Christmas Part 3

AW started her present-opening on Christmas Eve at our house before we headed out to Montgomery. We then did presents at Pat Pat and Papa's house followed by church for the grown-ups and Christmas Eve dinner at G and Pop's house-what a fun day!!! 

The next morning we had presents at The Jones and then went to Opp for lunch with great-grandmother Mimi and dinner with great-grandmother Nana. Whew-it was a lot of activity, but Anne Wesley acted great! 

We are so thankful for our wonderful family and the time we got to share with them. They are generous, kind, loving and make every holiday so special. We love you!

Family Time

Anne Wesley got some good family time even before Christmas. She attended her first basketball game at Trinity (our high school) to watch Uncle Ben play ball. Then she helped celebrate Pat Pat's birthday!

Christmas!!!

Well AW had a GREAT first Christmas. I think it's going to take about 3 posts to get all the pictures in, but to start, these are some pre-Christmas activities. The first picture is Anne Wesley and I dressed up to go to one of the Christmas services at our church. They had the symphony and ballet. AW liked it so much that she couldn't contain her excited sounds, and she and Daddy ended up in the lobby for most of it. 

The next picture is a shopping trip to Bass Pro. We considered letting her visit Santa there but since the line wound around the store we figured we would skip it, but we still got a cute picture!

I tried many poses in front of the Christmas tree with AW in her different Christmas outfits. She was interested in the tree but thankfully didn't try to pull on it. She mainly wanted to point at it and touch the ornaments. 

The last picture shows our visit with Santa at Brookwood Mall. Would you believe she didn't even cry? I had warned Santa that she probably would but instead she just sat there for her picture. 

Brooke Got Married . . .

in August. But I just got this picture and love it so much that I had to post it. Brooke is one of my closest friends. We met in pharmacy school my junior year at Auburn and have been good friends ever since! I was honored to be her Matron of Honor and had so much fun being a part of her wedding. This was Anne Wesley's first wedding to attend (and only one so far), and she acting so nice! Don't both girls look lovely?

Baby, It's COLD Outside!

I am so thankful I live in the South b/c I'm such a wimp when it comes to cold weather!!! Here are a few pictures from this weekend. We woke up Saturday to a little "dusting" of snow on the ground, and then bundled up for church today. 

10 Month Appointment and Tacky Christmas!

First off, happy 10 month birthday Anne Wesley! We went for her check-up this past Wednesday, and it was by far our best visit to the doctor. She was up to 16 lb 5 ounces which I am proud to say, puts her back on the weight scale!!!! She got her blood taken and got a flu shot and amazingly she smiled through both-no tears! She is at such a fun stage right now where she will interact readily and give out lots of smiles! 

AW has also learned to shake her head no when she is put on the changing table or buckled into her car seat. She is babbling non-stop and even said "dog" last weekend when she was visiting Papa and Pat Pat. Blowing bubbles is a favorite past-time along with getting a work-out in the Jumperoo, and having daddy come home each day is super exciting! 

GiGi and Pat Pat have made valiant efforts to take Christmas card pictures without much help form AW. So, I decided to try out Portrait Innovations-a chain of studios that takes kid's pictures. Seeing that it is Christmas and EVERYONE wants a cute Christmas card picture you can imagine what a zoo it was. There were screaming babies everywhere! AW was very interested in all the commotion and actually seemed to have a good time (though I can't say the same for me). After all the craziness we did end up getting a few really cute shots. The posted pictures are ones we have taken at home. The last 3 are of us dressed up for our annual "tacky Christmas" party-as you can see AW went all out for the event. 

Hopefully, we'll have more cute Christmas pictures to post soon. Hope everyone has a blessed Advent as we celebrate the birth of our Savior and seek to keep Him at the center of all we do!!!