Days 5 & 6...

For day 5, her original activity was to pick out some Christmas candy at the store, but I went to the store by myself on Sunday. So I picked some out, and on Monday, she got to put the candy in our star bowl. Sounds exciting, huh?!? Surprisingly, she loved it...probably because she got to eat some at the end!







For Day 6, we went to see Santa. She ran right up to him, told him her name, and that she wanted 2 dolls! We got a cute picture too, but since I only have the hard copy, here's the one from my phone...





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Days 3 and 4...

For Day 3, Harper got to open her new nativity and set it up. She has played with it for hours upon hours!!! I highly recommend this nativity!




Our Day 4 activity was to make Christmas tree pizza together. This is another tradition I grew up doing. However, we would always eat it on the night we decorated the tree. Since we already did that, I figured it would be a great Sunday lunch! It's pretty simple, but Harper loved it!








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Advent activities...

I thought it would be fun to do some sort of activity each day with Harper to lead up to Jesus' birth. Some are fun for her, but most are to help others. Here's the calendar I made...



And here is what we've done so far...

Day 1: Harper got to open a new ornament. Growing up, my mom would give us each an ornament that represented something we did that year. I still love looking at them when I'm at my mom's house. So we are doing the same thing with our kids! This is Harper's 2011 ornament...




Day 2: Tonight we went to the mall to choose an angel from the angel tree. Harper enjoyed picking out clothes and toys for her angel.


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Christmas at Thanksgiving...

We celebrated 2 holidays in one week and had our Christmas with Corby's family today. Harper's highlight would be her new baby doll. She named her Mary, as in the mother of Jesus. Somebody is truly in the Christmas spirit! Taylor also got a baby doll, and I've never seen anything more precious. She loved it! She grabbed it immediately! Since her doctor has many concerns regarding her health, I get so excited when she does anything on track developmentally. Harper also got told that she gets to take a trip to Disney World in February, and since she doesn't know what that means, she didn't act too excited! She has no idea what's coming!!! I don't have many pictures...but I do have a few of T and her baby!



All smiles about her new doll!


Floor time just got more exciting!


And this tiny bird was named "baby Jesus"...and she made sure Mary had it at all times!


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Happy Thanksgiving!

We're having a great time with family this week! Harper loves being with her cousins, and Taylor is loving all of the extra attention! Uncle Jeff has loved snuggling with her and she will sit with him for hours!

We definitely have a lot to be thankful for this year! The Lord has blessed us immensely this year...we certainly would've missed out on a whole lot had we not listened and followed him!


Happy Thanksgiving from our girls!


And this one is loving her first Thanksgiving!!!

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A trip to the dentist

Harper had her first dental cleaning this morning. It went so much better than I thought it would. She was very cooperative and did almost everything they asked. She laughed so hard when she flossed, and everyone in the office came in to see her. It was hysterical! Who knew flossing could be so fun?!? Dr. Pettrochi is so sweet and did such a great job making Harper feel comfortable. All of the ladies there are so nice!


Her before picture...happy to be there!


Getting her teeth cleaned



Flossing with the "silly string"



Watching Tangled while getting checked out by the dentist

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Our trip to Alabama

Last weekend, we flew to Birmingham for the AL/LSU game. Obviously it wasn't the outcome Corby had hoped for, but we still had a great time! We stayed with one of his college roommates, Trey. A lot of his friends from college came over Friday night, and I know Corby had a great time. Saturday, we went to Tuscaloosa for the game. We ate lunch with his parents and then spent the rest of the day with his brother, Jeff and his wife, Kacy. We had such a fun day! Harper had a blast playing with them! Before Corby headed into the stadium, he walked us back to the car. Since I didn't have a ticket, I took Harper and Ella Grace, Trey and Melissa's daughter, back to their house in Birmingham. We had a fun evening together, and I enjoyed watching the hogs in peace! I was fairly sad on Saturday because my whole family was together for the ShowHope Fellowship Weekend, and it's probably my favorite weekend every year! Hopefully next year we won't have any conflicts because I really missed being there! But we did have fun, so I'm glad we were able to go.


Harper, Corby, and an elephant


Harper really wanted to ride this elephant!


Playing with Ella Grace


Tailgating with the Days


I loved our time together on Saturday night!

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