I give up!

After sitting here for hours trying to sort through all my pictures and get them in order sequentially, I give up! It is too much work and I just don't have that kind of time. So you're just going to have to deal with them being out of order. They're all part of Christmas anyway!

Lucy telling Edy good morning Christmas morning and telling her that Santa came.

Edy registering she just hit the jackpot.

Lucy ironing the baby's hat.

band practice. (I gave JD Rock band for Christmas. Such a blast.)

Kait, Jamie, Edy

Cheese.

A Cheese.

More cheese.

Santa's snacks

A lil' note to St. Nick.

Matt and Edy

Lucy strumming the guitar.

Rudy's for Christmas Eve dinner, can we say, yum! And JD holding up a corny sign that he thinks looks like longhorns.

Now to the drums.

More band practice.

Surprise!

Grammy and Edy.

woof! woof! Charlie joined us for Christmas too.

Black Hole Sun, won't you come....

Before we broke into the presents Christmas Eve.

Poppa and his girl.

My mom, Aydin and me.

So sweet.

BILs

Grandma Grier (JD's mom) came to spend Christmas with us. It was so nice to have her.

Getting ready for the party! The new Dora vanity.

Lucy putting Daddy's necklace on...

...and curling his bangs.

profile pic!

The girls kicked Charlie out of his cage and took over.

Trouble.

JD and Denise

baking cookies for Santa with Aunt Holly.

Right after Santa dropped the toys off and left.

Christmas fun.

smOOches, Emily

presents with Uncle Jared

Lucy and her new power tools.

blocks, woo hoo!

Jared and his new atlas

smOOches, Emily

Christmas with Grandpa Dowd

Grandpa Dowd came down today to bring the girls their Christmas presents. Let's just say by the time he left we had a nursery full of dolls, twins, babies that use the potty, etc.! Lucy was also very excited about her new harmonica! They both actually play a pretty good tune. Thanks, Gramps, we had fun.

smOOches, Emily

oh, Christmas tree...

Now, isn't he just cute! I've received several comments about ole' Frosty, not all good, but that's okay. I just adore the guy! I couldn't get the whole tree in the picture because I was using my new zoom camera lens and I love it...thanks, babe :-)

Lucy and Edy baking (but mostly taking a bite out and putting them on the pan) Christmas tree cookies. And what kind of mother uses break-n-bake cookies anyway?

smOOches, Emily

cheese!

Check out that grill! Edy finally got a front tooth and actually the other one is on its way too! I just love her sweet smile.

smOOches, Emily

bounce house

We went to a German market Christmas Festival in downtown Tomball for a mom's club meetup. The festival wasn't much to write about, but it was a reason to get out of the house and it was Lucy's first experience with a bounce house...she was all excited about it, but when she actually made an entrance, you can see by the look on her face this wasn't what she had expected.

smOOches, Emily

Tree farm

Saturday we met up with the Wylies at the Old Time Christmas Tree Farm to take pictures, see Santa and assist the Wylies in selecting a fine tree. It was the perfect day to be outside.

Aren't they the cutest things! These pictures make my heart melt :-)

As promised by Lucy, she did sit with Santa and she didn't cry. However, she absolutely would not look in his direction while trying not to touch him and she forgot to tell old St. Nick what was on her list that she's been reciting to me all week...Momma, I want a little baby (she says with her face all scrunched up in a high pitched voice) and a doll house.

Edy wouldn't give the poor guy the time of day whether he had candy canes or not!


For being so brave, Lucy got to slide down the blow-up slide, with Daddy's help. You could tell she had butterflies, but once it was over she was lit up like a christmas tree. I'm not sure who had more fun, her or Daddy!

smOOches, Emily