Merry Christmas

This was the best Christmas! It was sooooo much fun seeing Grace get all her gifts. That girl loves opening presents. She was really excited this year about Santa comming, but I think she was more excited about getting her "prizes". We have explained to her all about Jesus, Mary, and Joseph and she knows who they are, but for now it's all about the gifts...she is just two!!!
Here is Grace before she left for Maw Maw and Paw Paw's...

Remember "Where's Waldo"...well, where is Grace? All you can see is her pink house shoes.


She had a blast opening her gifts. Here are a few of those pics...
Her drum (I love hearing this at six in the morning!)

Another Elmo...just what she needed.

Here is her cleaning cart. It has everything she needs to clean on it...mop, broom, vacuum, spray bottles, etc... Now she can clean with me!!! She loves this thing...


And finally...her Barbie 4-wheeler. This is a hazard to my furniture...

Carter had a good Christmas too despite the fact that he is sick.

Santa brought Carter a pack of teepees for his pp so moma will not get sprayed anymore...


We had lots of fun at Papa and SuSu's house too! Here is the whole family...

Grace tried to open everyone's gifts for them...

Cousin William

Papa and SuSu got Grace this tunnel for her climb all around in. She loved it and bossed Papa into going through it too.


We had a great Christmas and Brad and I are so thankful for our precious children. God has blessed us and we are thankful!!!

Garbage Can Fun

Grace was being entirely too quiet so I walked into the office and this is what I found...

Grace's Christmas Play

This morning Brad and I went to Grace's first play...granted we almost didn't make it there considering there is a new addition to the family and I am not at all use to trying to get this many people out of the door. I thought getting one ready was tough...whew! I guess until they are about 13 getting out of the door will always be like a tornadoe running its course through my house. I just pause sometimes to collect myself and to remind myself that I will survive this. If Kate from John and Kate Plus Eight can do it I know I can. Anyway, back to the play. I had my big mom camera and Brad had is dad camcorder...I just had to laugh at us. Grace did wonderful and of course I think she was the cutest one on the stage. She sang We Wish You A Merry Christmas and Jingle Bells. It was so much fun and I can't wait until the next one!!!
She was a bit shocked when she first walked out...

Her friends...

My cutie pie...

She has really loved learning all about Christmas. I am in the office on the computer and I can hear her in her bed from here singing Silent Night and O Holy Night. What a sweet sound to hear!

Where Did All This Come From???

I told Grace to let me get a picture of her pig tails. This is the result...she put on a show for me and thanks to my great camera I was able to get each of her faces. Where did she get all this personality from? She is a hoot!!!

My Sweet Little Man

Look at my sweet little man.... He is too cute!!!

Christmas Card Attempts

Tonight Brad and I dressed the kids in their Christmas cloths to make an attempt at the picture we would use for the Christmas card. Things didn't go the way I had hoped they would. Carter is just too little. Grace can't hold him by herself, so I had to settle with taking seperate picture of them. I just wanted to share with ya'll some of the attempted pictures (I can't show the good ones...it would spoil the card).
Grace being silly...

Carter and his floppy little head...

And look who took the best picture...Taylor

So I will have to wait until next year to get them both together for the Christmas card!!!

New Camera

Along with a new baby I also got a new camera...a Cannon Rebel. I love it, and now I am going to go picture crazy!!! Here are some of the pictures I have taken...
My sweet baby boy

Grace patting Carter to sleep

The look on Grace's face when asked if she loves her brother

Sleeping Carter

Well, better run because Brad is telling me to go take a nap. Since I got my new camera I have been getting in trouble for being on the computer messing with pictures instead of sleeping when the baby sleeps. Whoops!!!

Carter Is Here!!!!

My sweet baby boy was born December 1 at 10:48am. He weighed 5 lbs. 11 oz. and was 19" long. They started my pitocin at 7:30 and I had him at 10:48. With all the trouble I had during my pregnancy I was ready to have this baby and I did it in three hours. We are home now and are doing great. Grace loves her brother and Taylor isn't sure what he is yet. Here are some pics and I will post more when I get a chance...gotta' go feed!

The Christmas Parade

Grace and Daddy went to the Christmas parade in Greenwood with Uncle Jonathan, Aunt Katie, and her cousin William. The kids had a blast. When Grace came home she told me all about the dancers, drums, Santa, Frosty, and Rudolph.

Grace and William

The First of Many Cupcakes

Tomorrow is Grace's birthday which means at school she has her birthday party. So, I have done my first of many cupcakes and party favors. The cupcakes turned out great and I think the kids will love their party favors. I got little buckets and painted their names on the outside of them. On the inside I put a coloring book, 4 pack of colors, bubbles, suckers, silly shaped straws for them to drink out of, and sunglasses shaped as stars. I must say I am proud of myself. Anyway, this is my first birthday party at school and I am really feeling like a granny. There will lots more parties in my future so I better get use to this!

A Good Saturday

We had a really good Saturday today. We did some Christmas decorating and even went ahead and put up our tree because I have a feeling Carter is going to be here soon. Grace loves the tree so much. Before she leaves the room she always tells it bye and gives it a big ole sugar.

Brad and I got her all suited up to go on the Ranger which is one of her new favorite things to do besides ride in the truck around the farm with Brad. She doesn't have to sit in her car seat for both of these things so she gets to do big girl stuff with Daddy.

Here is something funny she did today... We have been working on opposites now that we have counting to five and the abc down pat. Well, we have been doing big and small. She put two and two together and is now calling Brad "Big Daddy"! I love it... I laughed so hard. Kids are too funny!

Ferocious Mice Killers

Our Ferocious Mice Killers...

Jingle

Bells

Brad and I decided that it might be a good idea to get a cat to help with mice since it is getting cooler outside. Well, somehow we ended up getting two cats. We let Grace name them...she picked Jingle and Bells, although she just says Jingle Bells like both cats just have the same name. She picked this because we have been working on learning the song Jingle Bells and we haven't made it past "jingle bells, jingle bells," but she loves the song! LOL!

Our hope is that these terrifying mice killers will help us out...we actually had a mouse in our washing machine the other night so we need all the help we can get.

Moving right along...Grace was really excited about wearing her new boots to school today. Look how cute she looks in them...

She really thinks she is something with her tights on and her boots... I am not sure what this pose is, but it made me laugh...

My little girl is growing up too fast!