December "Extras"

Dancing

After 11 years, we finally retired this dinosaur and bought a brand new TV. It's glorious!

The Trains at NorthPark

He could have stayed all day...

...and cried when we finally had to leave.

Sassy little Cinderella.

Happy 2nd Birthday, Anna!

Waaaay back on December 29th, my baby turned two. TWO. She is so smart and sweet and sassy. She talks much better than would be expected of a child her age, and understands even more than that. When I took her for her 2 year check up, she was 34 inches tall (65th percentile) and 25.8 lbs (39th percentile). The pediatrician has always said she is "very pleased" with Anna. She got one shot, and cried for just a second. I picked her up and when we saw the nurse in the hall on the way out Anna said "you hurt Anna! I got sucker. Bye!" I've said it before, but she is the perfect bookend to our little family...we are BLESSED!

Anna had no opinion as to what her party would be about, so Davis took over. He has always called her "owl" because he thinks that's what Brandon is saying when he calls her AL (Anna Leigh). I was not surprised when Davis said he wanted her to have an Owl party. We had the party the day before her actual birthday. She very much enjoyed celebrating for two days. :)

This is how she tells us she's two...holding up "4" with both hands. I don't get it. When she is not referencing her age, she holds up two fingers on one hand for "2." 

Her birth-minute picture. 12:35pm December 29, 2013.

Still 12:35pm.

Erick is a good sport. Anna was talking about her clips...and wanted them all in her hair.

Christmas

Since I am so behind (again!), I'm going to lump all of our Christmas celebrations into one giant post. Grab some hot chocolate and get comfy...

First  up, my Dad's side of the family...

Ha! Not sure what's going on, but check out Jerimy's face. :)

Headed to church the next day before we went to Gammi and Papa's... 

Busted playing with Papa's chapstick.

She loves babies as much as her Mommy does. Poor Kayson. She was never far from him for long, and she's quite "helpful."

Papa and Gammi got D his first set of REAL golf clubs..."just like Daddy."

Good thing he's such a good baby! He tolerates her well. Sweet babies.

Now Christmas with Nana and Grandpa...

Memaw and Papaw came to observe the fun! (Christmas with them was a week later.)

That horse. They love it.

It takes up a LOT of space. ;)

This picture is just bonus. They were playing "puppies," and she was giving them treats (pretzels and chex cereal) for doing tricks.

Next we headed back home for Christmas Eve/Christmas Day...

Anna turned 2 December 29th. Until Christmas Eve, she was still rear-facing in the car. We thought a few days early wouldn't hurt so we turned her around so she could look at Christmas lights when we did, not a few seconds later. :) She was SO excited!!

After we looked at lights, we had to decorate cookies for Santa. Neither cookie had much icing on it. Ha!

As good as it got.

I waited until they went to bed to put out any of the presents from us because they kept trying to open them.

Santa Came!

D had seen this "Fart Blaster" at the store a few weeks before Christmas. I hated to do it, but I KNEW he would love it! He loves the Despicable Me movies...and all things "gross."

Santa also brought harmonica's. They like making beautiful music together...loudly.

Yep. Santa and the reindeer ate their snacks and drank the milk. Don't worry about that last bite of cookie..

...Anna snatched it right up and took care of it!

Singing Happy Birthday to Jesus. Anna sang it off and on all day. I LOVE it!

The toy box wasn't seen in the other pictures. Brandon did that. (We got it at an unfinished furniture store, he took it apart, sanded/stained/oiled it, and then put it back together.) We did it for her second Christmas because he did one for Davis' second Christmas too.

She was in time-out. I don't remember why. Sweet big brother went to tell her why what she did was wrong and ask her to apologize.

If you're still reading, congratulations! Even I am impressed! We had one last Christmas celebration the weekend after Christmas with my Mom's side of the family...

Aunt Granny planned a couple of crafts for the kids. The boys did good actually making the craft. The girls started out ok, then they just ate the decorations.

The End! Christmas 2013 was a success! As always, we enjoyed our time with everyone celebrating the birth of our Savior!