Monday, January 5, 2009

Deavours Christmas

Every Christmas Eve we go to Uncle Steve and Aunt Cheryl's house for dinner. We usually have a certain theme for dinner. This year we had appetizers, Yummy! Then we play Dirty Santa and the kids exchange gifts. It is always so much fun and we look forward to it every year!

The girls were so excited to see AND hold Tucker! They all took turns all night!


Lily Grace sat at the "big" girls table to eat!


The girls love aggravating Uncle Randy!
There are always some "dirty" gifts in Dirty Santa. Skyler got one of the dirty ones! A tiger with dirty underwear. There was something good inside though. The gift card was in the underwear!

Daddy got some poo!

Lily Grace liked the tiger.
Lily Grace loved her new rolling backpack!

Norris Christmas

On Christmas Eve for lunch every year, we do with Christmas with the Norris Family. It is always a hoot! Here are some pictures from our time with them!
Lily Grace helping Granddaddy open presents.

Some of the bunch


Some more of the bunch

And MawMaw over there by herself opening all her presents! (And Marty is behind the camera!)

Grandmommy with her two precious jewels.
We were playing Dirty Santa here. Lily Grace thought something was funny!
Then she thought something was REALLY funny! (Mommy didn't catch it!)
Missed you Mary Katherine and Beth! We can't wait till next time we are all together again. Love you all!

My Hat

Do you all remember last year when Lily Grace HATED hats? If she saw anyone wearing one, she would scream and cry! And she would never wear on either. Now she loves them! This has been by far her favorite. We definitely got the wear out of it during the month of December too. She didn't even want to take it off to get in the bath here. I thought they were funny pictures.




James Christmas

On December 22nd, we had Christmas with the James family. It was a wonderful time! We all even spent the night together! The kids really enjoyed the time together. Here are some fun pictures from the day.

The whole family. This was the first and only shot we took using the tripod. It turned out pretty good!

Grandmama and Granddaddy with the grandkids


They love sitting at the front door looking out. Looks like they are telling secrets here.

Madi surprised them outside!!

Lily Grace got lots of great goodies! She really like her tea set and Braiden did too!
We gave Grandmama and Granddaddy a special picture of us all in front of Denny Chimes. Hope y'all loved it!
Lily Grace wanted to use her baby doll's bed!
We tried to get a cute picture of them in their matching pj's but we just couldn't get them to sit still enough!
I think this was a fake smile, Lily Grace!

Now she is trying to sit in her baby doll's swing!
She loves Granddaddy's milkshakes! He had to make a whole bunch this night!
Madi reading her Twas the night before Christmas at bedtime
We can't wait for next year! Love you all!

An Old Christmas Suit

Grandmama has kept Granddaddy's Christmas suit his mother made him when he was a little boys, all these years! He wore it when he was 14 months old. Then Marty wore it when he was 17 months old. Lily Grace now has worn it at 19 months! It think it is so great passing down such a treasured little thing like this!

It was unseasonably warm on this night, so she couldn't wear any socks or shoes because the suit is so thick!
Lily Grace laughing because we are all laughing. She likes to mock others!

Here she saw the kitty cat coming up on the porch and got VERY excited! Granddaddy wearing the suit
Daddy wearing the suit
The three generations now!
Petting the cat with Grandmama. Thank you Grandmama for saving this all these years. We look forward to all the other kids wearing it and one day Lily Grace's children doing the same!
Maybe she was ready to get it off by now!
She loves Ho-Ho!
And hats!

Getting Close to Christmas!

A few weekends ago, we went to spend the weekend in Berry. I got to babysit Tucker while Aunt Kirsten went to Uncle Skyler's basketball game. It was so much fun getting to play with Tucker! He is so sweet! It also gave me a little idea of how it would be with two little ones! Oh my!! Then the next morning we all got up to take Grandmommy's Christmas Card Picture. We had lots of fun and got lots of good shots in our Christmas Pajamas!

Lily Grace was such a big helper while babysitting Tucker!

The kids and grandkids


My sweet pea



How cute!!!
Little Santa
Lily Grace loves her cowboy Uncle Skyler!
Peek-a-boo
She climbed the stairs all by herself in about 10 seconds!! We have to get a gate for Grandmommy's now!!!