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Happy 33rd Birthday to my man! It's a beautiful day today. 65 degrees and sunny. I doubt there's ever been such a beautiful new year's eve day in the past 33 years! Ready to go out and enjoy it as a family and then REALLY looking forward to a nice dinner and a movie tonight to celebrate, just the two of us! It will be our first date since before Emery was born! Holy smokes! LONG OVERDO! 

I love you, James! Hope it's a great one!

Very Merry

Well, we are back from James' parents house where we had a very merry Christmas...for the most part. Emery battled her first real cold the whole time we were there and Case developed a cough, so that was hard. And now that we're back, we all have the crud! I cannot even taste my food today my head is so congested, which might be the most frustrating symptom so far! Ugh, we are sick of this mess and are ready to all get better so things can get back to normal around here. Emery is also cutting four teeth at the same time, so she really has it rough, poor thing! But regardless of our sickly holiday, we feel more blessed than ever as 2011 comes to a close. 

Case is extra blessed to have cousins close to his age. They had an absolute ball over Christmas!

Greyson, Eli and Case ganging up on PawPaw

Two peas in a pod, these two

Sweet baby girl was really feeling icky on Christmas Eve and just wanted her mommy!

Case giving Great Granny Winnie a thank you kiss for his Gordon train.

Love them!!

Sweet baby girl!

Making cookies for Santa with MawMaw

Poor Eli is so left out

Case must have been good this year. Santa brought him a Thomas play hut, Chuggington Interactive Train Set, Angry Birds and more!

Emery was a good girl this year too!

Eli checking it out good

Ready for church Christmas morning

I love this one of all the grandkids!

Attempt at a family pic. Sorry James, this was the best one!

And a brief video of one of the boys' favorite activities...so much fun!

Happy Holidays

From our home to yours...

Lately

Photo caption time. It's about all I have time for these days. In summary...Emery is pulling up and crawling ALL OVER THE PLACE. We've been gearing up for Christmas and have had fun looking for our elf, Gizmo, every morning and counting down the days on our advent calendar. Looking forward to a few days of relaxation and fun times at the in-laws this weekend.

Case and Emery playing in the "fort" make out of the couch cushions

So proud that she can stand up

She loves playing with her brother's trains. It infuriates Case.

Got his bling and his stunner shades on.

Case enjoying our new-to-us (antique) piano, thanks to Maw Maw and Paw Paw

Gizmo flying Case's plane (clearly I need to dust up there..ewww)

Ho Ho Ho!

We have officially been to see Santa Claus. Case was pumped and ran right up to him and hopped in his lap. This is the first time we've ever been to see the real Santa, so I wasn't sure if Case would freak out or get excited. What was I worried about?? And even Emery kept her composure long enough for me to snap a pic with her on his lap too! Who would have thought? She was mesmerized by his white beard! Looking forward to Santa paying us a visit in just 24 more days!