December Events

I got very behind in blogging during December so I put together a post with all our events from the past month.

I just can't resist a picture of the girls sleeping.

Here is a picture of Katie Jo with her Daddy. She loves helping him around the house!

In what had to be a moment of insanity I volunteered to host Jay's company party at our home. It was the first weekend in December so it made us have to decorate quick and once it was over I felt like we could sit back and enjoy the rest of the holiday season. We had about 20 or so people from his two offices come and it was a lot of fun. Here is a picture of me and Kayci. Sometimes I feel like we are co-bloggers since she is in so many of my pictures but she is a really good friend and her husband still does loans for Good Faith Mortgage so they were here for the party.Jay and me at the end of the night which accounts for the very tired faces.

Katie Jo and Georgia had their MOMS club party at Celebration Town. Both girls enjoyed the jump houses and we went home very pooped.

This was the first year I felt like I could do projects and not totally lose my mind. I found a gingerbread house kit at the grocery store and thought, "Why not." It was pretty easy and Katie Jo loved helping. Georgia loved watching from the confines of her booster seat!

Aunt Joni came by one day and we were able to get some semi-cute pics of her with both girls. It is usually one or the other since they won't sit still so this was a rare moment.

Katie Jo had her musical for preschool and I begged her to sing. She normally just stands there with a blank stare on her face. I asked her one time why she wouldn't sing and she told me it was because she wanted to sing by herself. Nice. So the morning of I asked her if she was going to sing and she said, "Just 10 Little Angels." I said that would do. When her class came out she was so excited to see me and she proved she spoke the truth that morning, she sang "10 Little Angels" through most of the musical! :)

We had our Sunday School party the second weekend in December and here is a shot with my friend Kayci (surprise surprise), myself and Dina.

The second weekend in December I also had a very special baby shower to attend. This is my friend Juli from College of Charleston. She is having her first baby at the end of this month and I was so glad to see her. She was glowing and looked so beautiful.

Lastly, these are a couple of shots of KJ with our Camellia bush and a cute one of her running in the yard.

Oops, a couple more. I took these while she was on the tire swing. I held the camera so it would shoot through the bottom so I could get her face with the sky above her.

Christmas Day 2008

Christmas Day was our funnest yet! It started at 6:30 when Katie Jo came and climbed into bed with us. She and I curled up cheek to cheek and slept until 7:30. I could stand the smell of cinnamon coffee no more and had to leave her still sleeping in bed. To think we would actually all have to wait on her to wake up!
We got a few peaceful minutes of coffee-sipping time and then I heard her little footsteps. She went in to the bonus room and curled up with Uncle B for a few more minutes while she shook off the cobwebs. When she FINALLY decided to join us she was a little foggy on the reason for the site before her. She hesitantly walked towards the items Santa left for her and immediately picked up the ONE item she had consistently asked for: a camera. She took a quick look at it and then moved on. She inspected each item and then decided she wanted to open the wrapped gifts from mom and dad in her big red sack. After about three gifts Georgia finally woke and decided to join us. After that it was a blur of unwrapping. We took a break for breakfast and then set to the task of opening Uncle B's, Gran and Pop's gifts out on the porch. Uncle B spoiled them with many things but Georgia's favorite was the bouncing zebra and Katie Jo's was her Red Rider tricycle. Thank you Brian for such thoughtful gifts! Gran and Pop gave the girls many things too but the highlights were definitely the computer for Katie Jo (which she plays on for at least an hour everyday) and the farm animal set for Georgia. I personally loved the beautiful dresses! After that we opened the gifts from Aunt Jo and the Groves. Aunt Jo gave each of the girls a Disney DVD and Katie Jo and Georgia have both gotten miles of travel out of the purple stroller from Aunt Jess and family.
With such nice weather we were able to go outside to enjoy the new plasma cars, tricycle and sand table, in our PJ's no less!
After a morning of play the girls laid down for a rest and we got to work on our Christmas meal. We once again fried a turkey and this year I bought a whole, 11lb beast of meat for us to feast on. We had the greatest time getting everything ready, including the beautiful table with my Christmas china that I love so dearly! Joni and her friend Justin came to join us and bless him he was a real trooper for getting involved on a major holiday with people he didn't know! It was fun to have a crowd though! We sat down to eat around 5 and afterwards had about nine thousand things to wash! Thanks to my mom, we got it all done and I finally sat down about 8 o'clock. It was a great day and I can't wait until next year!