Disney!

We are headed to Disney World tommorrow morning at 4 AM! So I won't be blogging until next Tuesday the 23rd.... but expect full details on the trip and many many pictures. We will see (or talk) to you when we get back :)

Christmas Cookies & Gingerbread Trains, oh my!

Yesterday, we made Christmas cookies with my family and then made a Gingerbread train. We had so much fun!! Olivia was more into the train which surprised me. I thought she would be bored after awhile but she really stuck with it and loved decorating it. She even only tried to eat ONE piece of candy!
She got flour all over her! It was so cute :)

Olivia & Na-yee
Hard at work


And now eating it!

Helping with the gingerbread train

Carefully decorating it
The whole bunch

Finished product!

O & Beh-ba with the train

My Dad's Birthday

Yesterday, December 13th was my dad's birthday! To celebrate, we had dinner with my family, then had cake and presents. It was fun :) And my sister got home just in time to join the party.

When Olivia saw Becca, she started yelling, "Becca! Becca! Becca!" over and over and then ran as fast as she could to her. Then she laid her head on Becca's shoulder for a long time and got the goofiest look on her face, like she was in shock/awe. It was sooo cute!

While we were eating dinner, Olivia said the most horrible thing! Now these 2 words are considered dirty words in our household and she isn't allowed to say them. She said........


"Roll Tide".


AHHHHHH!!!!!!! And then my mom, of all people told her it was cute and to say it again, so we got into a huge discussion about her "fanhood" (She's an Auburn fan like me, and Ben of course is for TN so we both HATE the Crimson Tide). I couldn't believe she said it, and Becca of course was having a field day. Ugh.

These were our beautiful cakes that the fine ladies at Bi-Lo baked and decorated for us :))
My mom and I gave the ACT yesterday at SDHS so we didn't have time to bake a cake. But these tasted wonderful!

Olivia helped him open his presents, even tho she kept saying, "My birthday!" Not yet sweetie, one more month.

All in all, except for the Roll Tide part, we had a delightful evening!

Attempt at Tree Pics

Here is my poor attempt at getting O with the tree. It didn't work very well... but we did get some very funny pictures that really show her personality. I know I will cherish these forever :)

Reading a book.

"Smile Olivia!"

And this is what I get... About to kiss the tree

Kissing the tree

This one did turn out good. My camera takes bad pictures inside tho so it turned out a little grainy. Otherwise, I love my camera, but waiting patiently to get my D90.

Lying under the tree.
This one is GOOD!
Except the creepy Santa pillow, haha

"See-food"... who taught her that???? NOT ME!

Could it be DA-DEE?

"Do I really have to do this, Na-yee?"

Yes, she calls me Na-yee and I think it's precious. I encourage it.

Her real personality

Ummm... O, it's on backwards. I love this. O did not.

Maybe we'll try the Santa Hat NEXT year.

And she got it off... aren't you loving the hair!?

This is her "devil smile" which we see approximately every 3 minutes. But it's darn cute.

Animals in our Living Room

Olivia & Friends

I snapped this cute picture this morning, while Olivia and her "friends" were watching Diego. She is too cute.

Left to right: Delia, Baby, Minnie Mouse, Lily, Olivia, Tad, Megan, Maggie, and Lulu

Holiday Scheduling

If you are wanting to spend some time with our family during the next couple weeks, please pencil your name in a time slot.

That's right! We are almost booked solid! LOL I did not realize how busy we were going to be.... and it's sneaking up on me! I don't have all my gifts bought or wrapped and it's stressing me out! AHH!

Here is our "tentative" schedule for the next few weeks:

December 16-23: Disney World

December 24: Morning & Early afternoon, Knoxville to celebrate with Ben's grandparents
5:00 PM: Contemporary Christmas Eve service at Burks United Methodist

December 25: Morning, open O's presents from Santa, go to my parents and do gifts and eat breakfast, then go to Ben's parents for lunch, and then dinner with my grandparents.

December 26: Cleveland lunch with my extended family (grandmother's side)

December 27 or 28: Possibly going to Harriman or Lenoir City to celebrate with my cousins on my Dad's side.

December 31: We would like to be invited to a New Year's Eve party... so if you are having one, please invite us because we are lots of fun!! haha :) We don't know of anyone having one yet...