Christmas Time!!

We have had a wonderful holiday this week!!! We went to church on Christmas Eve and then we went to Pop and Ma's house for dinner! We got to open presents and exchange gifts with Gordon's extended family. It was so much fun- The girls had a blast and Emmary realized what exactly Christmas entails! The next morning the girls slept late and were so excited that Santa came! Emmary is still very sad that Elfred (her Elf on the Shelf) left and hopes to see him again soon. Her favorite Santa gifts were her washer/dryer, Hannah Montana guitar, Smurfette, the Wonder Pets, and all her books. Ellie's favorite gifts were the purse her FurReal puppy came in (not the dog!!) and all of Emmary's gifts!! We then went to Popsey and Gammy's house and got to eat lunch and open gifts!! Emmary got to ride her big girl bike from Sissy for the first time around the neighborhood and has decided we need to install sidewalks at our house. All in all, it was a wonderful Christmas. We finally got all the presents put away today!!!

Even with all the excitement and presents, Emmary has still remembered that it was Jesus' birthday. We had cake and balloons on Christmas day and she really enjoyed singing Happy Birthday to Him. Today she said that she was glad we got to celebrate His birthday and hoped He had a great one. I pray that as a family we can continue to make Him the reason for our Christmas celebration.

Opening presents at Gammy and Popsey's house

I love my Big Girl bike from Sissy!!!

I love my stroller from Sissy!!!!

Christmas is great!!!

Yeah!! Santa was here!!!!

Presents From Santa

And our rinky-dink tree that was knocked over twice! We were very glad we decided to use the smallest tree!!

Emmary opening presents at Pop and Ma's on Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas!!!!

We can't believe that Christmas is almost here! Emmary is so excited- she is ready for the balloons and the cake for Jesus! She is still not quite sure about Santa. Sometimes she likes him and sometimes she doesn't. However, she knows about birthday parties and is all for it. I am a little (a lot, actually) behind on Christmas niceties and have not gotten Christmas cards done! I did get the pictures done the other day but they will have to be sent with a "New Year's" card. It has gotten really difficult to get the girls to look and smile at the same time. And Emmary was horrified of the deer so I couldn't even get the picture I wanted. All well.

Nine Months!

Ellie is now nine months old- it is hard to believe. She had her well-check visit at the doctors today and everything was great! She weighed 20 pounds and 14 ounces and was 28 inches long- I thought she had gotten taller! They checked her hemoglobin and it was a 12.8 so that was good. Everybody at the doctor's office was laughing because she carried one of Emmary's purses with her- she has gotten really attached to it and carries it everywhere (even to bed). Emmary got the purse for her birthday and isn't too happy about it becoming Ellie's favorite- so I am going to have to go another one this weekend. We were laughing the other night because she had gotten into Emmary's Hello Kitty purse and found chapstick and a curler. She is going to be a girly girl!!

The Tooth Fairy

Emmary was tucked in to bed tonight and we thought almost asleep when she yelled for Gordon. So he went in to see what the "emergency" was. She needed to tell him that she didn't think that she wanted to sit on Santa's lap but that she did want to sit on the Tooth Fairy's lap. And did the Tooth Fairy have hands? "yes" Did the Tooth Fairy have legs? "yes" Were the Tooth Fairy's legs like people legs? "yes" There was another round of goodnights and she went to sleep.

Boo Hoo

Emmary has started a new thing this week- when she is upset or in time out and crying- she says Boo Hoo over and over and over. And with all the dramatics- there is some loud boo hooing and some quiet boo hooing and some mad boo hooing. It seems like she is really upset but who really says "boo hoo" when they are crying?