Christmas Traditions - Maw Maw

Maw Maw came during the day on Christmas Eve to do presents with us.Emmett got a stick horse. Do you know how hard it is to get a picture of a 2 year old hopping around? We got a great ornament from Aunt June that tells the Christmas story. Emmett sat and played with it for quite a while. She also set him a fun game, which Maw Maw scolded us about because it was too loud and was waking Susie up!

Christmas Traditions - Gigi's House

Ever since Emmett was born, we've found a night or morning to get together with Gigi, Pa, and NeyNey. We have fun sitting around and talking while the kids play.

 I love Emmett's look of concentration!

 Susie wasn't too sure about all the excitement.

 They both got "tablets," and I love how Susie seems to be saying "How do I work this thing Emmett?"

Tacky Day

At school we had Christmas Tacky Day for the staff. I didn't win, but I sure had fun finding things for my outfit.

Painted Nails

Christmas makeup

Christmas shirt, red sweatpants, bells on the shirt, ornaments for earrings, necklace

Red shoes from goodwill with bows added on

Rudolph in my hair! Emmett especially loved this!

Christmas Traditions - Christmas Concert

Our church has put on a Christmas concert the last few years on the Sunday before Christmas. I have accompanied someone everytime, and this year I did the same. It's always an evening of beautiful Christmas music. This year, Aunt Jenn came that Sunday and went with us to the concert. And then Emmett got to open some presents and talk to Aunt Nette on the phone. He kept asking where she was all day - we miss her lots!

Christmas Traditions - Sharing Goodies

Normally I'll bake quite a bit for Christmas, but the flu hit me hard and messed up my baking plans (after all - nobody wants goodies from a sick person!). Once I felt better, I knew that I at least needed to make some cookies for Santa. We made some extras to share with friends. I realized that the only paper plates I had were baby boy plates. I guess that's appropriate, right? Happy Birthday Baby Jesus! Luckily, I think our friends understood. Emmett loved helping to deliver them on Christmas Eve.

6 months

Here are Susie's 6 month photos. She's growing too fast and time is flying by.

Susie

Susie is changing so much each day. She makes everyone smile, and she's very adventurous. I think we're in for some trouble once she can keep up with Emmett. Here are some random Susie pics.

She's a thumb sucker - but only in her sleep.

All ready for winter weather!

Her first trip to Red Mango - Aunt Jenn is teaching her early!

She takes little catnaps at the most random times. I dressed her for church, laid her in her crib to go get Emmett dressed, and two minutes later she was like this:

She loves to get her toes. She HATES having socks on! This one really shows her blue eyes.

She thinks she's all grown up and holds her own bottle now. She's also loving real food!