pottery class

My good buddy Tara Floyd and her sweet girl Caroline hit a new pottery class this week downtown. Such a great time making some memories of the girls and their little hands and feet. Caroline was the darling of the showroom w/ her chubby cheeks and pink passy. So stinkin cute and Abigail was quite smitten w/ her. We definately will be going back so look out everyone. You may be getting a lot of home painted goodies for holidays in the next year!

Birthday play and ballet!

sticker time for jobs well done

Trust me this child never looks this happy to be awake at 8 o'clock in the morning!!!

Daddy helping abigail practice her princess twirl before she goes to her "cwass"

We don't have to twist this little girl's arms to get her to finish ice cream, she did awesome!

I'm wondering if her cousin Caroline taught her this strange but hilarious move of clinching her facial muscles and shaking! She's the only other child I've ever seen do this. Weird but so funny!

"ok mommy, enough pictures can we go now!?"

I am having a wonderful birthday week! Mom came up yesterday and took me and Abigail out for lunch and some super fun antique shopping. We filled our bellies and then bought the Bit a few cheap goodies to come home w/. Abigail was quite full of herself and happy to bring back 2 used too-too's for her dance class starting this weekend. Just 5 bucks a peice, I love bargains!

Last night we opted for a late deserts date w/ the fam at Carlos's Brazilian restaurant. So tasty! And always a good time together. Abigail sensed the fanciness of the place and immediately unfolded her linen napkin and draped it across her lap, no prompting needed. Love that kid!!!

Today we started out early for our first day of 'mommy and me' ballet class at the local company. She has been begging for a month since I told her we were doing a dance class together. I don't know who was more excited me or Abigail to get started. There are 3 little girls in the 2 yr old's only class. The Bit was the youngest out of the 3 by about 5 months but so well behaved I was proud as peach of her!!! She hung on every word that teacher said and waited in line for her turn. We started w/ some serious stretching (it's been years sinces I moved like that) then we crossed the floor w/ sashe's and twirls to Disney princess songs. Total blast and we are going to be all into this new hobbie, as long as Abigail enjoys it I'm in. I definitely was the uncooth woman in the group. Just like my Scrooge show I think I enjoyed it a little too much and way more then the other 2 mom's there. I laughed loud and cheered on the other kids as we went. At least Abigail's too young to be embarrased by her mom yet. I stuck out in my old Shelly clothes , sweat shirt and sneakers while they were thin, beautiful and in talored jeans and tops. Oh well, who cares I had fun!!

We just need to hook the Bit up with some official dance shoes and we're set. The poor dear kept falling out of her hard shoes trying to walk on her tippy toes. But no fear, we're off today to Once upon a Child for some much needed slippy dance shoes. As we walked back to the car Abigail looked up at me and asked so sweetly "Mommy, can I wide the schoow bus?". To which I replied, "don't grow up too fast on me little one, I'm loving right now way too much!!!!"

Mall fun....

"wait up Bit!"

notice they're still chained to the rail, of course we're not going to spend money on the fancy rides but we let the girls play in them for a while.

Again, we were cheap and didn't put money in the rides. That's just a Mi-Mi treat I told her, they just don't work for mommy! :) I'm not spending a dollar for that thing to shake her for 45 seconds, when I can shake her for free!!!

My dear buddy Madeline called me bright and early at 0800 this week on Tuesday w/ a very special request....we need to get her uterus contracting so lets hit the mall!! Her poor self was allegedly due on 12/20 w/ her 3rd baby. We are HOPING the dating is off and she's not as pregnant as she might seem. She's had no ultrasounds to confirm anything so we are just waiting for when the little Groooshooski baby will appear! Regardless she needs to start contracting and soon!!!! So we went at 9:15 to join the mall walkers. The girls took their strollers and we 4 had a blast walking and playing for 4 hours together. Madeline was walking a little slower and holding the baby belly some as we left so hopefully this week will be it!!! I fear one way or another it has to be. Keep her in your prayers, we don't know if it's a boy or girl yet but I await the call any minute. In the mean time Lilly and our Bit had a blast together taking over the mall. They were such big girls pushing their dolls around side by side. Well most of the time. We kept having to scream up to Forest Abigail to slow down so the rest of us could catch up w/ her. Man that girl is fast!!! :)

Holiday bubbles....

There is absolutely no doubt that this kid is my daughter some days. She definitely has the drive to spend as much time soaking in soap as a day will allow. She got her some new Christmas bubbles of princesses and Mickey Mouse and she loves them! Most of the time she really loves to play in the tub, unless it's post nap and she just needs to get clean (as her Aunti D found out, sorry!). I have to be careful to either keep Brian on guard duty or lock the door or my little peanut will attempt to climb into my bath clothed or just strip and assume she can get in w/ me even though mommy likes it "weally hot!". These are just some cute pics to prove my point. :)

Christmas day...

Not a creature was stirring.....well not on her watch!

you know, you can spend a fortune on the expensive toys but sometimes they just want Santa to bring them a 2 dollar yard ornaments to make their day!

handsome thing you! Thank you grammie Adam!

This was hilarious, Brian bought a laser light to taunt the kitties w/ but someone else was chasing the tiny red dot and had us laughing to death!

I love the 'mess' picture!

see we did get clothes on her eventually

Grammie showing off her new mother of the bride sparklies!

Well Stella was a lot more excited about her new toys then she let on I promise! She always looks like this :)

Christmas 2008 turned out to be such a special day. We filled the hours w/ lots of good buttery food and sweets, we hugged a lot and enjoyed each other's company and got lots of good pictures to remember it all. The day started a little late, egg hmmmmm someone , slept in pretty late! We kept the Bit up till almost 11 Christmas eve night cause mommy was working and figured I would want to sleep in too Christmas morning. Brian did a smashing job baking cookies and explaining the whole Santa thing to her that night. But someone else, eggg hmmm, woke mommy up at 9 o'clock with a very demanding and loud protest of my still being in bed on the holiday. Her fuzzy feet stood on my chest and meowed with all her Tuggle might to get me up and going. I love that cat way too much to get mad at her though. She's too stupid cute!

So, the family was up, caffinated and waiting for the fun to start when the sleepy princess Bit decided to wake up singing at almost 10:30. Took her a minute to understand and remember that it was a special day but she came around quick. :) We enjoyed the gifts and laughs until it all was opened then we filled our bellies w/ 'day before breakfast casserole' and good home made cinnamon rolls. Abigail played w/ all her toys and we took it easy and stayed good and lazy for the rest of the day until Grammie came over for a good roast beef dinner. She absolutely spoiled us all rotten, esp the Bit. For the first part of the visit Abigail insisted on being naked (she often does) but I won the arguement eventually and got her dressed. It was a perfect day and we all had a blast, over ate and enjoyed celebrating His birth together!!

Christmas Eve...

my sad attempt to get a picture of all 3 of us, didn't work :(

I prefer these w/ the pizza sauce still on her little pretty face! :)

For Christmas Eve the Bit and I headed to my sweet grandmother Nonee's house for a visit. We had a great time laughing together and when we got back home, I promised Abigail she could play in her Cinderella dress again, complete w/ rings, braclets and dangle ear rings. Don't worry she won't be allowed to leave the house in those for about 10 more years! :) Still, thank you Aunti D for the bling hook up this holiday season!