Annalise came to town!

What a fun treat we had this weekend...getting a visit from Annalise! She was only here for a little more than 24 hours, so we had to pack a lot in during a short amount of time! After getting her from the airport, we went to the Gaylord Texan to see their ICE exhibit. This year's theme was A Charlie Brown Christmas, so obviously I was really excited about it! The exhibit is amazing, knowing that everything is made out of ice! Harper, of course, loved every second of it, as she is a huge ice fan! Annalise did enjoy it, but I think she was glad when it was over because she was so cold. You do wear a special parka because they keep the rooms at 9 degrees, but the hood of her jacket wouldn't stay on her head!

Harper had an absolute blast playing with Annalise. She woke up this morning asking for her! So sweet! Anytime Annalise would sing a song, Harper "sang" along too... even though she usually didn't know the words or the tune! We had a great weekend with her and hope that she can come back to visit soon!

Annalise wanted their picture in front of the tree

They were so patient as we waited in the very long line!

Showing her teeth again! I love it!!!

Harper in her Parka...

I could've taken 100 pictures of her in that huge jacket!

She really loved it!

Getting excited to see all of the ice!

Taking it all in...

Sally and Charlie Brown

I love Linus!

It really is amazing to see how intricate each statue is!

My favorite part of the movie!!!

At the end of the exhibit is always an Angel

And the Nativity.... so beautiful!

Harper kept yelling "Hi baby Jesus!"

Annalise is such a good reader!

Harper loved listening to her!

This was right before Harper fell off the back...

but it was really fun while it lasted!

A night in Frisco

A few weekends ago, we went up to Frisco for the evening. I had heard about how neat their Square was, so we decided to go see it for ourselves. Well... I'm sure the lights flashing to the music would've been neat to see, but they were late in starting that, so we saw it happen as we were leaving. However, Harper had a great time observing all that was happening around her! Even though we didn't get to see the thing we came for, we still had a great time!

She had the best view!

Watching Santa come in on the fire truck

She watched the ice skaters for quite a while!

They were precious!!!

She is also a big fan of choirs right now!

She clapped at the end of every song!

They did turn the lights on right before we left,

but they apparently flash in rhythm with music...

It seems they were a little behind schedule!

Harper, lately.

There are a few things that Harper has started doing, and I want to make sure I never forget them! Not only is she becoming funnier each day, I love seeing all that she is learning!

-She chooses to read over almost any other activity!

-Thanks to her books that count different things, she can count to 10

-She sings her ABC's pretty clearly

-Whenever she yawns, she says, "Oh man, I tired".... which is something she got from me!

-She loves music! So she is especially fond of all of the children's choirs that are at the mall during the Christmas season!

-She "blows" her nose and it's hilarious!

-She did not like Santa at all.... Although, if you ask her, she will tell you that "Santa sweet"

-If she doesn't like the food option I've given her, she promptly says, "No want!"

That's what I can think of at this moment! I have a lot of pictures to post, so hopefully I can get around to that tomorrow!

Fun with paint

At school yesterday, Harper's teacher called for me

to come see what Harper did during craft time.

This is what I saw...

This girl makes me laugh!!!

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Two holidays in One!

We had such a great time with Corby's family over Thanksgiving. His brother Jeff, his wife Kacy, and their boys Lake and Maddox drove in from Atlanta, and his parents came from Houston. I was a little nervous about cooking the meal, but it ended up being great. Harper had a great time with her cousins and was completely worn out each day. She went from napping 30 minutes to 2 hours while they were here... and she's quickly gone back to her 30 minute naps since they left! I wish they lived here so they could wear her out everyday!

Not only did we have Thanksgiving, we also celebrated Christmas together. We ordered fajitas and opened gifts together on Saturday night. We decided that since they all drove, it made more sense to do gifts now, rather than spend the money to ship them later. It was also more fun to be able to see everyone open their gifts in person. Harper got some really fun toys from everyone! Even though Corby and I were pretty exhausted by the end of the weekend, we are so thankful everyone got to come to our house this year. It was our first holiday to not travel somewhere... which if you have a child, you know what a big deal that is! Here are some pictures from the weekend. Half are from my sister-in-law, and half are from my camera... yes, she is extremely talented!

Harper had so much fun playing with everyone in the front yard

Having fun in the bath with Maddox!

She was extra excited because her Hogs beat LSU!!!

Such a sweet face!

I love this one... wish I hadn't been in the kitchen cooking!

I love her so much!

Bribery was key for this picture to happen...

the suckers did the trick!

This is what Harper did when we told her to hug Maddox!

Lake and Maddox opening their gifts

Harper loved pulling on the wrapping paper!

This is such a fun toy!

As you color, it plays music and it goes fast and slow,

depending on how quickly you are drawing!

The sit and spin that Maddox got was quite a hit with everyone!

Showing her teeth

I obviously have a ton of blogging to catch up on, so for now here is Harper's precious smile that is a result of "show me your teeth"!


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Thanksgiving Fun!!!

I have really had a fun time this month at work! Maybe it's because I've gotten more creative as time goes by or I'm finally in the swing of things, but the crafts have been fun! Some of them were tough with 1 year olds, but they always seem to enjoy them...so that makes it worth it!

We had our Thanksgiving feast today, and currently everyone is napping! And the lullaby music is about to put me right to sleep too!!! Party days are always a little more draining! But of course, we had a blast!!!


I'm the only one without a bulletin board, so I have to improvise each month! That wall seems to get bigger and bigger!!!


We made fall leaves with their hands. They loved this!!! And I just did 1 child at a time, so it wasn't too hard.


I snuck in to watch Harper prepare for their portion of the feast. She did such a great job... I should let her help more at home!


They made the turkeys with their hands and I made them into placemats!


The turkey head-dress that I made for them ( and myself!)... I figured they'd be more likely to wear it if I had on one too. Plus, I've always loved dressing up!!!

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