is included. She just wanted to play with the cows, so we only got her in a few family photos, but she enjoyed posing by herself. She is getting older and grayer.