Christmas Dresses

As a young girl, my sister and I almost always had matching dresses for Christmas and Easter, and sometimes just for fun in-between. My mom is an amazing seamstress and made most of our dresses. My mom tried to teach me to sew, but I wasn't a great student and therefore don't have those kind of skills to use for my own daughters. Fortunately, my mom stepped in and gifted us beautiful Christmas dresses for Natalie and Isla. She didn't make them herself, but she probably could have.
I don't think I could have been more excited when I saw the girls with their dresses on for the first time. Judge me if you like, but when I found out Isla was a girl, one of my first thoughts was how fun it would be to dress them alike for Christmas. I was so right! They are beautiful - the dresses and my girls.

 Taken right after church the Sunday before Christmas. Smiles from both Natalie and Isla and the Christmas tree in the background - a Christmas miracle!

Our first attempt at Christmas card photos...

This was how most of the pictures of the two of them turned out...not too happy.

 My sister-in-law Tiffany kindly got this family shot for us.

 She was all smiles when we told her we were done taking pictures.

 My second attempt at pictures of the girls fared a little better...