Snow Bunnies

Last Christmas pics- I promise!

I just love this little rotten face!

They are actually both sitting and almost looking at the camera!

Christmas at Memaw's

Sarah & Aidan

The girls loving on Memaw's new dog

Christmas at Memaw's

Dan & Amber

Memaw playing Santa Claus

Ethan

The gang

Christmas at Papa & Betah's

Grandma & Grandpa

Papa & Betah

Mike

Stef

Christmas at Papa & Betah's

As usual, the girls were spoiled rotten! Elise got every Littlest Pet Shop animal and accessory made & Mallory got a lot of great stuff too.

Christmas Morning at Home

After the girls opened their gifts, we made Monkey Bread and then played for a while. Elise kept telling me that I was on the nice list and that Santa was bringing me a beautiful necklace with jewels....instead he brought me a couch from Ikea & some new light fixtures. He brought Brian a digital remote.

Christmas Morning at Home

Elise woke Mallory up & then ran out to see what Santa brought her

Mallory is not so sure about getting up before 10 am!

Mal checking out some presents

All of the pics from our house turned out blurry- oh well. We had a great time watching the girls open their gifts. Elise was so thankful. She kept yelling, "Oh thank you Santa, thank you!"

Christmas Eve

We went to church on Christmas Eve. They had a wonderful candlelit service, but the girls were a little rowdy so we didn't light our candle. When we got home Elise wanted to light the candle & she sang Happy Birthday to baby Jesus. It was so cute! Then we continued our tradition of matching PJs & watched Merry Christmas Charlie Brown. We left some cookies & milk for Santa and off to bed! Elise was so excited & it made me feel like a kid again!

Holiday Dinner

We had a holiday dinner party with the Hoyles & the Lawsons...here are some pics of the kids exchanging presents. It is so nice to have such great friends & to watch our children grow up together.

Visiting Aunt Judy

We started our busy holiday festivities with a trip to Cincy to see my Aunt Judy. I was worried that the girls would be like bulls in a China shop, but they were pretty well-behaved. They loved the dogs -Talitha (pictured above) & Jakob who is a wonderful service dog (he even helps with laundry). It was so nice to see Aunt Judy & Uncle Ron!

Mallory 18 Months

I got a little overwhelmed with Facebook & neglected my poor little blog....no posts in 3 months! This blog has served as my baby book for both girls, so on we go!

Mal was 18 months on December 2nd! She went through a really rough period of sleeplessness & fussiness (actually she was down right mean). I was so taken aback by it because she had been such an easy going baby. Thankfully she is over that & I have my sweet girl back!!!

Mallory doesn't talk a lot. She can, but chooses to just point at everything & shake her head yes. Her newest words are blueberry (she can eat a whole quart at one sitting) & thank you. She signs a lot & just melts my heart when she signs "love mama"! She gets so excited over everything & at least 1o times a day we hear, "OOOOOOHHHH, What is dat?!"

She is long & lean- at her checkup she weighed 20lbs, 15 0z & was 33.25 inches long. Our motto for her is "monkey see, monkey do" because she mimics everything & everyone- especially Elise!

The girl dances her heart out & is just as silly as can be. Her favorite things are her sister & Wyatt, both of whom she harasses to no end!

Mike's Bday

Mike turned 30...Elise helped him celebrate!

Holiday at Home 5K

I felt like we were going to get reported to Children's Services for running a 5K with the girls in the pouring rain... obvioulsy they were no worse for wear!

Elise's First Race

Elise was the ONLY kid who was brave enough to do the Holiday at Home Kids Fun Run in the rain. She was so proud of herself and it was so awesome to watch her. She says she wants to be a "marasoner" like mommy. I can't wait until we can do runs together.