Santa Claus!

I finally got a picture with Santa! Tonight we took Ollie to Bass Pro to see Santa. There was no line at all, we just walked right up to him. It took awhile but we finally got Ollie to sit on his lap. He was still a little nervous. He never did talk to him. Oh well, maybe next year!

Bass Pro was right up Ollie's alley. He got to shoot some guns at targets. One of Santa's elves helped Ollie "Pow some ducks"!

Then Ollie ran through the whole store. We saw everything! Of course he stopped running to see the big fish swimming in the tank. While Maw Maw was in line to buy something I took Ollie back to the entrance to see the huge stuffed bear. Ollie was scared of the bear because he looks so real, come to find out he used to be real! Ollie finally pet the bear but only after I did. When we walked outside there was kettle corn cooking and Ollie yelled "popcorn"! So we had to get some for him. Then he said "hurry! bear want my popcorn!" We had to hurry up to leave so the bear would not eat Ollie's popcorn! It was a pretty fun night!

Bachelorette Party!

Yesterday we had a bachelorette party for my mom. It was pretty low key, we all hung out at her house starting at 7pm. So I had to get Ollie to bed there by 7. So...I took Ollie to Monkey Joe's for 2 hours yesterday afternoon during naptime and then tickled him the whole way hom to keep him awake.

He was pretty tired at Monkey Joe's and wanted to go home but I got him an ice cream and then he was all better and ready to play! He did go to sleep at 6:45 but he kept waking up in mom's bed so we finally had to go home at 1am and he slept the rest of the night. I think he was having a hard time being away from home since we spent Friday night at Papa's house and Daddy was out of town this weekend.

Aunt Patti, Aunt Barb, Laurie, Erin and I were all there! We played the Sex and the City Trivia game for a little while. And of course we had plenty of drinks.

After the game, Mom opened her presents. She got some lingerie and some his and hers jelly! Pretty funny!

We were going to play another game but we all got to talking and just didn't stop! We had a great time! Lots of laughing and catching up!

Congrats Mom & Stu!

Home Improvement!

We have been renovating our kitchen for 2 years now and finally have the final piece! Well, now I might need a new, long kitchen table! We got a new counter to match our other counters! It was Chris' and mine's birthday and christmas presents from my parents and Grandpa.

Almost two years ago we knocked out the wall between the kitchen and then dining room to make one big kitchen and put in ceramic tile. Chris built us a new pantry with double doors! We had the ceiling repainted.

Last Christmas we bougt a new double oven stove!

Here is a close up of our new counters! Now we have more cabinets and drawers and not enough stuff to put in them, I'm sure we can fix that!

A couple of weeks ago, Chris built me a beautiful dark cherry shelf that I put my Grandma's black glass on in the dining room. The dining room is still a work in progress but will get done someday! One room at a time!

By the way, today is Chris' birthday! Happy 35th Chris!!

Cookie Day!

Well let me start with yesterday. Yesterday I took Ollie to the log cabin in Olde Towne to see Santa! I took my extra camera that my mom got us instead of mine because the batteries were dead in mine and I wanted a pic of course! So we stood in line for about 15 min and then it was Ollie's turn! He actually sat on Santa's lap and did not cry! Wouldn't you know the camera that I bought was not charged up either so I did not get a pic of Ollie with Santa. Ollie was a little nervous on his lap but when he got off he said Bye Bye Ho Ho and Santa replied "HO HO HO!" Ollie's face lit up! He was so happy! I was the only one who was bummed because I didn't get a pic, maybe next time. Later that afternoon Ollie and I made chocolate chip cookie dough and peanut butter cookie dough, then while he took his nap I baked 22 dozen cookies!

Today was cookie day at our house. First Erin showed up with Allison and then my mom. We started making magic cookie bars. Ollie wanted to help too. He is a good helper!

Next Aunt Barb, Jill and the girls showed up and Aunt Patti right after them. Patti brought gingerbread men to decorate. The kids had a blast decorating the cookies! Vivy's cookies turned out to be more icing than cookie!

Patti made so many cookies that the kids ran off to play and left her to decorate the rest of the cookies by herself!

We had to get a second table this year. You can't see all the cookies but the back table is filled with them!

Everyone is picking out their cookies!

The kids are taking a break and playing!

Ollie and Ava.

I took this 2nd picture on accident and caught Ollie in the act. Heis pinching Ava and she is yelling "Owww!" I thought the pic was kind of funny! Poor Ava, it really hurts when Ollie pinches.

3rd Thanksgiving!

On Sunday we went to Teresa & Lester's for our 3rd Thanksgiving! Everything was wonderful! Later in the day Ollie decided to take off his pants and just run around in his diaper. I guess he ate too much and his pants got tight!

Ollie loves playing with their dogs and cats, I'm not sure their pets feel the same about him!

Ollie has gotten 2 presents in his stocking so far! He got a new pair of Santa "HO HO" jammies and a Santasaurus Rex shirt! He loves getting to open his stocking presents!