Sweet & Sassy

We desperately needed out of the house so Grammy came and got us and took us to Firewheel mall. Mommy needed to make some exchanges at Gymboree and Grace needed a haircut really bad. She was looking scraggly (if thats a word). Since Firewheel has a new Sweet & Sassy store by Gymboree Grace got to get a haircut. She wanted it cut and styled to look like kit's hair. Kit is her new American Girl doll that she got from Santa. What do you think? I doubt Daddy will be able to dry and flat iron it to look this way but it sure is cute!
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Christmas Day: Part III

In the late afternoon after Grammy's family left we celebrated Christmas with Grammy, PaPaw, Uncle Chicken, Aunt Shelley, Caleb & Leah. We always let the kids open all of their presets first. Then we all go out to the garage to see their big presents. When the kids are all done and settled in with food or toys we adults take our turn opening presents. We always all spend the night with Grammy and PaPaw and have a nice big breakfast of eggs, bacon, sausage, and biscuits in the morning. The kids had a great time this year. It's so fun being a parent at this stage when kids are so excited about everything. To see it all through their eyes is so awesome!

Christmas Day: Off to Grammy & PaPaw's house

We went to Grammy and PaPaw's house to have Christmas lunch with Grammy's family. Thank you Great Grandma, Great Grandpa, Aunt Deb, Uncle Robert, and Uncle Rennie for the gifts.



Grace liked Great Grandpa's new hat!

Christmas Morning

We woke up around 8:00 am on Christmas morning to find that Santa ate his cookies and drank his milk.

Rudolph drank from the bowl of water that we left for him AND his nose turned the water RED!

And Santa left presents for Grace and Ava.


We then spent the morning opening lots of clothes and fun stuff from mommy and daddy!

Christmas Eve

This year we spent Christmas Eve at my parents house with all of my Aunts, Uncles, and cousins. The house seems to get smaller and smaller every year. We will soon also add the 1st great-great grandchild to this family. It's going to be a girl. Isn't that exciting. I slept the evening away in my parents room since I was pretty much still under anesthesia but the girls had a great time playing with all of the kids.
The girls got to open one present before we left for my parents house. The present was hand picked from under the tree by us. They were suppose to be able to help me out since I won't be able to tie any shoes for a while.

Wrist Surgery on Christmas Eve

Yes, I had surgery on my wrist on Christmas Eve. This was the only day that the Dr. had availabe and considering I'm going to be in a cast past my elbow for 6-8 weeks I would rather get it over with now before Summer gets here. Imagine having a cast on your arm in 100 degree weather. UGHH! The Dr. was able to reattach all of the torn ligaments in my left wrist. Thought I would share a picture of the arm. It doesn't feel so great but it shoud soon. It's the itching in places that I can't reach to scratch that drives me so crazy. Sice I'm not ver good at typing with one hand you will most likely see more pictures than words for a while.

Meet Wilbert

Wilbert is Our Elf on the Shelf. He has been great to have around this month and the girls have enjoyed waking up every morning to see where Wilbert has decided to sit for the day. The have already asked if he has to go home on Christmas Eve night.