Annual Xmas Tripod pic

So every year we do this...set up the tripod in front of the tree and take a shot of the 3 of us....

Here's 2007:



Here's last year:

And this year? Well...apparently two year olds don't like to stop playing with new toys on Christmas to do this. Here's what we got the first go round:

Then about 30 minutes later, she gave us these in front of the fire place (a little better):

Merry Christmas!!!

Christmas morning

Here are the cookies & milk we left for Santa on Christmas Eve....


And here's what was left on Christmas morning....part of a cookie & a letter from Santa! It read:

Dear Haylee,
Thank you for the cookies! They were yummy!
Love,
Santa


And here is what we woke up to on Christmas morning!!

Here is what Santa left for her!

Opening gifts...

A cookie for breakfast on Christmas morning...a new tradition maybe? haha

Her new Elmo blanket...which she LOVES!

"A wittle table!!" as she calls it...

Eating blueberry, banana pancakes at the new little table...

Later in the day we made a birthday cake for baby Jesus. Haylee helped me make it...isn't it pretty? And the icing job is fantastic! :)


I hope your Christmas morning was as fun as ours!!

White Christmas

It snowed FOUR INCHES at our house on Christmas Eve and it didn't melt...so we had a white Christmas! Christmas Eve was pretty much miserable outside....it was BITTERLY cold and windy. It was snowing sideways. But we still ventured out to let Haylee play in the snow and get some pictures!! :)

Here is the view on Christmas Eve from our back door...

Here's H not so sure what to do about the snow...

Daddy trying to make a snowman....it was so cold, he didn't finish. I'm telling you the wind chill was BELOW 10 degrees!!

Making snow balls....

Throwing snow balls...

Trying to pose for a picture...but it was so windy and the snow was really coming down...they couldn't look at the camera!

Shielding the wind and snow...

Completely over the wind & snow and wanting to come inside! haha!


Today is Sunday, the 27th and we STILL have snow patches on the ground....it's crazy! And the forecast is saying MORE snow on Tuesday. Pretty neat...and weird!

Santa's Lap

OKAY....I'm trying to catch up with my blog postings....so here's another one for ya...

So we went to sit on Santa's lap on Tuesday. We (& by we, I mean ME) talked up Santa for weeks. We look at pictures of him, have a yard art giant picture of him in our yard, a stuffed animal in the living room (that toots), etc, etc....so the big day finally arrives to go sit on his lap. I just knew that she wouldn't sit on his lap...she'd cry and either Tommy or I would be in the picture too.

So we get there and we're waiting in line...(check out her adorable xmas dress with every accessory possible!)

Then the fake snow starts to fall while waiting in line and she just thinks this is the COOLEST thing ever...she catches some in her hand and shows me...

We look at Rudolf and everything....we watch other kids sit on Santa's lap and PRAY that a screaming two year old isn't in front of us to give Haylee the idea. She watches other kids and gets excited.

So it's finally her turn (45 minutes later!) and she literally RUNS to Santa, gets in his lap and shows him her purse!! :)

Here she is...my big two year old with Santa. She also told him what she wanted: a chalk board & bubbles.

She's sooo big....check out last year:

And the year before that:

To think that there will be TWO children in my Santa pictures next year is CRAZY & exciting!

After waiting in line forever, we let H play in the play area at the mall (like last year). These mall people are BRILLIANT when they choose where to put Santa.

And yes, that's her purse in her hand while she slides.

Christmas @ Bebe & Pawpaw's House

Forgive me on this one....I didn't take but a couple pictures when we did Christmas @ Bebe & Pawpaw's house because I video taped much of it. So we have it recorded, just in a different way.

Here's H doing what she is soooo good at these days: opening gifts!

Tommy's cousin Kevin was quite possibly Haylee's favorite person in Houston this trip. The two just hit it off right away...it was cute! :)

Christmas @ Great Granny's

We spent a few hours at Haylee's Great Granny's house while in Houston. We had a great time and boy did Haylee make a HAUL on toys over there. WOW! Here are some pictures from our visit.

Helping Grandpa open his gift...


Helping Great Granny open her gift...

Enjoying some of her new dress up jewelry...which she is in LOVE with! She's played with it everyday since we got home!

What we're asking Santa for...

Family Christmas Party

We drove to Houston for the weekend to celebrate Christmas with our family down there...

Every year there is a huge family Christmas party down in Houston with Tommy's side of the family the Saturday before Christmas. Here are some highlights from this party...

Check out the dolled up cutie!!! :)


Haylee & her cousin, Cheyenne & Sayde.

Playing with pretend phones with the girls.

Giving her new friend Brenley a goodbye hug! CUTE! :)

Opening some presents...

This child is getting REALLY good at opening presents...she totally gets it this year. But we're also making her give everyone their gifts BEFORE she opens her's so she learns the fun in giving too. :)

More pics from Houston to come.....