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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Last Tuesday, we went to visit Uncle Ripp. It was a great day! It is a very long trip but it is very worth it! He is such a great man and I wish we could see him more. This Thursday is actually his 87th birthday, so Happy Birthday Uncle Ripp!!! We love you more than you know!
It was very surprising when Lily Grace went to Jeff, Uncle Ripp's son!
Lily Grace loves her Pop!
Lily Grace made Uncle Ripp laugh all day!
She kept carrying this candle around and thought it was a crayon. She kept saying "colorererer".
We love to eat at the River went we go visit. It is neat to watch the big boats go by and they have delicious slaw and catfish! Lily Grace loved seeing the big boat. She kept waving at the man on it and he waved back to her. She liked that a lot.
What a wonderful day with family! We missed Marty, Kirsten and Tucker. Hope you all can go with us next time!
What a wonderful day with family! We missed Marty, Kirsten and Tucker. Hope you all can go with us next time! Lily Grace is really enjoying her four wheeler! She loves playing outside and now she has a new toy to play with! In the pictures it looks like her hair is blowing in the wind. How cute!
We finally got to meet Danni Kate! With Lily Grace being sick there for a while, we didn't want to go see her and chance getting her sick. Finally we were all well and we went for a visit.
Holley and Rodney, she is beautiful!!! We are so happy for y'all and so glad she is now home and healthy. We love y'all!
The weekend Lily Grace went to stay in Berry, my family all went over to the club for lunch. I wish we could have been there! I know it was great food and it looks like they had lots of fun! Thank you Angie and Kendra for the pictures! 
Granddaddy the Cook (one of the best!)
Lily Grace and Ben playing together
All the gals
Lily Grace and Ben playing together
All the gals
All the boys
The day after Christmas we of course went shopping with Grandmommy. Then she came down to see all the goodies Lily Grace got for Christmas. Then she took Lily Grace back home with her for the weekend! It was so nice. Thank you Grandmommy! Marty and I got to spend some time together and have a "date day" in Prattville all day Saturday. We got to eat out, shop and watch a movie. It was wonderful but we still really missed Lily Grace!
Lily Grace loves her dancing Brobee. She thinks he is so funny and she doesn't get mad at him like she does at Elmo!
After the movie, we went to spend the night in Berry. We finally got to do Christmas with my family! Lily Grace got a Barbie four wheeler from them! She loved it! She did not want to get off to open the rest of her presents. We should have saved the four wheeler for last! She knew exactly what to do and it was her first time to ride a "motorized" vehicle. She would push the button and fly. It was too cute!
Checking her new ride out
Thank you Grandmommy for my new four wheeler! I love it! 
Aunt Kirsten gave her a Doodle Pro. She loves to draw, so this was perfect! She is busy writing away here.
Look what she wrote! WOW!! hehe Thank you Aunt Kirsten!
A new hat! Yea!!
Thank you Pop and Grandmommy for everything! The painting is gorgeous hanging in our bedroom! And we love the Auburn and Alabama platters and all the extra goodies and stocking stuffers! Y'all mean so much to us! We love you all!
For lunch on Christmas day we always go to Uncle Joe and Aunt Margaret's house for lunch with the extended James family. There were quite a few that could not make it this year and we missed them all! Lily Grace really had a fun time playing with Micah and Heidi. They are such cuties! Lunch was delicious and the company was great. Wish we could see you all more often!
After lunch, Lily Grace was so tired she fell asleep before we were out of Brent to go meet Grandmommy in Tuscaloosa! And she hardly ever sleeps in the car!
We go see a movie every Christmas with my family. Grandmommy, Aunt Kirsten and Tucker met us there. It is always a fun tradition. While I was growing up, we were about the only people at the theaters on Christmas day. The past few years, it seems more and more people are starting to do it. This year the theater was packed!
This year Christmas was lots of fun! Lily Grace was so excited and it was such a blessing seeing her that way! It was definitely the best Christmas we have ever had! And we know each year will be even better than the last.
Santa was extra good to us this year!
Lily Grace loved all her Y0 Gabba Gabba toys!
She got a basketball from Daddy. As soon as she opened it she said, "Catch Daddy!" How sweet!
She loves playing with her new kitchen! And you can see she got a Tickle Me Elmo in the picture above. We think he is hilarious to watch but Lily Grace gets so upset when he falls down. She keeps saying "Uh-oh!!" and tries to pick him back up but he won't stay up and it makes her so mad. Too funny!
Taking a rest from all the playing!
She loved her tent. She sat in there for about 15 minutes. It gave Daddy and Mommy time to open their presents. It was great!
Peek-a-boo
We are so blessed! It was such a special time for us to be together. It was truly wonderful! Lily Grace's favorites were her new beebees (that is what she calls her babies), kitchen, Yo Gabba Gabba collection, tent, and more colorererers and books. Mommy's favorite was her new embroidery machine!! I was so excited and had NO clue I was getting one! So 'Do It Cute' will have a new line of products soon! I also loved my Willow Tree figurines, my clothes and pj's, new cell phone and pink camera. Marty always does so good and too much! Daddy's favorites were his new suit, dress shirts and ties, and very pretty watch. It was so much fun and a time we will never forget!
We are so blessed! It was such a special time for us to be together. It was truly wonderful! Lily Grace's favorites were her new beebees (that is what she calls her babies), kitchen, Yo Gabba Gabba collection, tent, and more colorererers and books. Mommy's favorite was her new embroidery machine!! I was so excited and had NO clue I was getting one! So 'Do It Cute' will have a new line of products soon! I also loved my Willow Tree figurines, my clothes and pj's, new cell phone and pink camera. Marty always does so good and too much! Daddy's favorites were his new suit, dress shirts and ties, and very pretty watch. It was so much fun and a time we will never forget! Monday, January 5, 2009
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.
Daddy got some poo!
Lily Grace liked the tiger.
Lily Grace loved her new rolling backpack!
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!
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