Christmas in the Circle City Day 1 and 2

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We are panting...seriously exhausted from our whirl wind trip and drive of..............(drum roll please) 14 hours to Alabama. We travel with a two and a half year old, two fat beagles and a SUV that I swear, feels like is getting smaller by the day! I'm just gonna dump some photos from our time there!
Mom's beautiful angel nativity scene tree. I think it's just spectacular. Anderson and Mom outside in the "snow". Ten flurries last Wednesday. Ha!Anderson's cousin Sydney and Winston(Mom's dog). A, it seems is always in a blur in many of the pictures. I guess that is what happens when you have a quick moving 2 year old! :)We headed over to Adam's brother, Anthony and his wife Kelly's house and had a ball.Anderson and PappyAnderson, Aaden(his first cousin) and Gami reading. Anderson got this from Aaden! For some reason, he kept kissing him.
We went to meet Mimi(my step mother) at the mall and to watch my nephew, James sing with his school choir. Why is that children's voice are so beautiful and always sound like angels singing?

Thursday night, Mom had her family over. Mom and Adam getting ready. Ha!This is my cousin, Allison, she has a 5 month old, Audrey, who is just precious!This is my mom's sister Delores and her daughter Kim. Kim is Allison's mom and a side note...Kim has 8 children and is one of my favorite people and is a terrific mom and person. Kim's children range in age from 28 to 7. When I asked Kim "how did you raise such great kids who love the Lord" she told me "by the grace of God"!
This is my cousin Matt's little girl, Brooklyn. She is so adorable! See you tomorrow with Day 3!

Jingle All the Way

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Anderson and I went to the mall this morning and did our routine mall deal and I'm beat! I wore these not so practical(but really cute)shoes and now my feet hurt. But, I'm excited to say that I got a long sweater and some leggings to wear with my favorite Ugg boots and hopefully now I will be considered cool-er looking. Probably not...but worth a try, right?!

We were in Build a Bear Workshop and a Justin Bieber song came on and A started dancing and said "Justin" Ha!! I love this kid!!

Tomorrow, we are starting out pretty early and pointing the car in the direction of Dothan, AL for an early Christmas with our families. Say a prayer for us with a 2 and a half year old and 2 beagles with 12 hours to drive!

Christmas Time's a Coming

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Not much going on here. Cleaning the house, that's always a blast! ;) But, I went here and found an online Christmas station that plays the oldies. You know like Elvis, Charlie Brown song, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby...the good stuff! Anderson LOVED it, we danced and sang songs and I'm so proud that we are making good memories. I hope when he hears it years from now, he will make his kids listen to it too. By the way...if you like his shirt and you are in Dothan. You can get one like it or different from Yard Youngins on Main Street. I'm glad to be sharing my love of all things Christmas with Anderson! It truly is the most wonderful time of the year! I let him watch Charlie Brown Christmas and he was sooooooo still. I've heard people say that a lot of kids these days won't watch it cause they think it's boring, but I hope A is never like that. Adam and I loved that movie every Christmas and I hope Anderson does too. Some things I just don't think are optional like
1. Charlie Brown Christmas
2. Bing Crosby's song "Mele Kalikimaka
3.And his movie "White Christmas"(which is so super awesome
4."A Christmas Story" which no child should EVER miss
5."It's A Wonderful Life" Oh my goodness do you remember this song click here..I LOVE it!
6."Christmas Vacation" with Chevy Chase.

Winter is Here!

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We haven't done too much today except for go to Target to get a few things. It's cold here, but the change is welcome with open arms. It was 46 when we got out at 11a.m.! I LOVE it!Anderson and I got out in the back yard and enjoyed it. Yes Mom, he was layered!

SwingingWacking trees with a stick. Do all little boys love to do this?Playing follow the leader with Annabelle. Who, by the way, was NOT thrilled about this exercise.Loving on the puppies. Who are really not puppies, but I've always called them that. Gus is 7 and Annabelle is 8...it makes me so sad to think about them growing older. :( They are so great with Anderson!Protesting to go swimming and not understanding why you can't go swimming when it's 46 outside. The weather felt so nice and cool that Annabelle and Gus decided to get some frisky play time in too!

Thanksgiving

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We had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day! Mom and I stayed in the kitchen cooking most of the morning. We joined our friends across the street for Thanksgiving lunch and had a blast. Too bad, I forgot my camera :(Mom and I made a turkey(have you used the bake bags? They are awesome!!) cranberry sauce(real...not the stuff in cans), chicken and dumplings, dressing and giblet gravy that was out of this world good! Do you know that in Texas they don't sell the big dumplings like we eat in Alabama? They are the small dumplings and are NOT as good! Thank goodness, Mom brought some with her the last time she and Bob drove out here. :)
While we cooked, Anderson ate his new favorite treat, a ring pop and watched my ALL TIME FAVORITE show on Turkey Day....The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade! My dream for one Thanksgiving is for Adam, me and A to go to NYC and see the parade in person! Oh how I LOVE New York City!!

The puppies were very hungry with all the yummy smells wafting through the air! Mom, Adam, Anderson and I headed over to Grand Prairie with our neighbors. They have a Christmas City deal over there, that is just beautiful to drive through!And A got his picture taken with Santa Claus and he did SO GOOD! He sat there and told him what he wanted....a dog...yea like we don't already have two!

We had such a wonderful holiday! Hope you did too!

Old Friends

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We went to the Ft. Worth Zoo with a friend of mine from high school, Merissa Lulling and her husband and little boy. Her son is the same age as Anderson, his name is Lucas and he is so cute! Merissa and I took Economics together at our high school and bonded while we were in a stock market group MESE, where we had no idea what in the world was going on! She and I were laughing that I used to teach Economics too! She is one of the most unique people I have ever met and also one of the nicest too!

Here's some pictures of our day!Mom is in the kitchen making chocolate sheet cake for tomorrow's Thanksgiving feast! Hope you have a wonderful day too!See you soon!

Ya'll...it's been busy

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I have been M.I.A. for quite a while now. But, I have good reason...my friend Jessica (middle, high school friend as well as college roommate) and her little girl came out to Dallas. Plus...my momma is here and we are super busy!Yesterday, Jess and her daughter, Wesleigh,(who is 9 months old) hung out with us. We were so lazy that we didn't even get baths! Ha! However, A was so sick yesterday (he has croup) that we had to take him to the doctor. The scary thing about croup is that it always seems to strike in the middle of the night. A 's cough sounded more like a seal barking than a cough. I finally woke him up at 4:30a.m. and he and I both sat in the bathroom with a hot shower and I just let him breathe in the steam.

I had to constantly fight Anderson about touching Wesleigh. He kept petting her head like a dog. I'm taking CAREFUL notes ... if we have another baby! ;)This is Jessica's mom, Diane!

We got the cutest present in the mail for A yesterday from
his Gami and Pappy! Thank ya'll so much-- it was adorable and we have already devoured the cookies!!Today-Mom, Anderson and I went to Ikea. Oh my goodness, it was the coolest and the biggest store I have ever been to! I would have liked to have bought tons of things in that store! I was so bummed I forgot to bring my camera.

Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and get to spend it with those you love!