Mad Men Christmas Party

For the past few years Grandma and Grandpa have had a pajama party for Christmas; this year they decided to change things up a bit. We celebrated the season with a Mad Men Christmas party. It was so much fun. Everyone really got into the theme. A few of us picked up some authentic vintage dresses at Elsewhere Vintage in Orange. Finding Elle's dress was a little more difficult. Vintage kids clothes were so hard to find. I lucked out by picking up this little red number at Vintage Baby in downtown Upland. 

 

Elle's 2nd Christmas 2011

These past few weeks have been great. Very busy with all kinds of parties but very fun indeed. Elle still doesn't really get Christmas but she did have fun trying to eat wrapping paper and playing in boxes.

 "Elf on a Shelf" in the tree

 Christmas Tree Lighting in Claremont

 Jacket from H&M

 Elle's new car to match Grandma Sandy

 Pinterest inspired photo shoot

 Baby Gap Winter Romper

 New fab slippers from Grandma Susan

 Elle hanging with friend Gia

New vest that she would not take off

Elle's One Year Photoshoot: Part 2

More pictures from Elle's First Birthday Shoot.

Whole shoot can be found here

Elle's One Year Photoshoot: Part 1

When Elle was born we had some amazing photographs taken of her. We decided to use the same photographer for her 1 year photos. We couldn't be happier with the results! Like so many others I am currently obsessed with Pinterest. For those of you who don't know Pinterest is a virtual pin board where you are able to get inspiration for various projects. You can find a few of my inspirations here and here. 

 I found this vintage high chair on Craigslist. I even made Ryan drive to Victorville to pick it up. That's true love.

 Outfit is from RuffleButts

USC Homecoming 2011

This weekend was the Homecoming game at USC. All week a huge storm was forecasted for Satuday. Every day we checked the weather and all it kept saying was rain, rain, rain. Right before we went to bed on Friday night we checked the weather one last time and it still forcasted rain all day. We decided that we would skip the game. When we woke up Saturday we looked outside and it was dry out. We checked the forecast and there was only a 10% chance of light rain for the day. WHAT!? What do these weather people know? We threw on our cardinal and gold and were out the door.  

Usually USC has someone to take pictures for you in front of Tommy. This year they were nowhere to be found. Instead you just grab the person behind you and do the "I'll take your picture if you take mine" thing. We hit the stranger jackpot when I hand the guy my Cannon EOS and I say "sorry, I brought my big camera" He tells me he has the same one and even adjusted my setting for me. He took 3 great shots for us all from different angles. So much better than the ones you usually get where it's blurry or you're head is cropped off. 

I always try to pick up an USC ornament from one of the vendors on campus for my USC christmas tree (yes, we have a 2nd tree just for my USC ornaments). Here is the one I got this year:

New USC jacket from Aunty Nan and Uncle Terry