Big Doll Baby

Okay, these photos are ones that the grandparents will appreciate, seeing Gracie all dressed up in her Christmas dress. (We'll miss you Grandma K. K. and Grandpa Bear!)

Gracie's 1st Christmas Party!

Gracie's 1st Christmas party with her sweet little friends.



Gracie & Jack eating candy canes for the 1st time! nummy! num!



Gracie, Jack & Shannon (the babies of the bunch) listening to Ms. Stephanie tell the Baby Jesus story.

HO HO!

Gracie likes Santa, can't you tell? Actually, while standing in line Santa kept waving to her and smiling, so she kinda warmed up to him before she got up to him, which helped I think. So she just stared with wide eyes in amazement and was petting the fur around his sleeve cuffs. Once he gave her crayons they were buddies and when leaving she gave him a little smirk, as to say, I think I kinda like you!

Christmas Decor...Field Girls Style!

Gracie hanging her 1st ornament!


Gracie in full concentration takes trimming the tree seriously.


We made Christmas cookies & decorated the tree. For the grandparents reading, you'll be proud to know she was learning her colors while stringing on the lights. She said "pink" & "boo" :)


Oooohh! Nummy Num!


Gracie likes to feel the fuzzy stockings.


Gracie's Sparkley Red toes! Oh the joy of having a girl!


Gracie girl & Mommy


This is our tree, yes there is a feather boa on our tree...I just heard of a red neck tree so I guess I can have a fru fru tree?! Tonight we were being silly & decided to all wear the boa.


Miss Gracie!


Me


Shelby looking rather sophisticated & fru fru in the boa!

Indian Princess

This is Pari, I just had the opportunity to do her hair & makeup for her Indian wedding and thought I'd post a photo of her. It's not the greatest photo but the only one I have for now. Indian weddings are very elaborate, much more than the average American wedding, and we think American weddings are getting outrageous! This photo of Pari was taken the night of her Garba, which is a party/dance they have a day or two before the actual wedding. After this there is a cleansing ceremony, then a henna artist decorates her with henna all over her hands, arms & feet. Then there's the wedding. The wedding time is chosen by the priest & he chooses it according to the date & time the couple were born, their sign, how the stars align, etc. It's good luck to do it that way. So I was the lucky one who got to be at her house at 2:30am to start getting her & her sister ready for pictures at 5:30am and the wedding ceremony was at 8:30am! After all that work they headed over to the court house to get married! haha Then they went to their temple to pray. She couldn't eat until noon because she had to be "pure" during the ceremony. I said well Americans considers something entirely different to be "pure" but the average American still puts on a white dress & calls it a day!
I met up with her at 3pm that afternoon and did an entirely different look for her reception/party. Before the reception can begin, her husband has to find his name hidden in the Henna art on her hands & feet. Can you imagine the pressure not being able to find it & everyone is waiting? It's for intimacy between the couple, cute, but I think I'd cheat & tell my husband just in case! Everything turned out beautiful, all the jewels she wore & face jewelry, it really was amazing. This was my 2nd Indian wedding and with 3x times the work comes 3x the reward so I'll do Indian weddings any day!