Thursday, April 18, 2019

Nov/Dec

We had lunch at JJ Twiggs with just the 2 big kids and they hit up PawPaw for some quarters. :)


We wanted to surprise Mom with a canvas of all the babies for Christmas so we all met one rainy Saturday to have their pictures taken!



These two love an excuse to use their umbrellas!


We went to The Meadows to do some Christmas shopping after pictures. I can't remember what happened but Ollie stood here with his arms crossed telling me he was sad. :)


My mom and dad found this one day and my dad texted us a picture.
When I showed Eric he asked me who Mary Beth was. 


This girl loves her baby Paddy SO MUCH!!


This Dude was happy to be at the park on a nice day! Look at those curls blowing in the wind!


After one of Elle's indoor soccer games we headed to Eric's work to see Santa. The kids love going to his office!


They were both NERVOUS! And the fact that Santa called Ollie a girl didn't help things. This was our first conversation Elle brought up where we discussed how this Santa wasn't real. The Von Maur Santa is the one and only Santa who comes straight from the North Pole!


After they saw Santa they did leave with little teddy bears which totally helped, they loved them!


After seeing Santa we went to Target so the kids could do their Christmas shopping for each other.  I took Ollie shopping for Elle - he picked out doll clothes, socks and a unicorn dream catcher for her. Along with 500 other random things, I had to reel him in!

He also found lots of things he wanted to buy himself for Christmas. :)


Eric was shopping with Elle for Ollie - she picked out a Spider Man LEGO set for him. 

This is my view every time I'm in Target with Ollie.


My sweetest boy!


One of our favorite things about Christmas time is having Elfie and CoCo in our house! I actually love it as well, panic sets in some mornings but overall I think it is so fun!

On this morning Elfie and CoCo had breakfast with the kids before school and going to MawMaw & PawPaw's house. 


We surprised my Mom with her Christmas cards with a photo from the photo shoot the grand kids did together. 


We celebrated Mary's 37th birthday.


These two were crazy excited the night before St. Nick came!


They were so excited to see what was in their stockings the next morning!


How cute are these PJ's?
I just want to squeeze both of them!!!




I like to take every opportunity I can to drive around and look at Christmas lights. 
Here we are about to head out!



We went to Henry's Christmas Program at his school. He did a great job!



Roaming around Eric's work like she owns the place.
She had an ear ache so Eric picked her up and brought her to work with him. I left work at noon to pick her up and worked from home the rest of the day.


Elle and her little bestie at lunch.


Thursday, April 11, 2019

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving morning is one of my favorite times. I love having the parade on, cooking breakfast and just relaxing before a busy day. 

These two were all ready for a fun day!


Beyond thankful for these two!


Our first stop is always Sullivan. The weather was perfect for playing outside. 


They went on lots of rides.


Next stop, MawMaw and PawPaw's house!



Paddy's first Thanksgiving!


Like father, like son.


Even though there was an abundance of dessert options the kids all ended the night with Root Beer Floats.


It's always such a fun day that goes by too fast.


Elle Belle is obsessed with Patrick. She just adores him!


Paddy and MawMaw!



Everyone stuffed themselves silly and then Unc played his favorite game "Sleepy Baby Uncy" where Elle covers him up and rubs his back to put him to sleep like a baby. :)


Bright and early the next morning the ladies were out and about Christmas shopping together! Black Friday is always SO MUCH FUN!