Christmas Morning...

Here are some pics of GA on Christmas morning when Santa came to visit! I could hardly wait for her to come into the living room to see all the new goodies! We filmed the moment and it was just precious seeing her face light up! I can only imagine what she was thinking and I loved every minute of it! She was really into her stocking and kept looking and grabbing just in case she forgot something. As you see one of her favorites were the sunglasses! Every sassy girl needs her shades! Right?! Well, enjoy some of my favorites!

Kickin' back at the big girl table (courtesy of Mimi and Pepaw)

Such a cheese face! I love it!!!

What's in this thing?!

GA and Daddy moment...

All dressed up!

Christmas Eve at the Sebring house!!! GA was all dressed up for Christmas Vigil Mass and boy did she enjoy hollering and squealing throughout church! I spent most of the service watching people go to the bathroom while she ran and played in the sitting area outside the restrooms. LOVELY! But I guess you just have to be a good sport about the whole thing and just remember what is really important and one day I will miss this stage of her life! So here are a few pics of our little thing posing in front of the jail house Christmas tree!

Here Comes Santa Claus!!

We had a busy weekend filled with breakfast with Santa, a birthday party and brunch with Santa after church on Sunday! And we also went Christmas shopping, too!!! With a toddler it takes twice as long to accomplish anything...but Russ and I just muscled through it and ended the weekend with a nice long nap! Thank you GA for taking a 3 hour nap this afternoon!

As you can see we are not fans of Santa Claus yet and Grace Ann informed us that he doesn't have to stop by our house this year! On Saturday morning at our breakfast with SC we got a glimpse of the sheer horror that a toddler goes through when they see people dressed up. We didn't get any snapshots of that event but we did get it on video. However, this morning we put our sweet unsuspecting daughter through the terror once again so I could get a photo op for this year in her life. She will thank me later, I think. So here are some of my favorites from this morning...

One of her happier moments
Mommy and GA

Not a fan!!!!!&*(%^$#@!

Mommy, don't let him get any closer!

(My attempt at a semi-pleasant pic by the wooden Santa. The real Santa was sitting near by!)

Okay Santa you stay over there!

Tis' the Season

We had Mom, Enjoli, Camden and Rick over for Thanksgiving and boy, two little ones are double the fun! Grace Ann had some trouble learning how to share her toys and keeping her hands to herself. Definitely, something we need to work on! Hopefully, we are going through a stage and she will outgrow this! But just in case I have ordered "The Happiest Toddler on the Block."

On Thanksgiving morning I forced my family to go to the Turkey Chase at North Beach in CC, where we did the 2 mile walk. Now I am not a competitive person, but for some reason I was out to win or at least place in the walk. How hard could it be? Ummm.....yeah....it was pretty hard and I super sore! But it was totally worth it b/c I got 2nd place in the woman's walk! There was this extremely fast lady about 15 feet ahead of me and she was truckin' it! Russell also commented that I looked pretty silly as a fast walker! Yes, I know my legs were a goin' and my backside was stickin' out! GA was with me for about 1 and a half, then I got down to business and I handed her off to Russ. Then as I was waiting for everyone else to finish here comes Russ LEISURELY walking across the finish line and HE GOT 2ND PLACE TOO! Not to rain on my sweet husband's parade, but he clocked in at 37min!!!! And his medal was bigger than mine!!!

But after the race we all headed home to cook the turkey and have a great family meal! The kids had a great time eating pumpkin pie and we just laughed at how they smeared themselves with it. Rick took some funny pictures, which I will have to post later. Enjoy the pics from the weekend.

(The few in the Christmas outfits were our attempts at taking some shots for the Christmas card!)

Camden has the sweetest smile!!

I love this picture...he was having such a good time running ALL over the place!

Enjoli and Camden having a sweet moment.

Pop and his grandkids

Me and Mom with the table set for dinner. I got the cutest cookies with pilgrim hats and indian feathers for the place settings.

Gearing up for the race with bundled up babies!
(Poor Enjoli wasn't feeling well that morning.)

Flashing the bling!

Our cute Chrismtas pj's

Minnie Mouse

Halloween was a busy week for us. It started with my interview for a kinder position in Rockport, which I found out later, that I got the job! Yea.....but that's another post! Then I had bunco at my house on Wednesday, our 1st annual Halloween Bash on Friday night and then trick or treating on Saturday night with our friends! Whew....I was tired and I had to go to work on Monday!!! Here are a few pics of our little Minnie Mouse who did not like her cute little ears for very long! So then we opted for the mini bow!

The only pic of the complete outfit!
Posing with AG!

Come on Mom...I am ready to play!

What cuties!

Happy Birthday Russ!!!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband! Russ you are a pretty patient guy to put up with your two girls! We love you so much and could not be more blessed, especially during the real ugly turbulence on the plane today! I am sorry that I left bruises on your knuckles!!

Here are some cute pictures of my special people! (We just taught GA to kiss on command....so stinkin' cute!)

A visit to the Pumpkin Patch!

Today we went to the Pumpkin Patch at the Methodist Church. They had it decorated so cute and we couldn't wait to show off our little pumpkin cutie! I have to say her hair pretty much matched the color of the pumpkins! I decided to be a little crafty and made this halloween tutu after I saw a friend of mine make one for her little girl! Honestly, it is not that hard to do! I hope you enjoy the pics I posted, because I took about 50 in just a matter of 15 minutes! And Grace Ann has begun to walk! She began taking steps last month and this month she has really been on the move. So if anyone has any good suggestions on shoes for her at this stage that would be great! I have search engine overload on what to get!

GA and her daddy taking a walk!
I found a good one!

Her shirt says,"so cute it's scary!"

Too cute!

I handed this bigger pumpkin to her and I think she was shocked on how heavy it was.

No, you can't pick that one up!

Happy Halloween everyone!