We're Having A Party Jesus and It's All About YOU!

Our Christmas morning started at 7:30am ... I did not get to bed until 4:30am ... so 3 hours was going to have to do me for a while ... because with all the festivities of the day - I didn't go to bed until way after midnight on the 26th!

Oh well ... we had fun!

This first picture is on Christmas Eve at Nate's grandmother's house in Clarksville ...

Christmas Eve ... "before bed" LeAnna did the Santa plate and milk all by herself ... I honestly had forgotten about it ... the funniest thing was ... she decided that Santa would enjoy 4 Chips Ahoy Chocolate Chip Cookies ... so she prepared it and left it out ... then she got ready for bed ...

At some point I came back into the living room and the cookies were ALL gone! "Santa Princess" had crumbs on her mouth and looked pretty guilty! Too funny ... PLUS I didn't need the cookies and would have eaten at least half of them in guilt of throwing them away! =0) The Lord works in mysterious ways ... =0)

Christmas Morning ... Nate could not wait to give Princess her presents ... she LOVES squirrels and has become fascinated with them since the Summer ... and they tease her and she them ... it is SO funny to watch her with them ... the squirrels are known to her as "her friends" ... when we use this term - she barks like crazy and wants to go outside .... only to chase the air around the yard looking for "her friends" ... SO we couldn't wait to do this ... Nate sat them on the fence row (where they sit and tease her) and then we let her outside using her phrase "go see your friends" ... she starts running around the yard and looking for them ...

it took her a bit ... THEN she spotted them ... so funny ... she jumped on the fence until one fell off and then she attacked it and ran around the yard with it!!!! They are now her new favorite toys ... Princess had a great Christmas!

Here's LeAnna getting ready to open stockings!!!!

Everyone had "stuff" in their stockings except for Mommy ... or so she thought ... Daddy even admitted that he "forgot" ... but to my wondering eyes would appear? ... Nate made use of the foam pieces and created his own version of "gift cards" ... and boy am I going to redeem them!!! yipee! Thanks Nate!

LeAnna got an iPod !!!!!

... and a new dress-up dress ... (notice the fire in the background? we found the "yule tide channel" on Comcast ... complete with crackling sounds and soft holiday music)

... at Nana's with her new American Girl Itty Bitty Baby ...


"she says" ... her favorite gift of all ... her dress up closet ... (it was the cheapest gift ... only proves one thing ... "it don't take much" to make 'em happy!) ... we simply put up a shower tension rod between the two walls in her playroom hallway to the window and hung a curtain and beads ... then attached two sheets of mirror with liquid nails ... then attached a rack with several hooks on the wall and purchased some small white hangers ... voila! A "new" dress-up closet!

... so happy!
... loving this "privacy" in her "new closet" ... she decided to read a book!

... running through the beads ...

... so excited!

Christmas evening at Granny and Papaw's ...

... a new trampoline from Granny and Papaw ...

Kaitlyn came over and we took out some time to honor Jesus' birthday ... we made Him a cake ... and cupcakes (that they helped decorate) ... and the decision was made to put a heart on His cake!

I asked them what we could give Jesus as a gift ... after them naming some things that a normal 6 and 8 year old would come up with ... I suggested that we give Him some of our "time" ... We took some "serious" time out to think of some special things that Jesus had done for them this year and we took turns sharing ... then ... we took turns praying ... they were actually serious for a moment and came up with some pretty good things to pray about and be thankful for.

THEN ... it was time to blow out the candles and eat cake ... Somehow, all of a sudden, it was a funny thing to blow out the candles with their nose instead of blowing with their mouths ... LeAnna has had some allergy issues ... so you can only imagine her "special gift" while trying to blow out the candles this way! ha!

THEN ... Kaitlyn accidentally rammed her cupcake into her nose ... they both thought this was so funny ... so LeAnna wanted to try ... so while trying ... Kaitlyn assisted LeAnna's cupcake into her nose a little faster than planned ... which in turn caused a bit of a riot around the kitchen ... sorry Jesus ... it was all in fun too - hope you enjoyed your party as much as they did! ha!

Still hoping they got "the point" ... oh well ... there's always next year to stress the point ... but the way I look at it ... God loves humor and I'm sure He got a kick out of this!

Happy Birthday to Jesus! You're party was swell ... had a great time!

My gifts ... nice ... excited ... Nate and I decided we weren't really buying much for each other this year and that we would put our money toward our bonus room ... we ended up with enough money to do it and ... that we are ... the painting started today and will be finished tomorrow ... the carpet arrives Monday ... yea! So excited ... bought a table and chairs for the bonus room as well ...

I also got a nifty little hand held video recorder HD ... very excited about this ... just haven't mastered the use of it yet ... getting there ... hopefully I'll be able to upload a few clips to share soon ...

Nate also got me a pair of tennis shoes and inside was a bar code for my key chain that entitles me to 6 months at a ladies gym here in Bellevue ... although I had casually mentioned checking it out ... it would be VERY easy to take this gift as a major hint ...

hmmm ...

No excuse now huh?!

So ... new year ... new body ... let's hope so ... YIKES!!!!!

Now ... it's time to take down all of this Holiday Cheer and get to work!

happy days .... tammy