My favorite images of 2011

Not to be confused with Adeline's Best photos of 2011...this is to prove I do in fact document children other than my own and take photographs of sports and events. Enjoy!

Life with Addie + 1

Well it's official ... we will now be "Kunkel party of 4"
JD and I are VERY excited about our new baby!
I am 12-weeks along today and we are preparing for Adeline's little sister or brother to arrive in mid-August.
Now I just have to figure out a new name for this blog...and buy more hard drive space to hold photographs of TWO kids!

Snowman

Snowman!! After we put a baseball hat on her snowman, Addie insisted she wear a baseball hat also. Too funny.

Yummy treat

Enjoying beignets with our good friend Amanda.

Year in review

Ever wonder what it would be like to have your own professional photographer following you around always taking your picture? Well my little Adeline knows just what that's like.

Enjoy the best photos of 2011 -- all of Adeline.

Mostly all were photographed by yours truly with a couple by JD, of course, and others. And, I'm not gonna lie, it's a long slideshow (140 photos). So feel free to view it in thumbnail format on my web site.

Goodbye 2011

"Happy Newworld" as Addie puts it.

Our little girl is 2 today

"It's my birthday!"

An ornament card

~ Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from the Kunkels ~

Our Christmas Tree

The Helena Boy Scouts helped us meet our Christmas tree budget this year....they sold us this tree for $5. Saaaaweet. Note: Adeline is taking pictures of the tree too!

Two Christmases for our little one.

A Charlie Brown tree....it even came with a tag that says it!

My girl

Soooo stinkin' cute! I was setting up a backdrop for a small photo shoot in my living room last week and was using Adeline for my light tests and she pulls out this smile! This kid is too cute!

Thankfully thankful

I find it hard to imagine my life without Addie.

She is such an amazing little girl, I know JD feels the same way. We are SO thankful to be parents. We are also thankful to have such a great support system in our family and friends.

I could go on more and ramble about what all I'm thankful for but I will just keep it short.

I'm thankful for my husband JD, our daughter Adeline and all of our family and friends. But on this Thanksgiving Day I am most importantly thankful for God's love and my relationship with Jesus Christ.

A good time for baking

I had a very helpful helper in the kitchen recently. Addie looooved playing with the flour, sugar and cinnamon. And especially licking the butter spoon.

Easy mini apple pies.

Ready for snow

Photos taken six days apart in our front yard. This girl loves her snow.

E, I, J

Adeline is at the age where she gets one vitamin each day. It's a chewy, sugary, yummy treat that she LOVES. When it's time for her vitamin she gets very serious and holds up both pointer fingers and says "ooooonnnneeee" in a deep voice. Letting us know, that she knows, she can in fact only have ONE vitamin. (She would probably eat the whole jar if she could.)

The other day she forgot that she had her vitamin in the morning and after her nap she announced that she needed her vitamin. Dancing around she held up her pointer fingers and said "ooooonnneeee" in her usual deep voice. But when that didn't work she then proceeded to whine and whine. Followed by "one, two, four, six MOMMA, one, two, four, six DADA" Oh the drama. She then belts out "...E...I...J...MOMMA...E...I...J....MOMMA" How do you not giggle at this?!

After the bath