Mimi's Birthday

All of us were over the moon that Mimi and Diddy came out to celebrate her birthday.  We all had the best dinner across the street at the Mexican restaurant.  Then Mimi brought a cake and some trick candles and it was hysterical.  You can see Jackson is not too sure about the sparks and then he starts to get the joke ;)

Snow Days!!

We have had waaaaaaay too many snow days this past month! Hope its all done, after all...we do live in Georgia! I am happy with once a year, thank you very much :) We did however enjoy every minute of it! We played for hours and hours.  Glad we bought our sleds at the threat of another snow a while back.  Both kids lasted all day long thanks to their waterproof snow gear (including gloves)...its well worth the $$, plus I always buy out of season or we have hand me downs.  

Bailey's gymnastics/ballet class

Woops, has it been a month since my last post?!?! Well, Bailey started gymnastics & ballet just after the new year. She just LOVES it!! I knew she would. She is a my VERY outgoing little girl.  She is doing it with out neighbor who lives down the street, Allie.  They have a great time! 

Love our neighborhood

I just love our neighborhood. This isn't even all of their friends. At any given day we have so many kids to ask to play with us. All of the Mom's are great too-which is extremely hard to find! Feeling blessed. 

Christmas 2013

Finally getting around to writing about Christmas.  It was awesome.  Best yet! The kids are just at such an awesome age.  Jackson was VERY into Santa and what he was asking for...2 very specific things.  1. A Wii (I had to explain to him in order to get the game he wanted he needed this VERY expensive toy first! lol). 2. Skylanders.  We were nervous how he would do playing it, well...he has already beat the game...seriously...he won the game.  Its amazing how good he is with games.  Thankfully he still likes other things and has such an imagination, but he is a gamer for sure.  We limit him on his time with it and luckily he loves it so much he will do just about anything not to have it taken away. ha! 

 Bailey asked Santa for 3 things.  1. Barbie  2.  Kitty Cats (hello kitty toys)  3. Dress up outfits.  Bailey would be happy with a piece of paper this year.  She wanted everything in the toy store! ha!

 I know John will kill me, b/c these are pre-shower on Christmas morning, but they capture such sweet moments.

I LOVE watching John play barbies, its hysterical.  At least he now has a male barbie he can be! ;)

 Bailey waiting patiently as Uncle Stephen opens a present for her.

 My Mom gave her a Baby Alive and it was such a cute doll...she loves it!

 Since it was still Christmas day, John sweetly brought our computer screen and Wii and hooked it up at my Moms house so he could play. 

 Cousins :)

Helping Opa open presents!  

Christmas in PA

We went to Philly for Christmas this year and had a great time.  This was Bailey's 1st plane ride and Jackson's 3rd (but 1st he remembers). They did awesome.  Jackson was obsessed with looking out the window the whole time and Bailey thought we were in the clouds when we got on the plane...lol.   

 By the time we got home Jackson had decided he wanted to be a pilot!

Luckily we got to see one day of snow before it all melted.  The kids had so much fun and lasted a lot longer than I thought they would.

My Aunt Beth and Uncle Cal came over to visit us too :)

We went on a train ride with Santa with some of my cousins and their kids and some of my Aunts too. Eric and Jackson get along great and Jackson loves him so much!

Jackson and Bailey did great telling Santa what they wanted.  Luckily this Mama coached reminded them every time with exactly what they wanted from Santa.  Jackson asked for a Wii and Skylanders game. Bailey asked for dress up clothes, barbies, and kitty cats (hello kitty stuff).

These are the Great Grandchildren and the oldest is actually my cousin Eric.  Its hard to remember he is not my nephew, but my cousin :)

After the train ride we surprised my Grandmom with a lunch with the whole family for her 85th birthday.  She was shocked and loved it!

Here is our contribution to the Ostien family :)

We are missing 3 here in this picture.  Pretty neat what just 2 people created.  We are lucky to have each other.

The flight home was LONG and finally Bailey fell sleep.  The kids really did fabulous on the plane, I couldn't have asked for better behaved kids.  It was a quick, but great trip!