Christmas Day 2012

We started the morning out right!  Meme, Poppy and Uncle B came over to be with us and eat birthday cake and watch Mia open her presents!  We first read the Christmas story, then had birthday cake in Jesus honor, then opened some more gifts!


The only time she has EVER woke up and had cake for breakfast.  Don’t get used to it, kid!




Mia LOVES her headphones so she can listen to her music!

After presents, we had to get ready to go to Nana and Papaws for another Christmas celebration!


My big girl, cheesy smile and all, ready to go!  How cute is this outfit??


All of the cousins, and daddy and his girl!

We topped off our Christmas night with dinner at our absolute favorite sushi place, with some of our favorite people!
My healthy little salad eater…





There is NO love going on there.  Obviously ;)  And it’s a shame that my kid has NO personality, at all ;)

Over the past few days, we have spent lots of time with loved ones, began and ended our Christmas holiday with sushi and celebrated the greatest gift of all, the birth of our Savior!  What a great time!  We are SO truly blessed!

Another Christmas celebration

Christmas Eve we took Poppy out shopping for Meme and then went to Aunt Terri and Uncle Charlie’s to open some presents!  Way too many presents, actually!  We have one spoiled little girl :)





Girlfriend, and mommy and daddy, RACKED UP! 


Mia with Nana and Papaw


And with Uncle Charlie and Aunt Terri!

Once Meme got off work, we went over there to open more presents!



We are SO grateful and thankful to have so many people who LOVE us and our little girls!  God is good!

When we came home, after the LONG day that we had, although it was late, Mia was still ready to make Jesus’ birthday cake for the morning! And I would NOT tell her no to that!




Finished product!

She picked out the cake and icing, and apparently girlfriend thought Jesus would really like Funfetti cake with pink icing and sprinkles!  I would have to agree ;)

Christmas cuties!

I was trying to play with the settings on my camera, in low light, and just happened to get a few cute pictures of my two babies!  Now I plan on taking some actual Christmas pics, ya know, with Christmas outfits and fixed hair!  These will do for right now though!









Silly girls!

Operation Christmas Clean up and a Tea Party

The day after Christmas is always a sad day to me.  After all of the excitement and festivities during the month of December, once Christmas gets here, it goes by so fast that it is almost like a let down.  I remember being a kid and making those paper chains for the countdown until Christmas and it felt like it would NEVER get here.  Now that I’m an adult, each Christmas creeps up on me!
Yesterday was operation clean up from Christmas day.  Our house is swimming in a sea of pink and purple!  We decided to make the spare room a playroom for now. We were trying to hold off for another baby, but with all the toys we have, we had to go ahead and make a playroom! HA!  We will cross *that other* bridge when we get there ;)

Mia helping her daddy put together her new toy shelves!
We got all of our Christmas décor packed up and put away, toys put away, playroom put together and even some laundry done!
Poppy and Uncle B came over to visit while Meme worked. We went to a party supply store and Olive Garden for dinner!

Yep, that’s my dad and husband. LOL

Don’t be jealous ladies, he’s *ALL* mine, mullet and all!  HA!
Once we got back home, Mia and her B played Tea Party with her new tea set she got for Christmas. It was the sweetest sight!  Mia loves her Uncle Ben!

Priceless.
Meme got off work at 730 and came over to hang out.  We played cards and talked and laughed and just had a great night!  Love my family!

Christmas 2011

Happy Birthday Jesus!!!!  This is what we had waiting for us when we went into her room this morning!
We had a great morning, opened presents, got ready and headed to church!
Still a little sleepy…

Trying out her stethoscope!  Just like mommy!

And, helping mommy sweep with new new broom!  HA!

After church we headed over to do Christmas with Nana and Papaw (or as Mia says it, NAYna and PauPaul)!

Mia got all kinds of goodies for Christmas!  We are so thankful for such wonderful family who loves our baby girl almost as much as we do! HA!


Papaws Louisville pullover!

Our sweet gift from Dave’s parents…

AND, Mia’s iPod touch!!!!  She was on cloud 9 saying “Mia’s pone!”  I’m go glad she has one of her own, so maybe now she will stay off of Mommy’s new iPhone and stop calling people :)

Daddy’s new handy tool!

Playing with the new iPod!  Thank you Nana and Papaw!

Unfortunately after this we had to leave for a little bit because Uncle B got sick, on Christmas, and we had to take him a Ginger Ale and a Phenergan.  We left our little grumposaurus with Nana to get a little nap!

She has just been so exhausted with these past couple of days of non stop action!
Once we got back we went to Dave’s aunt Terri and Uncle Charlie’s house for our family Christmas!
Mia and her little cousin Arley running around in circles…

Little blond haired, blue eyed cutie!

Decorating cookies with great Aunt Terri!

We had such a wonderful Christmas!  We were surrounded by our families, whom we love dearly, had lots of good food and opened special gifts for Jesus’ Birthday!  We are truly blessed beyond what we deserve!
It is very humbling and gives an overall sense of warm fuzzies when you sit back and just observe everyone you love, all under the same roof, spending time together.  It makes my heart swell with love and gratitude for each and every one of them!
We hope you had a very blessed Christmas as well!