Christmas...

I'm so sorry I haven't updated lately. I just can't seem to get enough time to get the pictures off the camera, onto the computer, and then onto the blog. So here are some quick pics from around Christmas...

Emily's first time in the high chair - I thought she'd like sitting at the table with us...guess again...

Bundled up to walk to Grandmama's house...

Here is Emily in the morning before she woke up.

Christmas celebration #1 at Grandma Pat's and Grandpa Dick's house...

Christmas celebration #2 with Paw Paw and Great-Uncle Colby...

Our Elf on the Shelf - his name is Geoff...

Christmas celebration #3 was with Grandmama and Grandpa.

My Mom bought both girls tea sets and then Dave made them each a cabinet to go with it.

Christmas celebration #4 - Christmas morning at our house...

More to come...I have a couple of posts ready to go...just have to post them!! Check back soon!

After Christmas...

We were planning to head to the beach the day after Christmas...

This is what we woke up to...

Ivy loved sledding

Even the dogs liked the snow!

We headed down to Edisto Beach, SC the day after the snow. Here are a few pics from our beach trip..

The first few days of January...

We rang in the New Year while down at Edisto Beach...

Here's Ivy enjoying her New Years bubbly... It was just sparkling grape juice. She made it all the way to midnight. Then got up at like 7 that morning. :) Lovely....

Our last full day at Edisto, we ventured back to Botany Bay. Google it if you have time. It's a very cool place.

You have to walk like a half mile from the parking area to the actual beach.

Here are a few from our walk to the beach...

Ivy with Aunt Judy (left) and Aunt Sandy.

A self-timer picture of me and Ivy...

And of course we can't leave out a picture of Emily - she is finally getting a bald spot on the back of her head... Good thing she can wear hats since it is cold outside!!

What we've been doing...

Ivy at the park...

Ivy on top of the washing machine - she loves to help me start a load of laundry. She knows which buttons to push to get it going and then loves to lay on top of the machine and watch it spin around (hopefully she'll be this enthusiastic about laundry in 10 years!).

Out on the boat...

Tea party!! There are LOTS of tea parties going on around here...

Happy Baby!!

Playing in leaves...

Decorating the Christmas tree...

A quick back story - when I was growing up, my Mom started the tradition of buying a Hallmark ornament for us each year. She did it until we turned 21 - then it was time for our own tree and all of our ornaments helped us get started.

My Mom is continuing this tradition with my girls...

Here is Emily's first ornament...

Here is Ivy's ornament for this year. She was old enough to pick it out this year. Can you tell what she's really into right now?

Playtime while Mommy cooks...

Here's why I didn't take our Christmas pictures this year...

Ivy with Santa...

(Emily was asleep and I wasn't going to wake her up and then sit her on some stranger's lap - that would have been a disaster!).

More play time..

Catching up...

Wow! It's been like 3 weeks since I posted. Time is just flying by these days.

Here are a few of the pictures we had taken for our Christmas cards.

Ivy LOVES being in front of the camera - at least if we are at a photography place. Why won't she cooperate this much at home? And obviously, most of Emily's pictures look the same. She just can't do more than lay there. And since she can't see very far yet by the time the photographer got her to smile and he backed up to take the picture, she wasn't smiling any more. Anyway, here they are...