Merry Christmas 2010

Where to even begin...I don't know if I can attach words to the experience of Maddox's first Christmas. All I have heard for the past several weeks is how much I was gonna enjoy this year, and trust me I did. We started off the festivities when my mama arrived the day before Christmas Eve, and didn't stop until now. It's amazing how a little jammied babe can bring families together, both old and new. We had so many delicious meals, and Maddox made sure he kept everyone entertained. Although someone was forever missing, she wasn't forgotten. It was........wonderful.


Maddox and Me


Santa's cookies - my favorite Christmas thumbprint cookies


It looked like a tornado had hit


Nona hand knitted this hat





This was his signature smile for the weekend - hammin it up big time


This shows how active my boy is - I'm lucky to get a still shot of him, and most pics end up like this, a blur


A blast from the past. Merry Christmas Everyone!

Tha 'Burg

I just came home from a very awesome weekend with some besties - Maddox stayed behind (sniff sniff) but it was honestly really good to get away and have some adult time. Matt and I went to Pittsburgh for the weekend to visit Megs and Doug. Matt had never been there before so we did some sightseeing, ate lots of good food, but most importantly we went to the Steelers game to watch Doug! It was so exciting!! Since we moved back from Memphis I'd forgotten what living in a big city feels like - it's like you can actually feel the energy of all the people buzzing around you - it's infectious! We barely beat the snow back and now I'm all cozied in my house drinking hot chocolate with cool whip...more pics of the trip to come ~

December

Taking a week off of work to stay at home was the best decision I've made in a long time! I've so enjoyed all the fun things I've been doing - shopping, wrapping, peeling, chopping, tasting, sipping, baking...but most importantly spending time with the mad man. Every night I hold on to his jammied body just a little longer before I tuck him in and I thank the Lord for choosing me to be his mom. Today I actually got to do something that has been talked about for years now but I never had the time - I spent the day doing a cookie party! Everyone made different cookies and at the end of the day I came home with tons of delicious Christmas cookies. Aaaaahhhh the holidays...I'm soaking it up this year