Henson Christmas!

This is Addie sitting in my mom's lap waiting to greet the first person to arrive for the Henson family Christmas. Henson was my mom's maiden name and I think most of you know that she has four sisters. I am super close to all of them and my cousins. My mom hosted everyone at her house for our gift exchange-- we draw names. Addie and Jonah drew each other I think that was set up but anyways.



Jeremy and Addie opening her present from Jonah. It was a baby called Dress up Daisy. She has clothes that snap on. She is super cute and is in Addie's shopping cart.












Cousin Jordan helping Jonah open his train from Addie. It had balls which Addie wanted. She was a little aggressive with Jonah and I hope that Jordan and Susan haven't banned Jonah from playing with us.

We enjoyed getting to see all the cousins, aunts and uncles. We had a few new dating and fiancee faces and we enjoyed them as well. We missed Aunt JoAnne, Uncle David and Cousin Nolan. They live in Memphis!

Taking Off my Socks!

I wanted a picture of Addie with our tree and all of the presents before we packed them up and took them home. However, she thinks that taking off her socks is so funny. She laughs and says, No-no-no, while pulling them off.

Teacher Party December 18th

My principal, Mrs. Sharp asked if I would have everyone over for a Christmas Party. So I say sure why not? ( I don't know why that underlined)
We had dinner prepared by Mrs. Ana. She is from Mexico and made this wonderful soup, pork skewers and salsa. Donna and Zane, two of my best school buddies, decided that they would stay for some Rock Band.
Well this is Donna's Rock Band playing experience. She is holding Addie who fell asleep on her.

This is Colton, Zane's son, he enjoyed playing the guitar while Zane sang along with Jeremy on the guitar.

Friend Christmas Party December 13th.

Every year we invite our friends over for a Christmas dinner and white elephant gift exchange. Jamie and I decided that this would be a good time for the girls to exchange gifts. Addie and Maebrie exchanged School Buses made by Parents. It is a super cute toy!








Maebrie drinking Addie's juice. I think that this is a super cute picture of her!!!













Addie after she drank Maebrie's juice. I love this bow and somehow it got lost in the shuffle of Christmas. I think at Ma and Pa Yates' house. I had it in my hand and then Jeremy started throwing things in the car and I never found it again. So Ma if you see this bow save it for us!

Visiting Santa

Jamie and I had planned to take the girls to visit Santa at some point this weekend. So off we go to the Northwest Arkansas Mall in Fayetteville. As we were standing in line, I said, "hey whose baby is going to cry?" Jamie replies, "YOURS!"

So as we are awaiting our turn, apparently the camera broke. Santa walks through the line and both girls seem okay with him. Then they allow some people to cut in line I guess they had brought their own camera. We didn't know that that was an option. But I guess you don't have to buy pictures, you can take your own. I happened to have my camera in the diaper bag so up we go.

Jamie and I decided we would take a picture of just Addie, then throw in Maebrie and take a picture of both girls and then take Addie out and take a picture of just Maebrie. You can see below how that went for us.

OHH how you have changed us

My Sweet Girl,

I love you so much and am so proud of the baby girl that you are turning into. You are truly the most amazing and funniest person that I know. I can't believe that I lived 28 years of my life without you. Everyday you amaze me with your learning and your unconditional love for me.

I am most astonished by the way you have changed my life and your Daddy's life. I have never seen his eyes sparkle so much with love. He has done many things that he said he would never do all because his heart is full of love for you. I am thankful that God gave us you. I am proud of the mommy that I have became because of you. There is not a second that goes by that I am not thinking of you during the day.

I find it so rewarding to see you as a wonderful mix between me and your Daddy both in looks and personality. I look forward to the next year and all the wonderful years to come.

I Love You,
Mommy

More Birthday

This is Addie's pink chair that we bought her for her birthday. She was diving out of it in this picture. She is playing with her new baby from Auntie Vicki that we have named ChaCha
This is Addie eating her birthday cake. She really enjoyed it and we had to take it away from her.