Happy 38th Birthday Chris!

Yesterday was Chris' birthday and he turned 38. He is getting old! Anyway we celebrated at our house with Chan and Marla with a home cooked meal and a chocolate chip cookie cake with ice cream. It would have been an even better birthday had Alabama shown up to play to win. As for his gifts, he will be trying on his present to make sure of the size. He wanted some Carhartt jeans and he has to be there to try them on. We will make the trip to Gray and Holt later today. Here are some pics of his cookie.

New Year's Eve

Well we started off the day with a visit to Dr. Hall who is a chiropractor. We are taking Lillian since she has frequent ear infections. Our first visit was Monday the day before our 2 year old check-up. She did much better than we expected. She laid on the table just so still for him to do the pressure points behind her ears. We were excited to hear the next day that she had clear ears. Dr. Hall wanted to recheck her to see if her alignment was still holding. Here is a picture of her waiting to see Dr. Hall.

Then we head to Laney's for a trim. Aunt Tammy was there to visit and to watch Lillian get a trim. The first time we trimmed her hair was Christmas Eve of 2007 in the middle of my mother's living room for all of my family to watch. Since then we have had at least two more trims to keep her hair looking the same length. I could not believe that she sat so still for Lane to cut it.

Lillian is enjoying one of Lane's suckers!

Here is the trim. She looks so big just sitting there!

After that we headed home for a nap and then to get ready for church and then for Chan and Marla's house for a fun night of food and games. Lillian was able to play with Marla's great niece Alivia. They had so much fun. They were very good about sharing believe it or not! We had a bon fire where we roasted marshmallows. We didn't stay out there long because it was so cold.

Lillian and Alivia

Lillian and Daddy all bundled up.

Lillian is all ready for bed. She stayed up to ring in the new year. I cannot believe that she didn't go to sleep until 1:00a.m.

We did not get home until 5:00a.m. this morning! I cannot believe we played games for that long. We were laughing at every little thing. We played Taboo and Pictionary. Here is the gang!

Chan, Marla, Michelle (Marla's sister), Whitney (Marla's niece) and Chris

Chan was acting very funny with the Taboo buzzer. He was making it buzz and then acting like he was shaving his face and his underarm. I have never laughed so hard in my life! What a great way to ring in the new year!

Happy New Year!!

Our 2 year old check-up

Lillian had her two year old check-up with Dr. Zbell yesterday. She had her last shot until she turns 4. Hooray! Next year's visit will be an easy one. Maw Maw went along for the ride and for the shopping that would take place after the doctor visit. Since Dr. Zbell's office is in Madison, we went on early so that we could eat lunch with Aunt Mia. She works for the city of Madison and it is on our way to the doctor's office. So we pop in most of the time when we have to make that trip. We went to eat at the Port of Madison. Here is a picture of Lillian and Aunt Mia.

After the doctor's appointment, we headed to the mall for some shopping. Lillian did not get a normal nap but managed to get a little one. She was snoozing very good!

Playing with friends

We recently had some friends from church over to the house. Lillian had so much fun with her friends. Leanne had some better pictures than me but I will share the ones that I was able to take of the girls. We will definitely have to get together again!

Katie Lee, Anna Beth, and Lillian were having fun eating puffs off the floor.

We were actually able to get them to stand still for the camera.

Mimi's House

Well after having a big day from Santa we headed off for Mimi's house which is Chris' mother for supper and for opening some more presents. Lillian is going to start believing that December is just a month for presents. Here are just a few pictures.

Here is all the grandkids posing from Chris' side of the family.

Lillian opening her presents which were a newborn Cabbage Patch kid baby doll, a book, a Leap Frog refrigerator phonics game, a stuffed chicken and pig (very, very soft stuff animals), and a xylophone which she is pretty good at playing.

When we got home Lillian had one more gift that Bryant Malone (he works with Chris) had made for her. It was her very own white board that she can draw and write on (probably on everything else also). Here is a picture of it. Kennedy, Bryant's daughter, decorated it for her. She did a great job! As you can tell from the picture, Lillian has already drawn on the stickers and it will not come off. I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! We are surely blessed and we thank God for it!

Christmas Day Morning

Santa visited our house last night and left Lillian a tricycle (which she calls a bicycle), some necklaces and bracelets, and some surprises. When she got up this morning she couldn't wait to see if Santa ate the cookies. When she saw the plate she laughed and said that Santa left a mess with the cookies. After she found her gifts she started saying thank you Santa over and over. After we looked at all that Santa brought then it was time for the gifts from Daddy and Mommy. She got a portable DVD player with carrying case, a Barney DVD, and a Strawberry Shortcake inflatable chair. Here are some pics.

Posing with Daddy!

Here is the picture of Santa's crumbs that Lillian said he needed to clean up. The crumbs are not easy to see in the picture.

Christmas Eve - Paw Paw & Maw Maw's house

Well, we started our family gatherings on Christmas Eve at my mother's house. We ate before church which was a very delicious meal. Then after church we went back for dessert and to open presents. My sister Mia got sick and had to go home so she didn't get to enjoy watching everyone open gifts. Everyone else was there including Olivia which is Will's girlfriend, Cale which is Laura Leigh's boyfriend, and Josh which is Lane's boyfriend. Our family just keeps growing and growing when girlfriends and boyfriends are around. Lillian couldn't wait to open presents. She got a "Dirt Devil" vacuum cleaner, some dresses, and an Aqua Doodle. On my side we draw names so there is not all this stuff going home with you. Literally we do not have any more room for toys! Hope you enjoy the pictures! Here is Lillian eating for the second time!

Posing with Mommy!

Everyone is having fun after opening presents!

Here is all of the grandkids smiling from my side of the family!