Christmas recovery

We had an adventure of a Christmas break this year. Not quite the tour of Arkansas we did last year, but plenty dramatic none the less. After a quick stop over in Monticello where we had a great time catching up with the Taylors, Montgomerys, Leonards and more...we headed to my parents to spend the week. Unfortunately on Christmas Eve, the drama began...Taylor got sick first, spending all night long hanging with the stomach virus. In the days that followed, we all got to join in the fun. Needless to say, there wasn't a great deal of celebrating going on. After Taylor got back to normal (kinda) she and Gran got on their matching aprons and made something from her new Paula Deen cookbook she got from aunt brandi.

We are finally all well on our way to recovery and ready for the New Year! I hope you all had a great Christmas yourselves!

Happy Birthday Taylor!

Taylor is five!!!!

She woke up to pancakes and presents....

Then off to school for her Christmas party with friends.

Her day ended with a date with Daddy. He even wore his 'prince outfit.' Anabelle quit calling them by Taylor and Daddy and they became "Lady" and "Gentleman." It was so cute. They went to the Cheesecake Factory and got cheesecake. They even wrote "Happy Birthday Taylor' in chocolate on her plate. No pictures of that, but I'm sure it was adorable just seeing them together in the restaurant.

I asked Anabelle what she wanted to do while Taylor and Daddy went on a date.. "Pwobwe (probably) go a Tawget. We haven't goed a Tawget in a wong time." So I was happy to oblige.

Other recent two year old-isms...

'Mommy, it was a ASK-A-DENT, and askadents aren't for spankings." The only problem is that she doesn't quite understand that painting her toenails in her bed with Taylor's new 'make-up' while she's supposed to be going to sleep doesn't quite constitute an 'askadent.'

She's also talking in the third person a lot, but not the way you would expect. "Mommy, my baby's mommy is hungry" or "My baby's mommy needs to go potty."

PJ's and Teddy Bears

Anabelle and I had a big morning this morning. After dropping Taylor off at school we went to a PJ party with a few of our (her and my) friends. The girls wore PJ's and made teddy bear biscuits. They were adorable. We moms had a pretty great time too. There's nothing like house full of girls.

Sydney, Ellison, Kendall and Anabelle waiting for the teddys to be 'cooked.'

Gingerbread House, Eggnog and Christmas music

We had a very festive evening tonight decorating our gingerbread house, listening to Christmas music and drinking eggnog. Shannon spent thirty minutes convincing Taylor to try eggnog..YUCK! Of course Anabelle took no convincing at all. I hate the fact that it is even sitting in my refrigerator! GAG

Anabelle's most famous quote..."it was a ask-a-dent"

Christmas Card Attempts

Catching up.

After a few not so subtle reminders, I'm attempting to catch up A LITTLE on the blog. We have been beyond busy. The first few pictures here were taken this past weekend in Texas. We met the Rushing side of the family at a lodge to celebrate Christmas. The girls had such a great time playing with cousins. Below is T and her cousin Lexi who is only one month younger than she is.

Above is Papa Dopa Dee, Granny Ilene and Christian, Victoria, Lexi and the girls.

Of course you can guess this is Shannon with Nicky and Jason. Isn't it freaky?

Thanksgiving week: Papaw, Gran, Uncle Jared and Aunt Brandi came to our house to celebrate. Not to worry, I didn't cook the Turkey or the Dressing. Gran was all over that! We had such a great time. Below, Anabelle is obsessed with Uncle Jared's facial hair. She kept asking him if he brought his shaving stuff. :)

I'll post some funny Christmas Card picture attempts later.