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What a crazy few weeks it has been.  I've had shoots booked the last several week-ends, which means, during the week, I am busy editing and getting images ready to go back out to clients and on our website.  Believe me, there are worse problems to have, right?

These shoot, in turn, have generated buzz with some other people who are interested in having pictures done, if possible before Christmas.  That qualifies for a miracle, for sure, but thankfully, everyone has been so reasonable.  It's crazy cool to be able to say, "I'm already shooting that day, but let's see what other dates are available."

My colleague, Kendall, over at This is Happily Ever After, has also been booking like crazy. I am so grateful that she and I are partners in this venture. It's been exciting, educational, and so much fun.

In addition to snapping it up for business, I finally got the girls 1) dressed in their Christmas finery and  2) in a good mood (gotta have both parts) so that I could snap our holiday photo.  They requested some holiday tunes during the shoot and I think they'd have sent me downstairs for craft services if I hadn't kept things moving.  You  know how in some of those celeb magazines like Us Weekly or In Touch, they give you the details about whose on the cover of such and such magazine? 

Who: Morgan and Coever

Hometown: Richmond and Norfolk, VA, respectively

Wardrobe: The girls showed up in playclothes, but enthusiastically slipped into bespoke Christmas dresses courtesy of their grandma

On Location: The girls rocked out to "All I Want for Christmas is you" by Mariah Carey, "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" by the Jackson 5, "Santa Baby" by Eartha Kitt, and "The 12 Days of Christmas" by Straight No Chaser.

SN: "The 12 Days of Christmas" by Straight No Chaser is one of my favorite renditions of this song and every time it comes on, Craig just shakes his head as my dorkdom increases. Hey, I'm getting in the Christmas spirit.

Anyway, in the midst of all that's going on in preparation for the holiday, I realized that I haven't even baked anything yet. I've been on a serious baking hiatus since the end of October. I think I overdid it on that pumpkin K-cup coffee and my taste buds are on strike.  I also haven't really been that hungry for baked goods; I know, what the f/stop is up with that? It's been all about the ice cream lately.  Have you had Ben and Jerry's Oatmeal Cookie Chunk? It's like a chocolate chip oatmeal cookie but in ice cream! Yum!  I've been trading that off with my old standby, Haagen Daz Coffee.  Of course, I have to beat back the girls with my giant spoon or wait until they go to sleep in order to eat it.  I'm pretty sure if they woke up to coffee ice cream in their stocking on Christmas morning, I'd get no complaints.

Mmmm. . .ice cream for breakfast. . . I'm going to have to find a recipe.