Christmas at our house

Sorry for the quality of a few of these pictures, I'm still playing with different settings on my camera.

New-fallen snow

"Gave the lustre of midday to objects below." I was dressing Abigail for bed after her bath and she recited almost all of The Night Before Christmas, I am truly amazed. We have been reading Christmas books for the past few weeks with this being one of them but I had no idea she knew it word for word until tonight.

The snow was beautiful today and we enjoyed the afternoon sledding around Hansford Circle and tasting snow flakes on our tongues. Abigail is such a girl after my own heart, she is in love with the snow just as her mother has always been. I worked a half day and then ventured to my parents for the afternoon. I walked in to their house which is not the home I grew up in but one that is starting to feel more and more like "home" all the time. Mama was baking brownies and had a roast in the crock pot and the house felt so CHRISTMASY. The Navy base closed early too so Robert met us and he, my dad, Abigail and I did some sledding and playing. Abigail's favorite part of the day was EATING the snow. She had several bowls at my parents and a pretty big one tonight after dinner. I think we need to invest in a Snoopy snow cone maker! :)

Hope your snow day was a fun one too! LOVES! xoxo

Good cheer!

This picture sums up Roberts day. He and some friends left at 5:30a.m. and were in a fishing tournament all day. No fish, not a bite, not even one little nibble!! So, they drank and drank and continued drinking through the evening. He and Michael showed up with double deuce's of Miller Light I think it was! NICE!

Abigail and I bundled up sans mittens (opps, I left them at home in her diaper bag and definitely could have used them today) and went to the Christmas parade this afternoon. My relay team had a bake sale and we did some face painting. It was cold and rainy but still fun nonetheless. Little did I know my dad was the grand marshall in the parade, he was SANTA CLAUS. I saw Santa coming but had no idea it was my dad until he yelled Merry Christmas Abigail, I screamed, "that's my daddy!" I was more excited than the children and probably ruined every child's Christmas that was within a mile proximity to us. My parents didn't tell me he was doing it because they wanted to surprise me, it was a great surprise! : )

After the parade we gathered at Stace and Ricky's house, it's so fun being with great friends this time of the year. My gracious, life has certainly taken a turn but a turn I would not change for one second. All of these precious babies are such a gift from God and I do not take one minute of this greatness for granted.

Abigail & Jess

Catelyn, Liam, Abigail and Callie

Grayson, Michael Alexander, & Liam

P.S. I painted the snowman on A's face! :)

G'night ~ XOXO

ERRRRKKKKK

Stop me in my tracks why don't you. I was blow drying my hair about an hour ago and when I turned the blow dryer off I heard Abby calling me. I walked into the living room and she said she was burping...meaning THROWING UP! YES, our day has come to a screeching hault! Poor baby threw up after I walked into the room again. I put her in the bathtub and she had chills from head to toe. She took a warm bath, we put on a comfy outfit and she had a popsicle. I took her temperature and it was 99.9 and she took the thermometer from under her arm before it beeped. So it was probably more like 100.

Necie is coming to sit with her while I run and get my hair trimmed. She's laying on the couch with blankie and bun bun watching Sesame Street. Hopefully no more throw up's!

XOXO

Today

We have a busy day in store.

1. I've already been to the Y and did my workout. My day began at 6a.m.
2. 2 waffles, coffee and milk.
3. Abigail was just running around the house yelling "I LOVE CHARLIE BROWN" "I LOVE CHARLIE BROWN"...that was how she expressed her excitement before coloring in her new Charlie Brown coloring book. : ) She is sitting across from me coloring away, she's getting really good at it.
4. Showered, not ready yet.
5. Library for Christmas story time in 1 hour.
6. Haircuts at noon.
7. Lunch
8. Nap (Abby, not me) I'm planning to wrap some presents.
9. Meet Robert to pass Abigail off to her daddy.
10. Christmas shopping and a Sam's run to check a few more things off the list!

That's our day! Hope yours is a keeper! LOVE to all of you. xoxo

Another one bites the dust

SANTA

Meet Santa Dan, he's been Santa since 1936, he is 87 years old. He was the original Miller & Rhodes Santa. Abigail wanted no parts of sitting on his lap this year, this was the best we could do to atleast get a picture of her with him.
She was holding on for dear life! Abigail was not too sure about sitting on the Snow Queen's lap either although the snowflake ornament captured her attention long enough for me to snap a picture.

Abigail & Robert looking at the trains, she was mesmerized. (I cannot get
over how light her hair looks in this picture.)

Even though Abigail wasn't fond of sitting on Santa's lap this year, rest assured as we were walking away she told all of us "I love Santa." Thank goodness! :Tonight we went to the Grand Illumination in Merchant's Square in Williamsburg.

Michael Alexander was all bundled up, sweet sweet baby boy.This is the Williamsburg Inn, I think it's decorated so beautifully and I just love the live greenery and fresh fruit they use to decorate with, simply gorgeous!

We ended the night at the candy store, Abigail was smitten by her Christmas tree lollipop. :)

Thanks daddy

My dad ROCKS! He is so talented when it comes to wood work it's crazy. He built us this great little alcove for our Directv box and DVD player. It's so pretty and looks like it's been there all along.

baby it's cold outside

I stepped out onto the back steps earlier to put something outside and I was shocked by the bitterness in the air, it feels like winter all of the sudden. I love it!

Abby has been sick the past few days with a cold and all of the fun stuff that goes along with it. Like being IRRITABLE!!! Whew, I think she's on the up and up tonight thank goodness.

We ran some errands this morning and she was so funny. For some reason today she wanted to tell people that I was her mommy. She's never done that before but I thought it was so sweet. People always talk to her no matter where we go and she's certainly never met a stranger but it's usually a smile and hello! So today we would pass a random passerby and she would say "that's my mommy" and point at me. It was so cute and made me smile!

She spent the night at Granddaddy's Saturday night and when we went to pick her up on Sunday we stayed for a while and chatted with Jerry & Elizabeth. I asked Abigail to tell Grandaddy what she wanted Santa to bring her and she put her finger up to her temple and was pointing and looking off to one side and said "I'm thinking"....the expression on her face and her serious tone had us in stitches. She finally started naming all she wanted. I wanted to put this in writing so that I will never forget it, truly priceless!

A little neighbor friend Lauren came over this afternoon to play with Abigail. They had fun dressing up, reading Christmas books, playing with playdoh and coloring. Lauren ended up having dinner with us and her brother Logan walked down to get her around 7:00. Abigail has not at all liked her hair to be brushed since she's been sick, hence the sideways ponytail below that's looking a bit nappy! : )

Good night!!

P.S. Two more days until we go to see Santa. Abigail is not the only one that is SUPER excited! :)