Christmas 2010 Part 1

This Christmas was so much fun. Tillie is at the age that she kinda understands and love to open presents.

She started the season out by having her Christmas party at school. They has so much food and all of Tillie's favorites.

Her teachers were so sweet to give each of the kids stockings and baskets full of candy and toys. She had a blast.

Then, we headed to the Coston Christmas. We had so much fun playing with "The Coolest Big Brother ", Jackson. Yep, that is right Aunt Adrian has a baby in her belly.

Tons of fun and tons of wrapping paper trash.

On the annual game night at the Hamilton's we had a bad run in with a table. This sent us to the local ER to get glued. Thank goodness that we didn't have to have stitches.

Christmas Eve we headed off to Nanny and Papaws. There Tillie found a huge trampoline and several other things, including a 102 degree fever that made her miserable.

She also got the baby that she had been wanting that "jumps up and down like this" as she proceeds to do the motion.

Stay tuned for the next part of Christmas.

Say Cheese!!

Most of the time taking pictures of Tillie is very easy, but when you want her to do a certain something or look a certain way it is well impossible. But with the new designs of cards at Shutterfly, the sillier the picture the better. For the past two years we have done the traditional take a picture in p.j.s and send it to Wal Mart for the printable cards that don't hold a lot of information. If you are like me, I love getting Christmas cards that have what the family has been up too since the last time we saw them. I love this. I feel like I can catch up this way, especially with friends and family that I never get to see. My Granny Ham keeps her Christmas cards in a sleigh on her desk, and every Christmas I look forward to read all the happenings with relatives that live down South. So this year I am thinking about one of these cards,

or maybe one of these

or even this one is too cute.

So if you like these or maybe want something totally different, shutterfly is offering 50 free cards for blogging about your favorite cards. Go here to find out more. So I guess I need to get to shooting Tillie and try to capture that perfect picture and try to remember everything that has happened in 2010.

(All images from Shutterfly.com)

Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Dora

BUSY, BUSY, BUSY

Doesn't even begin to describe us here lately. So in this post you will have about 3 months worth of posts. A lot of pictures and not many words.

Tillie actually cleaned out her pumpkin this year. Love the expression on her face.

Tillie was a sweet little pig for Halloween. We only made it a few places, but I think she still had fun.

We started Thanksgiving off this year at Grandmas where we found Brandon and Rowen. This little guy is growing up way too fast. He will be one in a couple of months.

Tucker (who will be one next month), and Rowan had fun playing with Tillie. She didn't know what to think of them.

The next day we went to Granny Ham's and Daddy Jack's.

Jackson and Tillie had so much fun playing at the pond.

I thought this picture was too sweet not to post.

Tonight we started a new tradition at our house.

I saw this last year and looked all over the state for one and this year I finally got one. Yes it was for my anniversary in October, but I got it.

Meet Santa's helper "Dora".

Here is Dora watching Tillie while she watches Barney! Stay tuned for more Dora updates.

Wordless Wednesday

Pumpkin Patch

This year we tried a new pumpkin patch. It was local. We had a blast even though they didn't have as much as Tate Farms did the previous year.

We picked pumpkins.

We painted pumpkins.

We slide down the slide.

We rode the cow train.

We even rode a horse swing.

We just had fun being silly.

Dust Bunny: Just for Aunt Adrian

Dear Aunt Adrian,

My mommy told me that you called her a dust bunny when she was my age when she looked like this. So, I guess I take after my mommy. Enjoy this Aunt Adrian!

Love you, Tillie Ann

A New House

We have officially moved AGAIN! This time is for a much longer time than the last. This house is twice the size of our other house and has a lot of perks too. We really were not looking for a house and a realtor called and said he thought he had a place that was what we needed. So 2 months later we are moving in. I have before and after pictures, but they will have to wait until we are finished, but while you wait let me show you what we will be doing all next summer: