Separation Anxiety

Now it's Cooper's turn.  Charlotte had severe stranger danger and separation anxiety when we were in Denver in September.  She was about 8.5-9 months old.  She doesn't have it anymore and does well with strangers (at least after a few minutes).  Now Cooper has it--extremely bad.

We went to my work holiday party last night (when I get the pictures I will post them...I didn't bring my own camera).  When we left we handed a very upset, screaming Cooper to Christina and left.  It was awful to do that to him.  He cried for 2 hours in her arms before falling asleep.  He's a little hoarse today.  So sad.

Getting out of the house was tough!  I started getting ready at 4:30 while the kids were eating and I was still trying to fix my hair as we walked out at 6:30!  Having kids brings a whole new level to everything we do!

We had a great time.  The party was on the Queen Mary, which we've never been to.  It was so pretty!!  The band was okay, but dinner was delicious!  We danced a couple songs, but mostly we sat and talked and enjoyed each other's company!

Charlotte is now climbing on stuff...oh boy!

Cooper is full fledged crawling (as of a few days ago) and easily gets into sitting position.

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And since everyone got their Christmas cards...here are the bigger versions of the pictures (I'll post them on Shutterfly too...I just need to rename them).  Considering that I am not a photographer, know very little about photography and that I am only just learning to correct photos in Photoshop...I really love how they all turned out.  I used my Sony Cybershot, and waited until around 1 and opened up the blinds to let the natural light shine on them.

First the Christmas Card (I designed it using scrapblog and then printed them at home):

(I almost used this one of her standing...but I wanted her cute little shoes to be seen.)

And I also liked this one of Cooper...although this is the non-photoshopped version.

I also liked this one of them, but I couldn't ever get the edit right.  Charlotte is just a little out of focus and the light is really yellow on them.