christmas card.

this is our family's 2009 christmas card.

because i was SO busy this year with the end of my degree and all, i designed it at vistaprint.com and think it turned out really great - especially for what it is! the colors on the actual card are SO much more vivid and festive... the scanner didn't do it justice. :)

...and i love this picture for 2 reasons:

1) emma's smile is simply irresistable! it is definitely kiss-worthy... and we laugh, because she totally looks like she came right from an episode of "toddlers and tiaras!" don't you think? :)

2) this is our very first picture as a family of four! our friends, the stewarts, snapped this photo at a trip to the big orange pumpkin farm in october - right after we'd found out about the little bean growing inside of me. so fun!

do you remember my christmas card post from last year? i wistfully wondered if i would maybe be printing "another baby announcement in the next two years..." i love that on december 27, 2008 i wished we'd have another baby to announce in two years... and that on june 22, 2010, hopefully that little baby will be here - and we'll be announcing his/her arrival! :) i guess christmas wishes DO come true! :)