Happy New Year!

We rang in the new year with a great oyster roast at Don's parents' house in Beaufort. All of his family was there to share some roasted oysters... perfect crisp weather, beer, oysters, and friends and family.... what more could we ask for?

I hope that each of you have a happy and healthy 2011!

Merry Christmas to all...

Merry Christmas to everyone. We have had such a special day! The hit of Christmas was Juliette's new rocking horse that actually makes noise! She loves to kiss "Jenny Horsie" and and pet her. I think she will have a lot of fun with this. Thank you Santa.

We spent Christmas at my parent's house along with Danny and his girlfriend Elizabeth. It was so much fun!

T'was the night before Christmas....

Twas the night before Christmas and and all through the house was one excited little girl! We had my Mom and Dad over for dinner and in the mean time, Santa happened to knock on the door and leave a little present early for the good little girl.

We wrote Santa a note and Juliette picked out at the grocery store what she wanted to leave the reindeer and Santa. She left them two carrots and Santa some milk. She was stingy with the cookies and decided that he did not need one.

I was surprised that she really did get the whole concept this year. She knew how Santa would get in and that he would be coming that night with the reindeer...

James Island County Lights

We met up some with good friends of ours and took the girls to see the lights. It is always such a fun evening. We were able to make s'mores on the fire pit and take rides on the carousel. It is always such a great display they have.

"Mommy,I love candy..."

Hmmm... Juliette is still very into getting "pink candy" from Santa. I guess we will have to see what Santa brings us! She told me yesterday, "Mommy, I love candy."

Summerville Christmas parade

We had such a fun day with friends at the Summerville Christmas parade! The weather was nice and brisk and gave a had a very nice holiday feel to it. Juliette had quite the time with the big girls and boys. She sat on the curb the whole time waving and wishing everyone in the parade a very "Merry Christmas"

Juliette's Christmas party today

What a special day for all of the parent's! I could not believe how much Juliette enjoyed the singing and the dancing for us! The twos are all SO cute! The children sang some of their songs and jingled the bells and then they got a visit from Santa! That was quite exciting. I included a short video of her singing. She is in the green. You can just click on the play button for it to play.

3rd Annual Holiday Fashion Show

I always get so into the spirit each year seeing all of the little babies and girls dressed up in beautiful outfits that their Mom's or their Tessa's (Grandma's) have made. Juliette was quite a handful at the show. She hand a mild tantrum waiting in line becuase she wanted to go and find her Daddy and her Doh (my Dad) sitting down watching. Once she began to walk down the little aisle with me she did great! Her Daddy was bribing her with M&M's at the end. Sad I know, but it really worked.

These were the outfits that she wore that my Mom made for her. They look so absolutely adorable on her of course!

A visit with Santa Claus

Christmas would not be complete without a visit with Santa Claus. I was so surprised - Juliette was a little bit apprehensive at first and put all of her fingers in her mouth when she sat on his lap, but then she pulled them out and started to talk to Santa. Santa asked what kind of cookies she would make him and she told him "Mommy's cookies"...

Dear Santa...

All I want for Christmas is for my baby to be a baby forever...

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas....

Every where you go....

We had a great weekend getting the house all ready for Christmas. Juliette is totally into Santa Claus this year and kind of is beginning to get it. Christmas shopping should be quite easy this year as she tells me all that she wants from Santa is "pink candy". Does that sound good or what?

We went and picked out the tree yesterday and decorated it. Juliette was such a helper and wanted to HELP WITH EVERYTHING (yes, I emphasize EVERYTHING) even putting ornaments up at the top of the tree. We had such a wonderful time.

Juliette gets funnier by the day. She gave a dance show (both with tap shoes and ballet shoes) to everyone at Thanksgiving. For those of you who have known me for a long time know that would not have been me and we know that would not have been Don. Don't ask us where we got such a ham. She tells me every day that "My Mommy is beautiful".... today she went so far as to tell me that she was "gorgeous..." I swear I am not bribing my child to say this either. You have got to love sweet little girls.

Today in the car I had a diet coke can, I was getting her out of the seat and she tells me "Mommy loves beer" .... that is all I need her to tell her teachers especially when it is only a diet coke :)

We are going to enjoy each and every day of this Christmas season this year. I hope each of you do as well.

Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. It is always a special weekend as we have so much to celebrate. Don and I were married on November 25th which happened to fall on Thanksgiving this year as well as my Dad and Don's Dad both have birthdays on Nov 25. We had everyone over to our house. Thank you again Mom for all of your cooking. It would not be the same if I tried to make the turkey - trust me!

Happy birthday to my sweet Dad two days early

We celebrated my Dad's birthday this evening so I thought I would go ahead and wish him a very happy Birthday. He is one of those that always shares a birthday on Thanksgiving (which his birthday falls on this year) so we celebrated tonight! Thank you so much for being such a wonderful Father. You are always willing to help and I appreciate you every day!

A very happy happy birthday to you!

Halloween party pictures

I finally was able to get a hold of some of the pitcures from the Halloween party. We had SO much fun! Juliette danced with the guitar all evening. She has become quite the dancer.

I heard from her teachers that on Tuesday she stood up and danced and sang to "The Wheels on the bus" all be herself. I was laughing becuase I knew just how into that song she is! Hopefully I can get a little video of her singing and dancing and post it.

Our "Rina" performing

Today Don and I got to go to Juliette's ballet/tap class and actually watch her. She really played up to the fact that we were there to watch her dance and participated more this class than any other class. Ms Jan her teacher could not believe it. The baby girls are all so much fun! Juliette wanted to come and give us hugs each time there was a little break. She was so proud that we were all there to watch her.

Nothing can be more fun than the fair!

We went with our good friends to the fair yesterday. We got there to beat traffic around 4:00 and the girls were still riding rides at 9:45 - that is not a lie! Juliette looked like she was about to fall over on the last ride, the teacups. This was the first time that she was really able to enjoy and get on rides. She LOVED it! I can tell now that she will be one of those little ones that loves to ride rides all day. Neither Don nor I can stand rides without gettting totally nauseous.

Note, I found the brightest clothes possible so I could spot Juliette at ALL times! Also check out the tat on Don's neck... he got a real wild hair last week (JK, it is from his Halloween costume that he wore last night. I told him I liked the look!


Look at what a big girl... she made the height minimum just by a hair


She could not get enough of the animals, just as she got off the elephant she said, JuJu ride the camel now


She was zonked out in my arms walking to the car, needless to say there was no talking on the way home from baby

"Trick or Treat" from the words of a cow girl

Tonight we almost did not make it to tick or treat. Juliette had no nap today and after all a long night at the fair last night she was exhausted! We had dinner at my parents' house and in the middle of dinner she fell asleep sitting up at the table. That is a first for sure. Luckily she got a second wind and was up for the rally of the trick or treat. She is a bit soft spoken with strangers so she very quietly each time would say "trick or treat" and then a very quiet, "thank you."It is such a fun little evening for all of the children.