Littlest C 8 months

The biggest milestone this month has been crawling!

B Family Christmas

 

 

Christmas Day

Since we stayed the night at our house we had Lil Miss C put out cookies and milk for Santa and were we able to have her open her big present first thing in the morning.

Christmas Eve with the H's

The girls dressed and ready to head to Christmas Eve Mass. 

After mass we went to L&B's for Christmas. The kiddos were entertained by How the Grinch stole Christmas while everyone ate and until we started opening presents. 

Patiently waiting until it was her turn to open. 

After the kiddos got done, us adults played Rob Your Neighbor and we headed home just shortly before mid-night.

This was the first year in 10 years since Mr. C and I have been dating that we did not spend the night at his dad's house. This was an extremely hard tradition for us to break. Since my sis B&B got married my family has not had Christmas on Christmas Day, however the first year 2003 we were dating i broke my tradition of staying at my parents house and stayed with him at his dad's house. Mr. C's brother stopped staying the night about 5-6 years ago & Sissy stopped 2-3 years ago, so it has just been us. Well this year Mr. C decided that we would spend Christmas Eve at our house.

C Christmas

After the B Christmas the girls and I headed to my parents house for our C family Christmas. Mr C was sick so he stayed home. MJ, B & M'Rose didn't make it in for the weekend due to the weather so it ended up just being my parents, my sisters & B, my girls and my nephews at Christmas.

It was a little bit better than last year but i still didn't like out we didn't make everyone open one at a time and wait.

This year we decided to only get presents for our godchildren. So here is LFrog opening his present from us.

Lill Miss C opening some of her presents and Littlest C enjoying Grandma's lap. 

She was so sleepy and fighting a nap despite Grandma's best efforts to put her to sleep. 

We still kept our tradition of drawing names and Mr. C drew B's name and got him some throwing knives. 

Lil Miss C showing off her tools that she got from Grandma & Grandpa. 

B Christmas

This morning J&H came over and we had our Christmas with S&K & GpaJ. KBug & BeBop were with H's family for the weekend so that's why they weren't there.

Lil Miss C opening her present from GpaJ.

S&K opening their presents from us.

Mr. C opening his present from S&K. Mr. C ended up getting sick the night before and really wasn't feeling well.

GpaJ opening his present from us.

Although it was a very busy time with them, it is always great to spend time with them.

W's Xmas

We started our busy day with haircuts for the family. I then headed into work and Mr. C headed home to visit with S&K & GpaJ. They got to our house late last night and I didn't get to visit with them much because i wasn't feeling well and had to go to work. After I got home from work we visited an lilttle out our house and then headed to AK&UB's house for the W's Christmas. AK had trivia for us all to play and it was a lot of fun. Littlest C did well, but we didn't think to bring the pack-n-play so she was fighting going to sleep with all the commotion, so we called it a night around 10:00P.

Lil Miss C had a blast playing with her 2nd cousins.

S Holiday Party

Tonight was Sissy & D's annual holiday party. I was looking forward to a night out and visiting with family and friends. However I felt awful all day at work and felt sick all evening. We still went though and i enjoyed visiting but still we did not stay late and I made the best of the evening.

C Christmas & Birthday Brownies

Today started our Christmases with the C Christmas. Before heading to it, Lil Miss C wanted to celebrate my birthday by making cupcakes! I convinced her to just make brownies instead, after all its my birthday and brownies are way easier than cupcakes!

Birthday Dinner & a visit with Santa

Whew...what a day it has been. This afternoon we went out to dinner for Mr. C's & mine's birthday. We went to Red Lobster which was delicious but oh so expensive, we forgot our expensive it was but yummy none the less. After dinner we took the girls to see Santa at Bass Pro Shops and did some Christmas shopping as well. 

Lil Miss C and i stood in line for Santa while Mr. C and Littlest C got the shopping done. 

A lil selfie action before sitting on Santa's lap and telling him what she wanted for Christmas! 

What is nice about getting seeing Santa at Bass Pro is that they give you a professional 4x6 photo and you can snap your own. Although the line was long it was worth it and i think we will be making this a yearly tradition. 

Baby CB's arrival

Congrats to MB & JB on the arrival of CB! Mr. CB had a rough start into this world but he is a strong fighter just like his momma and pulled through. I got word from TH that MB's water had broke and that they were at the hospital on December 2. I was super excited because i was off that day to take Lil Miss to C to her 3 yr dr's apt and i was hopeful that i would be able to go and visit in the afternoon before picking up the girls. I still hadn't heard any news when i went to bed that evening. In the morning i checked my phone and found out that CB did arrive around 9:00P on December 2, i texted MB to tell her congrats and by mid-morning i still hadn't heard anything back from her. I started to get worried and did some checking and found out that there were some complications. She lost a lot of blood, he had to be suctioned out was in the special care nursery. Lots and lots of prayers were being said for this lil guy. We went and visited them at the hospital that evening, he was so tiny and so precious. He kept getting better lil by lil and by Friday they were able to come home. Today i was able to go out to their house and visit with them and hold him. I am so happy for them and that he is a strong lil boy!

MU SEC championship game

After a busy morning working a special event, my college's football team was playing in the championship game. We all enjoyed watching the game and cheering on our Tigers!! 

Although they didn't win, it has been a great season!

Lil Miss C's 3 Year Dr Apt

This morning we went to Lil Miss C's 3 year doctor's appointment. I was horrible because i thought they would still put things down in her book i didn't think to write down what her weight and height were. But the important thing is that the check up went well and our lil Miss C is gettin big.

Decoratin for Christmas

Typically i do this on the Friday evening after Thanskgiving but since we had Lil Miss C's birthday party, it waited until Sunday this year.

We got a new tree this year and it fits so much better in the space in our living room.

Lil Miss C was such a big helper and loved putting the ornaments on the tree. 

I only had to do a little rearranging when she wasn't watching. 

Daddy even had help putting the topper on the tree. 

We're all ready for the Christmas season now. 

Littlest C 7 months

Your biggest developments this month were sitting by yourself and mom got your ears pierced. 

Happy 7 Months, Mommy loves you bunches! 

Put on Your Ears It's Time for Cheers!

Lil Miss C is Turning 3! We hosted her party at 6:00P on her birthday at her clubhouse. We spent the day preparing for her party!

We started by the lasagna, salad and making cupcakes! Per her request.

After getting the cupcakes made, while they were cooling. We headed to Kroger to get her balloons blown up. Then once we got home it was lunch and time to decorate! 

During nap time, i was able to get to the food in the oven and the rest of the house ready and all set once the birthday girl woke up! 

CJ made her the tutu, not the best picture, but she only wore it for a lil while and then got to hot to wear it during the party! 

After dinner it was present time.

Listening so well while Daddy reads her the card. 

I didn't get pictures of the present table before hand, so this was the best that i could get. 

The tutu and invitation set out on the present table. 

Her present from mom and dad was this tent and we had BBop spend the night and they camped out in the living room. 

Happy 3rd Birthday Lil Miss C!

Mommy loves you bunches!!