Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Christmas, Christmas and more Christmas!

Christmas truly is the best time of the year!  
Lilly was lucky enough to have LOTS of Christmas celebrations.

I'm SO excited that I thought now would be a good time to start pulling up!


Mommy, is Santa here yet?


So Daddy put this GREAT organization system in and I LOVE to just take everything out!
Which book should I read first?

* CHRISTMAS EVE *

Do you think Santa will like my hat?


Christmas Eve brunch in our pajamas.  Lilly loves her cousins!


Grammie, there are so many presents here!


WOW!  What could this be?  I'm going to need your help Daddy.


Look, look...I got a fun shopping cart!


Uncle Dan, you're so funny!


Mommy and Lilly ready for Christmas Eve mass.


Lilly got some new Christmas Eve pajamas!
We enjoyed a great dinner and had loads of fun with Bubba, Gammy and Auntie Kelley.

* CHRISTMAS DAY *

Santa came!  Yippee!
The whole family sported our new Christmas PJs.


Daddy, I think I really like Christmas!


Tessa even enjoyed a gift from Santa.


More snow, so Don got to get out the snow blower again!  
Thanks Grammie!
The neighbors all got to see his candy cane pajama bottoms too.  :)


Christmas party at the Gibson's.


Lilly was enjoying some play time with her cousins.


I'm just showing Auntie Helen my latest tricks.


Lilly found these two rocking chairs and just wanted to hang out here for a while...
I can pull up onto this chair and go down, pull up and down, pull up....

Molly showed everyone her beautiful dress up jewelry.
Doesn't she look gorgeous?


Always ready for the camera!


Thank you Uncle Edward for so many great pics!


Auntie Jean says it's time for the kids to open our presents!


Thank goodness Kenny was around to model the new clothes Lilly received!


Not only did cousin Emily get a cell phone for Christmas, Lilly did too!


A big family photo.  We missed you John, Sondra and Christina!

* CHRISTMAS #3 *

Lilly and Gwen posing for the paparazzi.


Look Lilly...I have red shoes on!


We went to wish Great Grandma Delores a Merry Christmas.


Gwen was so excited to give Lilly her very own Little People doll house!


Gwen is now a pro at unwrapping all the gifts...she even helped Lilly.  :)


I LOVE my new doll house....don't even think about taking this away from me!


I think Bubba is really excited to do Secret Santa!


Gwen was so excited about her Belle dress, she was even hugging the elves!


CHEESE!


Don got some cool new shades....just what he wanted!


Um....Bubba....I think that's for chipping golf balls...


Oh no, not you too Auntie Kelley!


Lilly and Gwen thought it would be fun to tease Don Don.


It's always so much fun having Auntie Ashley and Cousin Gwen come visit!  
We love you!

Lilly wanted to keep the excitement going.  So a few days after Christmas she showed us this...




Yep folks...I'm climbing stairs and trying to walk!
I'm full of surprises!



Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Up Up and Away!!

This just in... rumors are swirling in the western suburbs that Lil Mac has just ascended her first flight of stairs.  No visual evidence has been obtained yet, but people close to the red crawler say the source is a credible one.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Loving The Snow!

We got some more snow last night, so Lilly and I decided it was about time to head out and play in it!
This was Lilly's first time "playing" in the snow and I think she loved it!

Woo Hoo this is SOOO fun!

I think I still need to grow into this snowsuit...what do you think?  :)

Tessa came out to play with us too.  Who do you think liked the snow more?


Monday, December 20, 2010

11 Months Old!



11 Months Old!  
This little gal is one busy baby!  She is now attempting to crawl on all fours, pulling up (from time to time), cruising along the couch, eating all kinds of finger foods, and laughing up a storm.  She babbles like crazy and will sometimes grace us with "duck" but in whisper form.  :)
She is such a happy baby!


Ho Ho Ho!  Look...I have 4 teeth now!


Tessa is alway ready for any treats I might drop!


We had so much fun celebrating Mommy's birthday last week!


So, wait....I'm going to get one of THOSE next month?!


We had a little elf helping with decorations this year.

Everyone is excited with Christmas quickly approaching!  So much to do and lots of fun to be had!