Merry Christmas!!

As the song goes...."all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth" .... but Ansley may not have meant that....not the best picture but they are in....poor baby has been sad and fussy all day; can't blame her for wanting to be held when her mouth hurts.....but she did get a cool book to chew on

Austin however, got a TRAIN!!!

He was super excited!!

He was showing us his excitement!!

He also got some Thomas the Train books...needs to learn his colors

And got another train....little bigger than his other one...but this one cannot go on his track so he has to drag it around the floor. He also got a book about going to the potty.

But he also got more books......one with magnets like he saw in Dallas that Grayson had

And one last picture of the train....he is too excited!!

Merry Christmas y'all!

Patience

This time of year I am reminded of a few simple things....patience is one of them.....Eric's parents are going to St. Louis so we are bird sitting their bird....I have found that I do not like indoor birds....he (has no name) is loud, messy, and did I mention loud....he is a rooster and he struts his stuff loudly quite often.....but I am reminded that we are watching him because Eric's parents watch Madison when we go out of town.....quid pro quo

And then there is picture taking......I give up.....plan was to take pictures of the kids and send out Christmas cards......I have lost the patience to take a good picture of both of my kids together at the same time in front of the Christmas tree....we will try tomorrow.....

this is the best that I could do......I have a new respect for children's photographers......I will not quit my day job!!!!

Boring but alive

We have been shopping and cooking and boring....but here are a few pics.....Ansley is sitting in a mixing bowl; she loves to sit up now, she can't hold herself up yet but loves to be sitting up (excuse the food covered clothes)

Austin doing the same thing, sitting in a bowl, just happens to be a bigger bowl - ha

Austin talking to the snow man at the bottom of our stairs, he usually says good morning to him every morning ... just trying to be friendly

and then.....the picture on the bottom is one of my favorite pictures of Austin & Eric, and so then we had to do one with Ansley....you can see how much A & A look alike

Ansley's hair is just a little more WILD!!

Ho Ho Ho

Happy Birthday GG!!

Austin & Ansley's Great-Grandmother H. is 100 years old today!! Happy birthday grandmom!!

Our family in Texas had a party for her on Saturday which we missed, but Grandmom said she had a great time and enjoyed seeing all of her family!! This is one of the better pictures I have of her and Austin....he was just about a year old in this picture.

Happy Birthday grandmom!

New Hat

Thanks grandma!!

Rainy Days

It has been raining here for 3 days, and we sure did need it, but it makes for some interesting playtimes in the house....

Seems Ansley can "fit in" anywhere - she is literally riding in the bed of one of Austin's trucks!

Austin showing us that he has teeth & a uvula - unlike his mother

and then there is Madison...just hanging out and showing us her cataracts - she did turn 12 in October...she is a good ol' dog

Turkey Day pics

Austin's new MO - shy & playful

Ansley demonstrating the proper way to eat prunes

Austin hanging out with Dad & Uncle Bunny - really bad angle but it does give evidence to where Austin gets his wide feet from.....

Ansley just hung out with me all day Thanksgiving until the family arrived....you can see in the background that it was sunny all day and in the mid 60s, so beautiful weather for a beautiful day....much to be thankful for....

And her smile says it all....that and hey Mom I am tired of looking at this camera thingy.....