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All Dressed Up...

Chuck hosted our annual lab holiday party this week. It was so great to see all of my co-workers, and of course it was very fun to show off the babies! It's strange doing all of these "usual" things now that I'm a mom. Oh how things have changed!

Before we left the house, of course we had a little photo shoot of S&Z wearing their party clothes.



They were both in a great mood and ready to party!



We arrived at Chuck & Gwen's a little early so that we could catch up a bit before everyone arrived.




Everyone was so nice to hold them so that Derek and I could eat and visit.

Eliza enjoyed some Silas snuggle time.


Stacey got to meet Zoe for the first time.


Margaret hung out with Zoe so she could observe her first Yankee Swap!


Silas was all partied out.


But Zoe was ready for more!


The prospect of going back to work on February 1st feels a little stressful, but seeing everyone made me very thankful that I have such a fun group of people to go back to!
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  1. danisceddaDecember 19, 2009 at 4:16 AM

    So cute in their party clothes! And seeing you wear lipstick again Alissa, it just makes everything seem right in the world again!

    kisses...

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