Christmas 2009
Posted on December 29th, 2009 by admin.
Christmas takes on a whole different meaning with children, especially when they’re old enough to “get” what Christmas means for a child.
Plus, this was also Matthew’s first Christmas as well and for a little guy, he was swamped with presents. So much so, that even though Kate scored a ton of great presents, including her dream kitchen, she was a bit miffed that the baby actually had more presents by quantity than she did. Lesson learned. Next year there will be equal distribution and equal numbers.
Santa arrived. Nicki’s S. African tradition is to leave cookies for Santa, carrots for the reindeer and of course a beer for Santa. None of this lame glass of milk thing for Santa. He finished the beer (of course) and most of the cookies, and most of the carrots were consumed too.
Kate waits patiently to come down stairs to see if Santa had arrived and what he had left for her under the tree.
Originally she missed seeing the kitchen, but noticed it after being encouraged to look around the room.
Sparky’s loot gathers in his bouncer as Mom and Kate examine one of the toys.
At church Clyde and Suzanne greet Matthew after Mass. Clyde was Kate’s original pediatrician and still loves to get his “baby fix”.
Kate with two of her favorite cousins: Robert and Chris, watching the tv at Doff’s house on Christmas Day.
December 29th, 2009 at 5:44 PM
Santa gets a beer! +1
I’m remembering that for next year.
January 1st, 2010 at 4:54 AM
Beautiful Paul. Your work continues to inspire me with it’s organic intimacy and beautiful composition. You’re one of the few blogs I bother to follow anymore. Happy New Year! P.S. You should come visit for Summerfest. You know the MKE will show you a good time!
January 1st, 2010 at 2:39 PM
Hi Kim…
Thanks so much for the note and checking in. I would LOVE to come back in the summer…I loved Summerfest when I lived there and as a Journal/Sentinel intern, I got to see a LOT of it…I even photographed Carlos Santana back when he was obscure after being fairly famous in the 60s and 70s…and before Rob Thomas and Smooth.
Thanks, too, for keeping up with the blog. December was a slack month for me here because it was so busy with fulfilling portrait orders and albums during the holiday rush. I plan on putting a video of the Kids of OC 2009 book online this week. It was a lot of work, but very rewarding.
I’m starting a new blog as of today (this will still be active) for a year long photo project called One Camera. One Lens. One Photo a Day. Haven’t put my Day One photo on…but will do so by midnight. It’s exciting and it’s going to be primarily geared toward personal pics. http://onecameraonelensonephotoaday.com
Happy New Year — are you going to DWF or Imaging USA this year?