Photo taken with Mommy’s New Toy.

But we didn’t adhere to our tradition this year. Thanksgiving came and went, and I just didn’t have the time to wrangle a child and a dog and manipulate the self-timer on the camera to squeeze the whole family into a photo.

So we cheated. This year we only captured Dawson and Murphy. But lets review the holiday cards of the past, shall we?

There was 2004:

And then 2005, with a screaming toddler:

And 2006, in which we all look so cheerful:

I suppose you expect to see the 2007 Christmas card, but I’m not going to show it on the blog until after each card is mailed out. It wouldn’t be right to give you all a sneak peek.

Instead, let’s take a look at the photos we didn’t use:

Stay tuned for the 2007 Christmas Photo Card! I can’t wait to show y’all!

Here’s a photo of me with Cooper and Emily of BlogHers Act:

A blogger (who wanted to remain anonymous) wearing black nail polish:

Here I am with a registered guy attendee, Julio, from the Experience Project:

Here’s a photo of Sheila using a pen and paper:

Here is a photo of Elizabeth’s look-alike, Erika from Plain Jane Mom:

Here’s a photo of Aliza Sherman with braids in her hair:

Here I am with Shannon of Phat Mommy, a blogger I never knew before, but now love (mucho!):

A blogger that Elizabeth never knew before, but now loves is Casey from Moosh (left). Also in this photo is Jessica from Kerflop.

Here I am with my blog idol, Kelly from Mocha Momma:

Here’s a photo of Elisa, Lisa & Jory, all three BlogHer co-founders in one photo:

Here’s a photo of Erin, Twittering:

Jess from Chirky using her red cell phone:

Here’s Elizabeth teaching a new blogger about blogging, Colleen:

Here’s a photo of me with Lisa Stone, and I just so happen to be drinking something non-alcoholic:

Here’s me with Kristen from Motherhood Uncensored, who is breastfeeding her adorable son, Drew:

Here’s a shot of Deb, a craft-blogger from A Stitch in Time, crafting a T-shirt:

Elizabeth isn’t a craftblogger, but we couldn’t resist sharing this photo of her with Chloe Dao, as she crafted a shirt:

Elizabeth has a food blog, here’s a picture of her eating:

Here’s a photo of a lot of bloggers in one shot:

Here’s Elizabeth with Elizabeth Thompson, who has the same name, and Shannon:

Here’s a photo with me and Elisa Camahort, author of eight blogs (she said not all are active):

This blogger requested to remain anonymous, as in “don’t link to me”, but she came all the way from Australia:

Here’s a photo of a blogger from another country, it’s Elizabeth and Joy, who is from England and is not an American citizen:

And lastly, a photo in which Lisa has the same size shoe as me:

Elizabeth and I are thankful to all who permitted us to take their photographs!  Without all of you we may have never entered this contest!  No seriously, it’s true.