Merry Christmay!!!

Yes...I do realize that I spelled Christmas wrong in the title...of course I noticed it...I mean wouldn't you? lol Who spells Christmas wrong? :) Well...

I had an ornament made years ago for Bella. It has her handprint on one side with her age and Merry Christmas with the year on the other side. I decided I needed one made for Gavin too. Here ya go folks...

Merry Christmay Eve! :)

A whole bunch of Christmas

We sure have been busy. :) It's fun too! This is my favorite time of year...I'm sure I've mentioned it a time or two. haha. There are just so many fun things to do with your family...I'm not even sure where to start! We love having something to take our children to, and Christmas time is filled with activities. :)

Earlier this month, I attended my cousin's wedding and took Bella with me (the boys stayed home). We ended up bringing my little cousin home with us to spend the night. Well..since it was such short notice, Alex or "Alexaner" as Bella calls her, didn't have any pjs or a toothbrush so we made a mad dash to target. I let the girls pick out matching pajamas and toothbrushes. We had the best time!!! I rented them a barbie movie and stayed up late to watch it. :)

Aren't these girls precious?! They could be sisters. :)

Later on that week, we took the kids to the mall to see Santa. We decided to go on a week night hoping the line wouldn't be too long. Luckily, we were right. :) Gavin was way too nervous and almost didn't want to sit in Santa's lap, but we were able to get a good picture. He wasn't smiling, but hey I'll take it.

I put them in their Christmas Eve pajamas. Aren't they darling? :)

We finally got around to writing Santa a letter. Bella had been anxious to tell him her LOOOONNNGGG list of things she wants (and expects to get). lol I helped her spell the first few words, but then I let her have at it. It's precious.

translation: Dear Santa, How are you? I have been good. I want Lotso, Woody, Jessie, Bullseye, Buzz, Doll house. Bella.

Monday night, we went to a Christmas party at one of our friends' houses. It was fun. There was gumbo, chocolate treats galore, kids everywhere, a fire in the fireplace, and SANTA!!! Yep, Santa came to visit the kids and bring presents. It was the best time ever! Gavin ended up getting REALLY fussy...making us have to leave earlier than we had planned, but it was a great party nonetheless. :)

I threw a Christmas party here at the daycare. We had pizza, cupcakes, treats, and presents. It was a good time all around.

Gift wrapping

Wrapping presents is one of my favorite parts of Christmas...oh who am I kidding? Every part is my favorite part. ;) This year, I allowed Bella to use some of her money to buy us gifts. I only gave her $5 so there wasn't much to choose from, but I am more than positive I will love whatever it is (lip gloss...she already told me haha). Since she bought these gifts, I let her do the wrapping. There was a LOT of tape used. LOTTTTSSSS. :)




We went to the parade last night. It was cold, but not too bad. The kids enjoyed it...Gavin especially loved the fire trucks. We are planning a trip to see Santa Claus at the mall tonight. Oh...and I have soup going in the crock pot. :) I love this time of year! Have a great Wednesday!

A big boy!

Gavin is definitely breaking my heart here lately. :( He has jumped from sweet baby to sweet boy overnight. We were suckers and gave Gavin a night bottle until just recently (horrible I know!). His last night with the bottle was Tuesday, November 23rd. He has done wonderfully without it! It seems like ever since we took it away, he has turned into a full blown toddler. I can admit that I did cry, but I'm so very happy for him. He is now officially pee peeing in the potty. Our potty time can last anywhere from 5 - 20 minutes. So...while sitting there, we have tons of conversations. lol He loves the camera too! He learned how to say cheese and everything. It's sooooo freaking cute!







Gavin has also had the sudden interest in standing at the sink with Bella to brush his teeth. Oh what precious memories we will have. :)

Cuteness

Recently, Jenna took our family pictures for Christmas cards. I used one as our header (see above). I LOVE LOVE LOVE all of them!!!! She is amazing. Hit her up if you are interested in fabulous family pictures. You will NOT regret it! :)

I frequently catch little moments of cuteness with my cell phone camera...the only problem is...I rarely upload them...oh and the quality isn't as good as our "real" camera. Oh well...it's still cute. Here are some of those moments. :)

Bella was a piligrim at school for their Thanksgiving feast. Isn't she a beautiful pilgrim? :)

She was telling someone, "look...there's my dad right there!"

Do I even need a caption? :)

Bella and Layne (my little brother)

A pink Christmas tree of course!

Playing peek -a -boo with Bella in the car

Wearing dad's boots

We were shopping in Wal-Mart and Santa Claus just showed up!

Elf on the Shelf - The first place our elf hid.

Gavin's first time to pee pee on the potty!! We were saying bye to the pee pee. :)

Here is a video of Gavin in the bathtub. He is nuts!

Christmas and stuff

We went to get our tree on black Friday. We have gone to Motley's Christmas tree farm for the last 3 years. We decided to make it our family tradition. It is a great place to go. They have amazing trees, hayrides, pig races, a petting zoo, free hot chocolate and roasted peanuts, and a little store to shop in. We love it. :) Here are some pictures:

Our tree. :)

He was dipping his cookie in the hot chocolate

We allowed her to go up to the window and purchase something all by herself. :) Big girl!

sweet babies

We bought a gingerbread house to make with the kids...I think it lasted a total of 20 minutes before collapsing! lol! We also made cookies to go along with our first Christmas movie of the year. :) Man I love Christmas time.

The candy was yummy though!