Our new Christmas tree!

This picture really doesn't do it justice. I love my new HUGE tree. Its so large that Adam can't even reach the top standing on a chair. I spent way more time decorating the tree this year. Mainly because it was new and MUCH larger than my old one. When I put all my decorations on it I realized quick it was going to need some major help. So I added the deco mesh, more ornaments, and here it is.

Notice my vary bare walls and windows in the background. I might not have curtains up but I got the Tree up :)

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First Christmas Events of the season

Ava playing at Pawpaws and Nanadetts

Giving me a sneaky look. She has been in the cookies up on the counter :)

Our Christmas festivities have started. Friday night mom kept Ava so me and Adam could go to a Christmas party with some of our best Friends. We had so much fun. I haven't laughed that hard in a while!!!

We woke up early Saturday morning and got ready and packed up for Atlanta. We headed down there for our first Christmas event with Adam's side of the family. We did some shopping and just hung out Saturday. Then Sunday we had a Christmas dinner with his Papa and family. We had good food and played dirty Santa. We had some good laughs out of that too!!

This whole week is full of Christmas stuff. We have play practice two nights and our local Christmas parade is set for Thursday (since it got rained out tonight).

I LOVE this time of year!!!

Our little girl is growing up

CHEESE!!! Taken by Ava

So fast too!!!! She is so hilarious. I wish I could write down every little funny thing she says and does but there is not enough time in the day!! The other morning we wake up and she says "Mom you are my buddy". I laugh as my heart melted. Little things like that just out of the blue make my day. Potty training is going great. She amazes me how fast she caught on, and the fact she actually wants to do it. I just have to share this too, even though she will kill me when she gets older. She was sitting on the potty trying to go poo. I thought she was done and she said "No mom its just gas". I was like does she even know what gas is??? I guess so.

Her favorite things to do now are play Barbie on my phone, take pictures of herself on my phone, and sing at the top of her lungs (as we all clap and praise her). The pictures up top are ones I found on my phone after she had been playing with it :) I found her the other day in the study sitting in a chair with a row of dolls/barbies in the floor. She was reading them a story. She says "Once upon a time.....". Her favorite movie now is the Princess and the Frog. We went to bed one night and she kissed me goodnight. She laid it on me!!!! She was moving her head back and forth. I said wow, what a kiss. She said "thats the Princess and the Frog". I lost it.

She is obsessed with gum. That kid will chew gum for hours and not swallow it. I was apprehensive about giving it to her because I thought she would swallow it. After many pieces later I realized she doesn't. :)

She is SO full of energy it amazes me. I love her sweet little sassy personality. She puts her hands on her hips and says NO!!!! Wonder where she gets that from?

Thanksgiving 2011

We had a great Thanksgiving. Of course you know we ate too much and looked at Black Friday sales papers. That is tradition. Adam got off work so that was a nice surprise. He was scheduled to work. I had plans to go shopping early Friday morning but my body had different plans. I woke up sick as a dog through the night. I think it was something I ate because I was fine the following day. Anyhow, we didn't go shopping till later. I still got almost everything I wanted on my to do list. I also got a new Christmas tree for the new house. I LOVE it. When I get it all decorated I will take a picture. Saturday I put up my tree and stuff. Then we had to break and go watch the big game with Friends.. Well actually Adam watched the game. I didn't watch any of it :) That just isn't my thing.

It was a good Holiday break!!!!!!!!!! We have so much to be Thankful for!!

We closed!!

We closed last Wednesday on the house!!!! Yay! I can't even tell you how glad I am that its all over!!! It all worked out great and I am SO grateful. So the fun part began to move....UGH. Me and Adam decided to do it ourselves because the quote from Two Men and a Truck was CRAZY!!!! Let me just say it might have been worth it. I helped him move almost everything. There were some larger pieces that I didn't even attempt and a good Friend helped him with that. Thank God. My arms were like jello by the time the day was over. I haven't been that tired since childbirth. LOL Well maybe not that tired but you get my drift. So we moved the furniture and necessities Thursday. I worked Friday and I felt awful. Well we just blamed it on pushing myself too much moving. Well NO...Friday night the virus bug hit....hard. I felt like you had ran me over with a semi. So needless to say I was in bed all weekend. At least it was in my new house. :) I got really acquainted with my bedroom and bathroom!!!!! The worse part other than feeling awful was all the work I need to be doing to get moved and organized. Oh well I guess it will wait..right?
Hopefully I will post a picture soon of the outside. I want to wait until its not major chaos to post pics of the inside.

Gatlinburg 2011

Cousins.....Ava and Gabe's smiles are hilarious.

Posing!

At Dixie Stampede...Adam was saying something.

Ride the Carousel

With the lady at Dixie Stampede

Cheese!

We went to Gatlinburg November 4-7. It is an annual trip with Adam's side of the family. The weather was great, cool but not freezing. I love this time of year. This trip kind of fell in the middle of our craziness with the house. I wish it would have been another time so I could have enjoyed it more. Oh well it was nice to get away and be with family. Ava loved being with her cousins!!!!!!!!!

Halloween 2011

Here is Ava Monday night before we went Trick or Treating. I am not really sure what her costume was. A Friend gave it to me and it was so adorable I wanted her to wear it. Plus I didn't have time to go out and buy something.....nor did I want to spend $30 for something she would wear one time. She called the hat a train conductor hat. It did resemble it. We had a fun night. We went to a couple local churches that have trunk or treat. Then we hit up some family and Friends that had the kids special treats. By the end of the night Ava had the "Trick or Treat" down. It was so cute!!!!

Notice my poor pitiful pumpkin. This is the first year I can ever remember not carving my pumpkin or having just one. I just didn't have time this year. We have been SO busy with the house.

Which by the way we should be closing this week HOPEFULLY!!!!!! Please say a prayer for me. I feel like I might have ucler's before this is over. Its just so stressful.