Chirstmas in Macon 2010

Later in the day on Christmas Eve we headed to Macon.  We are very fortunate that our families get along great and my parents were going to join us on Saturday.  We always have such a big party when we are all together!  Carson is a very lucky girl to be surrounded by such love.

Carson on Christmas morning surprised to see what Santa brought her in Macon

Honey and her girls~

Evidently these Sing A Magigs are all the rage......they are something else.....and all of the children got them:)

Ava in her new chair~

Monte with a new toy that I think the adult men were quite jealous of:)

Later that evening we went to Aunt Kendra and Uncle Josh's new house for Christmas dinner.  Their new house is FABULOUS and perfect for entertaining.  I see many holiday dinners there!

Sweet cousins!

Christmas in Woodstock 2010

Well it is a shame that it takes a snow day (pics. from that to come) for me to blog:)  We had a BIG time at Christmas this year.  It is so true that having children makes the holidays such a joy!  I kind of feel like we all reverted back to our childhood having Carson, Monte and Ava around.  They are such sweet children and I am so thankful Carson has cousins so near by.

We started Christmas the week before by having our dear friends Lisa and Tim over.  They love to spoil Carson (and us too!)  Lisa and I have been friends since Athens.  She is such a sweet friend and would do anything in the world for anyone.  She is going to be an awesome mommy when the time comes!!  She's a natural.

Spoiling Carson:)

Oh my....what is it??

Yay!! A "brother" for one of her dolls.

We went to see Santa.  An interesting experience and some lessons learned.  1.)  Go early...that is in the season and in the day!! 2.)  Perhaps long before your child needs a nap.  Seriously, Carson really did do well, despite the fact we waited for quite some time and she did not have a nap the whole day.  And, she didn't even cry.  She told us she told Santa she wanted baby dolls!  I think she's covered.

At the mall....waiting.....

Riding the train with daddy

She's not quite sure about him

We had Christmas (round 1) on Christmas Eve morning in Woodstock with my parents.  Because my parents and Santa were getting Carson bigger items we needed to have part of Christmas here.  It was such a nice morning.  We had hashbrown casserole, cinnamon rolls and mimosas:)  We kept Carson upstairs until about 8:30 and then brought her downstairs.  I think she understood the Santa thing a little bit.

She's a sleepy monkey

She has just discovered her new trampoline and kitchen

Would anyone like coffee?

What a cute Ne-Ne

Bringing Carson downstairs....She didn't know what to think w/my parents and brother standing at the bottom of the stairs

Thanksgiving and Ava's 1st B-day

We'll start with Thanksgiving!  We went to Macon this year and had a really nice time.  The weather was perfect.....we even ate outside.  I wish I had take a photo of the tables set up outside.  It was right out of a magazine!

Ava & Honey

Carson counting Ava's piggies:)

Ava turned 1 over the holiday and we were excited to share in the day with everyone.  She is such a sweet little girl and we are  blessed to be her Godparents.

Honey and The Birthday Girl~

Kendra & Carson (and Honey hiding in between them)

The Birthday Girl and her Mommy

Her cute cake that was delicious!!

I think she likes it~

Halloween

Well here it is the day before Thanksgiving and I'm writing about Halloween!  2011 is gonna be a whole new deal:)  Sure it is.......Better late than never.


Yep, Halloween fell on GA/FL this year.  We had a great time watching the game with Carson.  She would say GOOOO Bulldogs!  Dissapointing game but hopefully they could hear us cheering them on.



My Witch hat I bought for $2.00 this year in hopes I would dress up.....sadly I did not.....good thing Carson put it to use.



 

Carson and Cady (in Carson's class who happens to be one of our neigbor's)

I really wasn't sure Carson was going to be into dressing up.  As you can see from the above pic. it took her a bit to warm up to the idea.  She kept telling people she was going to be a lion for Halloween but then was not so sure about the actual costume.

Yay!

Our other neighbor's from next door came over and we ended up rushing out the door with them....hence why Carson has on what she does underneath her lion costume.  It was still super cute.

From the back was too cute!!

The aftermath.....sorting candy w/Daddy

Carson was really a trooper.....she walked around the whole block almost.  The later part Cooper carried her.  She just loved going to the door saying trick or treat and saying "Thank You."  My goodness I hope she continues to use the great manners she has!!


Until next time (hopefully not next month).....Happy Thanksgiving~

Giveaway Time from Shutterfly

So I read on one of the MANY blogs that I read that Shutterfly is doing this amazing giveway for Bloggers.  They are having a promotion where bloggers get 50 free holiday cards from Shutterfly.  Wow!!  Perfect in time for the holidays.  You can go to this link-http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/holiday-cards and look at all of their great holiday cards.  Of course a calendar is always a great idea for a Christmas gift and you can look at Shutterfly's here-http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars.  And I think my favorite this year are their story cards-http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/holiday-story-cards.  Can't wait to pick out one of the story cards for our card this year.

We have always had such great luck using Shutterfly and I can's wait to get a jump start on this years!!  Don't forget to go to this link to get your 50 free Holiday Cards......http://bit.ly/sfly2010

It's Fall Ya'll!!

Again overdue but you know.....life get's in the way.  If I had it my way I would have tons of time to blog and post pictures but that's not in the cards and that's alright too:)

We went to Cagle's Dairy Farm early in October and it was HOT! Daniel was recovering from a stomach bug that we all got that weekend so he didn't go with us.  My Mom and I took Carson and met the Fitzgerald gang there.  I thought we would want to do the Farm tour but again it was a hot fall day so maybe next time.  It is really adorable out there.  Great photo ops!!  Here are some fun photos of the day~

Seriously....she could not get enough of this tractor.

Love this one!!

Riley & Emma were not into having a family photo made this day:)

Such a great day!   Halloween pics. to come~

Carson's 2nd B-day Party.....Ladybug Style

Well this is only 1 month overdue but it has been a busy, busy fall.  So mostly I'll just let the pictures do the talking.  We had a great time at Carson's 2nd b-day.  Celebrating the day with friends and family.  Carson was so excited that it was finally her birthday this time.  Mostly she was excited about eating cake.  What can I say....Like Mother, Like Daughter:)

The birthday girl right before she ate one of the fondant ladybugs off of the cake....can you blame her?







So happy to see her Aunt Kendra!



Riley and Luke having a great time in the Bounce House~

Happy 2nd birthday sweet Carson!!  You are an absolute joy and the light of our life.  All the love in the world-  Mommy and Daddy~