The Alford Family Picture...

This Thanksgiving the Alford Family organized our first official extended family picture. I was so excited to go through my pictures in my camera, when I came home to see how great the pictures turned out and the craziest thing happened....these pictures of Edna and Re started off the group. I have no idea who took these pictures but since Edna and Re were so generous to include them for me...I certainly wanted to share them with all of you :) Here are the professional pictures from our family photo session this weekend.



Grandma Edna....

Aunt ReAnna....

Aida and Grandpa...Aida really did not want to take any pictures this weekend. So just about every picture had the sippy cup or goldfish in them.

Working hard to get Aida to smile for the camera...this must be what it is like for professional baby models behind the scenes....

The fruits of our labor....The Alford Family 2008!

Meeting Santa....

Needless to say from our pictures, we did NOT enjoy meeting Santa. Santa was very sweet to Aida. He even offered her a coloring book and some comforting words to me since he knew I was totally sad that she didn't smile for the picture. According to Santa, babies between 15 and 31 months do not like him very much and often cry. The trick is to not let the baby see Santa and to quickly place the baby on Santa's lap and snap the picture before they notice mom is missing. As you can tell from the pictures, we did NOT do this....

Oh well Aida....we will try again next year. We love you :)

Thanksgiving 2008!

This Thanksgiving there was so much to be thankful for. We have a beautiful daughter, a great family and great friends. Aida enjoyed herself too and had so much fun visiting with everyone. The first part of the weekend was spent with our Uncle Michael. He came in from Pennsylvania to celebrate Thanksgiving with us. Aida had so much fun climbing all over him, and playing for 2 days. Here are some pictures of their fun times this past weekend.

Thanksgiving Day 2008, Me, Aida and My Brother Michael...

Aida had so much fun making herself and Uncle Michael laugh. Here she is being funny!

More giggles with Uncle Michael...

This is a chair that was given to me by my Grandma when I was little. Now Aida sits in it at her Grandma's house and she is as tall as the chair. This outfit was also given to her by her cousin Renee when she was just 3 months old. Aida loves it so much she can put the tutu on herself!

A cute picture in front of the Christmas Tree....

A smiling picture of Aida....Yeah!

The Alford Family....