My Favorite Photo to Date..........

Taken on Christmas Day by Brayden's Aunt Cindy..........

Like Mother; Like Child.......

B has found his new all time favorite snack & it just so happens to be mine as well!!

I know that they are not healthy but they sure are GOOOOOD!!!

Christmas Night & JuJu's Christmas Decor........

We drove home from JuJu & Papa's house in the snow; Georgia has not had a white Christmas since 1882 & I have never had one so the snow just made this Christmas even more perfect than it already was!!  It was just so beautiful coming down............

We got home & I got B bathed & settled in & Lance had the fun part of unloading the very packed car; Brayden really did so many wonderful toys this year & I am still trying to figure out where to put them all.

Of course all he wanted to play with that night was his new putter; which would be alright if it was a "real" one & could really do some damage to the house!!  we have placed that lovely in the garage & he will be learning how to hold & play very soon if his PaPa has anything to do with it.

Brayden passed out for the night & Lance & I sat, relaxed & just watched the snow fall; it was the perfect end to a perfect day.  The next day was a fun & relaxing family day & then Monday was back to reality & getting all the Christmas stuff taken down.  I am still not done with it all but will hopefully finish today.

I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday & will enjoy a very safe & fun New Year!!

I just wanted to show a few pictures of Lance's mom's Christmas decor; her house is always so beautiful & she goes all out for Christmas too...........

Christmas Day.......

We headed over to Lance's parents house Christmas morning so that B could get a good nap & then wake up & get dressed as everyone was arriving.  When we first got to B's JuJu & PaPa's house he of course always has to walk down to the creek for a spit or two so we bundled him up & away he & PaPa went!

He had a great nap but as always he just wanted to go outside & couldn't understand that it was too cold so he was a bit of a sour puss for a bit. 

He started to come around after we took him up to the play room for some alone time with me & daddy! 

We went down stairs & ate & then Uncle J read him a good book! 

Then it was present time............. 

He did better here but still didn't have much interest in the gifts after only one or two & he had several so Lance again got to open a ton of gifts that day!! 

B got his 1st real golf club; a putter........... 

He had a break down after a while due to the fact that he was hot & thirsty........... 

After a very large juice cup & the removal of his sweater he was back in action but a bit sleepy. 

His cousin Caleb picked this present out for him & he LOVES it!!! 

I didn't know it at the time but everyone was crowding around for a special gift.........Lance's baby brother & his wife are expecting their 1st little one!!!  They are due 2 months after we are & we are so excited & happy for them!!! 

All the grand kids.........I can't get over the fact that next year there are going to be not 1 but 2 more in this photo! 

Brayden just ran around the rest of the afternoon; he laughed, fussed, smiled, giggled, hugged, kissed, ate & did just about everything he likes to do.  It was such a wonderful time & I am so happy that he really enjoyed being around all the family; I was afraid that he would be a bit afraid because of the amount of people there but not this little guy!!

Brayden made out like a fat cat; between what he had already gotten at his early Christmas with my parents, what we got him & what he got from JuJu, PaPa, Aunt's & Uncle's I think that we might need a bigger house!!  I have so much organizing to get done & I really don't have any idea where it is all going to go.

We headed home about 6 & had to drive in the SNOW...........that's right Georgia had a white Christmas; my 1st one ever (more on that in the next post)!!

Christmas Morning.......

We weren't sure how B would react on Christmas morning but we were hoping he would be excited........HE WAS!!!  Both B & I haven't been feeling well which means neither one of us has been sleeping well so e stirred in his bed starting around 4am but he didn't actually get up & call for us until around 6:30am.  He was in the best mood for sleeping so crappy.  I did have to change him out of his cute pj's because he peed through his diaper.........kind of bummed about that (by the way I got his pj's at Personal Creations & if you ever order them they run SMALL).

I don't think that he knew what to think when he saw everything....... 

But eventually started up the stairs to go see what Santa had brought him............ 

He went straight for the ATV........... 

& after that didn't care about anything else under the tree.......... 

We had to put the ATV in the office so that we could get him to actually pay attention to the other toys & presents that he had to open; he screamed for a few minutes when we did this but eventually got into the other presents. 

He went over to his new table once he saw the cookies that Santa didn't finish............ 

& thought he would have the rest of them for breakfast.............. 

He didn't really get into opening presents so Lance opened most of them for him.... 

He finally open one all by himself but then remembered the ATV............. 

& he was off to beat on the door so that we would let him have it..............

He came back over when is daddy opened up his gifts from the pups & he saw that daddy had a new hat....... 

because he LOVES hats!!! 

The girls loved their presents/bones in their stockings but couldn't get the out so they both just started gnawing on them while they were still in them........... 

We eventually finished up with presents & got the ATV back out for B but then had to disconnect the battery because it was leaving skid marks on the damn carpet...........that was fun to try to clean up & was even more fun to have B screaming because it didn't move when he pushed the button!!

I took B downstairs for breakfast while Lance got ready & then we got packed up & headed over to JuJu & PaPa's house for more Christmas Day fun & still in his pj's............... 

I don't think that I ever posted about what Brayden & Colton got Lance (probably because we can't wait to give each other our "big gifts"); they got him an IPad.  Lance of course loved it & so does Brayden for that fact!!