Merry Christmas!

PaPaw gave Virginia her first Auburn item. A cute beach hat with her initials. Adorable!
Santa may have been a little too generous for a two year old. This jeep is so big we had to leave it in Mississippi. Not sure who is going to trailer it to Nashville.

Can you notice the background. Michael is filming the dogs on Christmas day, not Graham and his new toy. HA!

" What is it GiGi?"

It is impossible to break into toys these days. Virginia LOVES her new gumball machine toy. It is so fun for me to watch her learn how to grab the balls and take them in and out.

Hmmm! Not sure what PaPaw is up to in the kitchen.

The Cars wrapping paper may have been a bigger hit than the toys wrapped inside.

Can you tell I'm encouraging baseball? We also have a basketball goal at home that I am encouraging. Trying to stay away from football against my brother's best wishes.

Sissy's big Santa gift. She loved it. We had to leave it behind too. Maybe when we go back her legs will be a little longer.

My first Baby Doll.

Fun around the house

Virginia is 8 months old.



Graham at 8 months. It just amazes me how different they look.

Airborne!

Yes we do let our kids do some crazy things at our house. You can see Graham had placed pillows on the floor for his landing. We had been at Lily's house the night before jumping in her big bounce castle so I think that is where this began. He loves to jump.

My Goodness. Let me clarify to new readers, this is Virginia's room and not Graham's.

Yes Michael even places our children on top of the refrigerator. Graham has always thought this was so funny so we decided to add Sissy to the mix. You can tell from the next picture, he was ready for any falls.

First attempt at the bouncy. She wasn't so sure about it, but the wipes bag, now that can entertain her for 30 minutes.

Christmas picture time.

Graham is not afraid of heights we've discovered. He managed to climb up there while we getting Virginia situated.

It's hard to tell the difference in some of Virginia's faces. She's getting upset here, but the picture above she is laughing and to me, it looks like the same face.

Returning Home

We couldn't return home empty handed so Virginia got her first American Doll-a mini Samantha. It's basically the size of a Christmas ornament, but at least it was affordable compared to my previous post.
She wasn't real crazy about the doll. All she has ever played with are trucks, trains, and tractors.

Graham got a Top from FAO Schwartz.

Before Mom came, I filled up a basket with a lot of crafts and busy work to do inside. Graham loved the watercolors and his large Cars coloring book.

New York City

Michael and I headed to New York last weekend. GiGi flew up to take care of the kids so we could be by ourselves. It was frigid but at least it was dry.

Our hotel was on Broadway next door to the Late Show. It was the perfect Central location to everything we wanted to do and see.

Now who has heard of the "American Girl"? I had heard of them but was not aware of the craze they have become amongst little girls. By the time they hit mainstream I was out of the doll stage and aren't my parents lucky. These little dolls cost $115-$149 each. That does not include a change of clothes or accessories either. You can even buy matching clothes for your daughter to wear. We thought Cabbage Patch dolls were expensive at $30 and $40 but this is unbelievable. I hope consignment sales carry this line when Virginia gets into them.

Look at this place. You couldn't even move and people were walking out with one and two large full bags. That would be at least 2 or 3 hundred bucks a pop. I will say, however, it was one of the sweetest things to see some of these little girls so excited to be there. One Mom told us she and her daughter went to a brunch in the store and her little girl was so excited that she didn't eat a bite of her $40 plate.

You won't believe this one... They have a hair salon so you can cut the doll's hair to match your daughter's hair.

Okay, enough about American girl....

The store fronts were so creative. here we are at Macy's. When we got inside we found out that every girl with the name Virginia, got a $10 gift card to Macy's today. Of course we didn't have Virginia with us, and there was no way Mom was going to load them up to go to our Macy's back home. They were promoting the movie "Yes, Virginia".

We got half price tickets to Mary Poppins. What an awesome show it was too!

For you Dad, there is a post office inside the Manhattan Macy's.

I can't remember what building this is.

30 Rock

Did anyone else know that U.S. Grant's tomb is in Harlem? We didn't.

Rockefeller plaza Christmas Tree.

The Chrysler building.

Checking out Brooklyn from the Sea Port.

Busy December

My attempt at a hair bow.
Not quite enough hair to keep it in just yet.

We had fun at Lucy's birthday party. Graham is finally realizing that cake and ice cream are good things.He even asked for seconds. He's almost 2 1/2 and up until a month ago, would not go near cake or ice cream.

Sis is just taking it all in.

So one of Virginia's Christmas gifts came a little early. She has outgrown the infant car seat and needed to move up soon. Not only am I sad because she is growing so fast, but she sleeps all day so being able to carry her in the car seat gave us a few opportunities to be out during the day. Not any more, we are home bound until she out grows one of her 4 or 5 naps she takes every day. Yes and she still sleeps between 11 and 12 hours at night. Our child loves her beauty sleep. :)

Does it look like we need another vehicle in this house?

We tried to "Walk Thru Bethlehem" at Woodmont Christian Church this year but the wait was just too long and we figured Graham is still too little to grasp what it is. So after an hour and 15 minute wait, we walked around to look at the animals and headed home.

Trying to enjoy being outside when we can.

Michael and I got so tickled at Graham. He was doing this without being prompted and at first he didn't even realize how funny he was being.