Happy New Year!!

2015 was such a wonderful year! We are very excited for 2016:-) We hope everyone has a Happy New Year!!!

Merry Christmas!!

I don't even know where to start with our Christmas. It was sooo wonderful!! One of my favorite days of the year. Any time we get to be with each other as a family, we love. But on Christmas....it just seems even more special. Abigail is at such an exciting age where she really gets into the spirit of Christmas and all of the fun traditions. This year she was really into Santa, which we just loved.

We thought for sure that Abigail was going to wake up super early with all of the excitement of Christmas, but she surprisingly slept in. We actually had to wake her up! Apparently she was worn out from the night before! It didn't take long to get her going though. We told her we needed to go check and see if Santa came and she was up and out of her bed with a quickness!!

Santa ate his delicious cookie Abigail left him and in it's place left a special present:-)

 Can't contain her excitement!!!

Santa left Abigail a green ducky!! She was sooo excited!! Abigail kept saying "This is what I asked Santa for!!"

 Helping Daddy:-)

 Gardening tools (she loves to help us in the garden!) and Elmo diapers for night time!! Wahoo!

 Go Hoos!!

 My loveys:-)

Colin created this really fun game with Abigail where he hides her lamby and then gives her clues to find lamby in the form of a rhyme that she has to complete. She is obsessed!! So we thought it would be fun to do a scavenger hunt for her remaining 3 Christmas presents. Each clue had a rhyme that she had to complete in order to find her next present. We think this was her favorite part:-)

First clue:-) "Your first present is no bigger than a mouse, we think we saw it hiding by the gingerbread _____ (house)!"

 What could it be?!? A ducky!! She had been wanting this ducky forever!!

Second clue: "If you want your second present, you don't have to go very far. It's hiding in the basement in your cool _____ (car)."

And she's off!!

 Matchbox cars!! She always asks for some at the store! Last clue: "Find your last present if you are able, hope it's not getting wet under your water _____(table)."

A big girl swing for our backyard!!

So then Colin comes in with a card for me. Rewind just a second...Colin asked Abigail to help decorate a card for me but to keep it a secret. We all know how good toddlers are at secrets!! So of course the entire day Abigail would say things like "Why can't we tell Mommy we made a card for her?" or "I'm going to decorate a card for lamby just like we did for Mommy!" Haha! Love her!!

 Back to the card. So I'm thinking it's just a card from Colin and Abigail that they decorated (which is super special on it's own...I have a box of every card/note from Colin...definitely not a huge saver, but I cherish his letters!!), but then I opened it up. Colin had made a scavenger hunt for me as well!! He said that I would need Abigail's help with the rhymes and it would also teach Abigail about our love and how we met<3  I, of course, was an emotional mess!! My husband is the most loving, thoughtful, kind, romantic....(I could go on and on) person ever. There were four separate presents, each so incredibly sweet and thoughtful. It was such a surprise and one of the nicest things I think he has ever done (which says a lot because he does the sweetest things for me all the time!!) Ok...this pregnant lady is becoming all emotional again. I should probably stop.....but before I go...did I mention how much I love my husband and how incredibly wonderful he is?!? Just in case...I love you so so so much, my love!! Thank you so much for making Christmas so special!! Big hugs and kisses!!

Then it was time for breakfast!! Nana and G-dad came over to join us! Yay! We had homemade cinnamon rolls, chocolate chip pancakes, biscuits and gravy and a sausage, egg and cheese casserole. Yum!! After our delicious feast, it was time for more presents.

So cute!

New Frozen dress up shoes!! Maybe now she won't steal my heels!!

 Abigail's new backpack! Adorable!!

 Then Auntie Anna, Uncle Kyle and Anna's brother, Justin, stopped by to see us on their way to New Jersey. Yay!! We loved seeing them!!

Time to open a present from Meme and Granddad!

Abigail even loved the box!

Thanks for coming by to see us!! It was so nice to spend time together!! xoxo

Playing with the new Play Doh like sand Nana and G-dad got her. This stuff is awesome!! I think I am, I mean Abigail is, going to have lots of fun with this new toy:-)

Such a silly girl!

What a hoot!

Family pic:-)

Abigail and her Nana Banana:-)

Abigail and her G-dad:-)

What a great day and such a special Christmas!! We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Eve

Every year on Christmas Eve, my dad's entire family gets together to spend time together and celebrate Christmas. We look forward to it every year!! We always have such a nice time. Even though we see them throughout the year, it is never enough!

This year, Aunt Ellen hosted. We had a blast! Delicious food, wonderful company, great conversation...it was fabulous! It was so fun, apparently, that I forgot to take out our camera:( Thankfully Courtney sent me an adorable picture she took. Thank you so much for having us, Aunt Ellen!! We loved spending time with everyone!!

This picture is adorable. Aunt Ellen got Abigail a miniature tea set (which we have played with nonstop!!). So cute how all of her cousins are watching so closely to see what she received!!

Girls Dinner

Abigail and I went out to dinner with our sweet friends, Ali and Hartley. Abigail is so in love with her new friend, Hartley. She wanted to love on her all night!! It was the sweetest!! Such a fun night with the girls:-)

It's The Holiday Season!!

Time to get to baking!! Thank goodness for our trusty helper:-) First up...decorating Christmas goodies for our mailman and neighbors! And....maybe some for us too:-) Unfortunately we do not have any more pictures....we needed all hands on deck with this cutie!!

We went the boxed version this year. No judgement;-) Look at this adorable apron Meme made her!!

Happy Birthday, Meme!!

We wanted to wish our wonderful Meme a very Happy Birthday!! We are so blessed to have her in our lives!! We love you, Meme!! We hope you have a very special day:-) xoxo

Love this picture! You can see how much fun they are having together. Abigail kept asking Meme to slide down the steps with her. The things grandparents will do for their grandchildren:-)