Christmas Photos....Finally

As promised, here are the christmas pictures of my little girl. She's growing up way too fast and last night proved to me just how smart she is becoming but I'll save that for another post. Someday.

Enjoy!!!






Which one is your favorite? I just can't decide.....

Our mini Charleston trip

This past weekend we took an over night trip to charleston. Mom had a check up appt. and we decided to make a mini trip out of it. For a 1 1/2 yr old, I'd say I'm blessed with an angel. for the 3+ hour trip down she amused herself with dvd's, naps, baby dolls and "pee-pie" with her Meme and her Mama. For an overnite stay in a strange place, in a strange bed - she slept, well, like a baby. For our shopping adventures in the downtown market, she and her Poppie entertained themselves like champs. And for our lunch in Chick-fi-la - Well see the pictures below for her first time on a big slide:

"they'd be awesome pictures if they weren't so dark...." - Well Meme, I think they're awesome pictures from a cell phone inside a YELLOW TUBE... ;o)

And below is my absolute Favorite! Her expression says it all.....

See back later this week for our christmas pics!!!!

Christmas Pictures

This year it took us by surprise. All of a sudden we were scrambling to get christmas pictures made. See, our routine has been that I would take her in the spring to Portrait Inovations - I absolutely love this place! - and have her/our pictures made. And I always go overboard with the amount that we bring home.
Then, for her Easter and Christmas pictures, she would have them made at her "school" as she called it. This year Buck-A-Roo shut down (it was a sad sad moment that you can ask me about later). So, here it is Dec. 8th and we're getting ready to send out christmas cards, and we discovered we have no pictures......

We ended up at Wal-mart, due to our lack of planning, PI had no appts. available. We'll have them next week, so your cards may be late, BUT, trust me when I say - Wally World didn't disappoint. Don't misunderstand me - we'll still be at PI in the spring, nothing can compare to what they offer, but her christmas pics are still beyond cute. Below is a preview - notice the face on the first picture - she was showing her Poppie her beautiful dress and doing her shy "aren't I pretty" face. She loves dressing up and this dress she loved because she liked to twirl in it.....

Here, she is just becoming impatient with me.... but a trip to chick-fi-la and one stuffed cow later, she was fine....

I will post the pictures when we get them next week.

With thanks and giving....

Yup.... We're well on our way to Christmas. WHERE DID THE YEAR GO?!? So, now I guess since thanksgiving is offically over, I can't scowl at the radio for playing christmas music huh? Don't misunderstand me, I LOVE christmas, I just believe in killing the turkey first....

Oh well. We had a great Thanksgiving. Lots of family and friends to visit, lots of DRESSING and most definitely some over eating involved. While Sarah doesnt understand the holiday, she had a blast playing with Tommy's neices and nephews.
She loves playing with Madison on the trampoline.

And when the adults got hungry, Dorian and Madison kept her busy with books and babydolls and lots of noise ;o)

Then we were off to Granny's and Papa's for more! All in all, it was a great day filled with family and friends. What more could you ask for.....