Saturday, April 05, 2008

Hannah, Emma, Eli & Ellie

I had a busy Thursday afternoon! Two of my good friends from college, Amy and Stacy (who are sisters), wanted me to take pictures of their 4 kids. Amy has a 2 1/2 year old, Hannah, and 9 week-old twins, Eli and Ellie. Stacy has a 9 month-old little girl named Emma.

Amy and Stacy are the type of friends that you may not see or talk to for months, but when you get together, it feels like you were hanging out with them just yesterday. That's how it was on Thursday! It was wonderful for me to catch up with them!! I have lots of fun memories with these two, things like sliding down the stairs in sleeping bags, watching re-runs of Friend's and quoting every episode, and driving to Muleshoe so their mom could cut and color our hair. Amy will remember the summer of toupee's, trees, and trampolines. I also remember when Stacy came home from her first date with her now husband, and I was already putting her first name with his last name...crazy! It's so fun to see them as Mom's now and to share that experience with them. Although, I must say, watching Amy with her twins and 2 1/2 year-old makes my head spin! Thanks for a FUN day!

So, onto the kiddos...This is Hannah. She has amazing blue eyes and a hilarious personality. You should see her "shake her biscuits". HILARIOUS!! She kept us entertained with her "fake cheese smile" and her many expressions. I think I caught some good natural smiles though.


This was the last picture I took. Hannah had gone off and found someone's lipstick. She wanted to be like the big girls!
This is Emma. She is 9 months-old and such an easy-going baby! I wish I would've had a camera behind me so you could see what her mom and Aunt Mindy were doing to get these smiles out of her! Emma loves other babies and kids. She has killer blue eyes, too!


Here are the twins Eli and Ellie (short for Elizabeth). What sweet little babies! I was there for a couple of hours and NEVER heard either of them fuss. And they look SO much like their dad...it's crazy!





Here are some group shots that we took during the day. Hannah is protecting Emma in this first one. We kept saying "we're gonna getcha." Hannah did NOT want us to get Emma.

Getting the 4 of them in one pic was a bit of a challenge!
Amy and her 3
Stacy and Emma

5 comments:

kristinbednarz said...

Ally, I read your blog through google reader and never get the chance to really look at it in the REAL VIEW. I LOVE the new look! So cute! But especially cute because of this family! You did such a great job on these! CUTE CUTE CUTE!

PrEsToNs said...

those are great pics!

Jennifer K said...

I forget that you and AMY were roomates! I love the Thane's! They are such a precious family! So fun! Great pictures!

Libby said...

What pretty pictures...those kids are adorable, and what beautiful blue eyes!

The Brays said...

You always do such a fantastic job. I wish we lived closer, so that you could get some pictures of Payton for me!
I always have felt the same way about your family......we just pick up where we left off. Take care!