my how much difference a year makes....

The video above is just a little snippet of the longer video of Molly Grace's Santa experience this year. I couldn't email all of it, but basically she wanted nothing to do with Santa, his chair, or his penguin! She did however thoroughly enjoy the peppermint I bribed her to no avail with!

From Last Year to this Year!

2009, MG meets Santa for the first time and is obviously ecstatic!

2010, MG visits Santa and clearly she does not feel the same way. From ecstatic to fearful, all in one year!

It still made for a good pictures, and no tears were shed, which I consider successful! There's always next year!

Only 8 Days Away!

I can't believe Christmas is only 8 day away! MG is slowing learning about Santa and Christmas. If you ask her what Santa says, she repeats proudly "Ho Ho Ho" and if she asks her if she wants to go see Santa she promptly shakes her head "yes". I'm most looking forward to seeing her face on Christmas morning!

I'm excited to be able to teach her what Christmas is all about. I'm hoping that we all remember the real reason for the season instead of focusing on buying all the presents and stressing over everything.

Megan, my younger sister, graduated from KSU on Wednesday and I am so proud of her!

I caught this picture of me and my girl!

She is the sweetest!

We wish you and yours a Merry Christmas!

Christmas Card 2010

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17 months

Really? Has it been that long already? When did my baby transform from an infant to a toddler?? To be honest, yesterday, the 6th of December, was actually the day she officially became 17 months, and up until yesterday I would celebrate the 6th of every month in some way. Yesterday came and went and I really didn't think about it. Does that mean I love her any less? Not hardly, in fact I love her more and more each day and I think part of me forgetting temporarily can be attributed to the fact that as much as I want her to remain my baby, she is becoming quite a little young lady.

She is learning what seems to be a new word everyday. I wrote out a list of all the words she can say today, and I'm sure there are more to be added that I can't recall, but here's a little preview of what I get the pleasure of hearing every day!

baby

bye bye

uh oh

mama

please

thank you

hey

ba ba

cup

ball

bubble

duck

cow

Papa

Pawpaw

GG

Mia

Me

tree

book

car

train

cookie

bow

cheese

bag

Moo

Choo Choo

nose

eye

teeth

and last but definitely not the least, no (which I wish I could have left off this list!)

She is repeating things like crazy and mimicking me all the time, in a good way. She is so funny. I just love watching her grow up.

She's doing so much more these days. She loves to read and read aloud to us. She says "Moooooo" anytime she sees a cow. I know there is so much more to update, but I just can't think of what else right now!

I have pictures that I need to post tomorrow.

Hopefully she won't be 18 months before I blog again!

Tis the Season....

To be jolly...

I say "tis the season"... to send Christmas cards!

And what better way to do it than by choosing Shutterfly to make them for you!

I love most everything about Shutterfly. In fact, just this past Friday I was able to get 101 free prints from them and the quality of the pictures that I got yesterday (so fast!) is unbelievable!

I will definitely be using Shutterfly to make my cards this year, and it would be even better if I could get them for free, but I need help choosing which design! Last year I made my own on Picasa, and they were ok, but let's be honest, not Shutterfly quality!

So, here are my front runners!

I'm also thinking I know someone who loves coffee and Molly Grace, wouldn't this be perfect??

Check out these and other designs here. One of my favorites parts of Christmas over the past years has been watching my fridge fill up with cards and pictures of the people I love the most. It is a daily reminder to me of how many people I am so blessed and thankful to know! Time to go take some pictures so I can get my cards out, only 24 days til Christmas!

Could it be true Shutterfly?

So I have read a couple of blogs that say that Shutterfly is giving away 50 free Christmas cards to bloggers! They have the cutest designs and even if it isn't true, I will probably be getting mine through Shutterfly anyway! Check them out!

my dream

One of my favorite TV shows is "Friday Night Lights". My friend Bret discovered his love for FNL and then decided it was something I need to love as well. It took several months, but I finally watched my first episode and fell in love instantly.

It's just one of those shows that makes you feel good. It can make you like a once "bad" character that at first you hated. It's just plain good and if you haven't watched it, you definitely should.

I was re-watching season 4 the other day and there was this one scene where Tammy Taylor (the wife of head football coach, Eric Taylor) was talking to her daughter Julie about deciding which college she should go to because Julie was trying to make her mom's dream come true and this is what she told her:

"You're my dream, baby. I got what I wanted. I got it all, and now it's your job to dream up whatever you want and I will support you to the ends of the earth to do that."

I had watched that same scene before but this time, it had me in tears. Years ago, my dream would not have been to be at mom at 23 but now, it is my dream. I love it and those words spoken from a fictional mom on TV describe what I feel for MG.

And that is one of the many reasons why I love Friday Night Lights.

Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can't Lose.