Christmas

We started off Christmas vacation right! Shaun is the best daddy in the whole wide world. Here he is playing little people with Anna.


After Christmas presents with my parents, we drove to Ft. Walton Beach to spend Christmas eve and Christmas day with Shaun's parents. Here is Anna opening her first gift on Christmas morning.



Sunglasses for Anna!



And Drew!



Daddy helped him open his presents while I took pictures of the mayhem.



Oh boy, a toothbrush!!!!! Seriously, Anna was more excited about this than her new princess two-wheeler (with training wheels).



Here's a teether/stacker, because after sporting fangs for two weeks, Andrew finally got his two front teeth!



We got a wii from my parents and brothers. We have had such a good time with it! Mary Jane beat me when we played "Just Dance for Kids". Who knew she was such a master at dancing to "the Wheels on the Bus"? Anna just watched us in amazement (at our prodigious skill, I think).



Drew also got this racing speedway.



I think Anna's had a better time with it than he has.



You're wondering now, "Does this child ever smile?" Yep, just not for the camera. Shaun thinks his expression was in response to these goofy overalls.



I'm a sucker for overalls. That's why Shaun usually dresses Drew.



This was the best picture we got of the pair of these turkeys.



Anna's Marrain Amy and Mrs. Sieckmann came by for a visit. It was fantastic to see both of them!



Best buddies for 17 years!

All in all, it was a wonderful Christmas! Thanks to family and friends for making it that way!

Parker 'n' Pals

We reunited with our old friends from Ms. Teresa's house at Parker's 4th birthday party before Christmas. Both Anna and I were excited to see everyone again!




Because it's impossible to get a good one of TWO pre-schoolers.



Angelina and her mom, Christina were there, too.



We had such a great time at our little reunion, we decided to plan a get-together BEFORE the next birthday. So, we met up at Monkey Biz last Wednesday to expend some energy!




My wish is for Anna to always be surrounded by such a great group of friends!


We continued on to Chick-fil-a for some more energy expenditure, but things went downhill fairly quickly once all of the french fries had disappeared.

A drinking problem?

Andrew is self-feeding and enjoys drinking water out of a sippy cup. Unfortunately, he has a little trouble getting the orientation right...



Here he is, going after daddy's Christmas present from Nanny and Poppy (a bottle of single barrel Dickel).



And this is Anna doing the same thing three years ago with daddy's bourbon and coke...



Hmmm, notice any similarities? This could be problematic.



When he finally gets frustrated with the sippy cup, Drew resorts to the wet washcloth trick. His belly is so big that I don't even have to do a privacy edit- ha ha!



Anna made this pledge to us one night at dinner. We decided that it would be necessary to film it for posterity.

A Long December

Here are the two cuties. Too bad I can't get Drew to smile.


Maybe this one'll make it to the Christmas card, if I ever do!





Drew is eating solids, but just like Anna, he is not a fan of cereal and enjoys feeding himself more.





Drew went in for his 6 month check up. He weighed 19 lbs, 4 oz. and was 27 inches long. That's 75th percentile for both! He had a lot of shots and has been running quite a bit of fever.

Homecoming and Other Happenings

We went for Anna's second trip to the dentist. She did great and even allowed Teresa to polish and floss all of her teeth. It may or may not have had anything to do with the silly bands in the toy chest that she was bribed with...

I finally got a picture of Drew smiling!!

We went over to LSU for all of the Homecoming festivities. We had to park out near the levee and consequently did A LOT of walking.

We went to the Delta Gamma House and walked around. Shaun has been telling Anna all about the "Buddy" house. She has mistaken that for the "Bunny" house and was a little disappointed that there were no rabbits hopping around. We did find grandma on the wall. Her picture is to the left of Anna's eyes.

There was lots of food and Anna enjoyed it!

We took a picture by the anchor. Here's to "hoping" that we'll do it again in fifteen years!

Anna loved all of the decorations, especially because DG's theme was "Toy Story".

Then we went over to the PMAC for the TAF party. Anna ran amok for a while and we rested our feet. I think we must have walked 10 miles!

I put my feet up on the railing, and this is what Anna had to do so that her feet would reach:

The band came in and performed their half-time show. Anna thought we were at the game! You can see that it was really crowded!

Finally, we went into the stadium and experienced Anna's favorite part of the day- popcorn!

We stayed until the first touchdown. It was a blowout and we weren't really interested in seeing that. Plus, it was misting and cool. Anna was pretty tired by the end of the day. We had to carry her back to the car.

So, it was a great day. Special thanks to Nanny and Poppy for watching Roo so we could have some quality time with our big girl!

Frankfurter!

Fritz is a Dachshund- a German breed of dog. My dad insists that Fritz understands German, so here is a typical conversation that they have:

Halloween and a Half

Nanny made a cake for Anna's half birthday and we sang to her. She was a little excited...



Andrew has been enjoying his walker. It was a beautiful day.



Guess who's got two teeth??



Drew refuses to eat anything but carrots.



Spirit week at school resulted in a visit from some freshmen princesses on "Disney Day". Anna wants to come with us every day now.



My AP Bio class decided to dress up as characters from Harry Potter on "Movie Day". I was Professor McGonagall.



On Halloween, Nanny and Poppy came over and helped us get the kids dressed. Anna was "Tinkerbeyah" and Andrew was a Duck.



It was a hot, sunny day.




Poor Drew is barely sitting up. We kept propping him up in the wagon so that he could be in the neighborhood parade.



You can tell he was having a blast.




Anna, Mary Jane, and I had a great time trick or treating, and Anna amassed a large haul of candy. Shaun and I did quite a few "quality control" tests on it. Drew, Carl, and Shaun handed out candy (with a little drool). It was a fantastic night!