Annual Ornament Exchange

This year, my sweet friend Brittany Kuykendall, started an annual Ornament Exchange for us girls who have grown up together through the years. It was such a neat time for us to get back together over the years... especially with our new additions. Ü This was so much fun, I am already looking forward to next year and yes I have already purchased my ornament.

Christmas with the Hampton's

This year we made the trip to Pittsburg to celebrate the season with Shane's moms side of the family. There was lots of delicious food, fun card games, & wonderful fellowship. Boy, are they a crazy family!?

Dallas Trip

Miller made her second trip to the Big D. It was packed full of shopping and eating out. She was such a trooper. She even got to meet the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders on Saturday at their rehearsal. As Kelly, the director was playing with her I told her not to critique Miller's chubby cheeks... that she would eventually outgrow them. Mommie and Daddie took a picture with mommie's favorite cheerleader, Jordan Chanley. She is so sweet and loves the Lord. DeDe took Miller to the Gaddis' house while Shane and I went to the Cowboys/Giants game on Sunday night. Shane had such a good time... Megan came and got us right after halftime and took us to the Stadium Club which overlooks the entire field. We watched the rest of the game with all the high rollers in Dallas. Then she took us on the field after the game and we were able to see Romo and T.O. as they walked in the tunnel. Needless to say we got stuck in our parking spot after the game because traffic was so bad. Fortunately, Nastia Luikin was in a car next to us so I got out and took a picture with her. Nastia is the reigning Olympic Gold Medalist in the All Around Gymnastics. It was very nice of her to get out in the freezing cold to take a picture. The weekend was so much fun!

Miller meets Santa Claus

I took Miller to meet Santa Claus at our mall in Longview. She did so well. I just knew the minute I handed her over to him she was going to fall apart, but she didn't. She just snuggled right up to his soft white fur. I told him she wanted three things for Christmas... diapers, wipes, and formula. He told me he figured he could handle that. I told him she has been a very good girl this year considering she has only been here for 3 1/2 months. I can only hope next years trip to visit Santa goes that well. Ü

Miller's New Hat

One day last week Miller received a package in the mail from Jennifer and her girls. It was packed full of hair bows and a few hats with fur on them. Miller loves the pink one. We had been looking at different stores trying to find a hat or beanie to keep her head warm when we were out but all we could find was an Texas A&M one at Academy and Daddy exed that one very quickly. Too bad Uncie Cory wasn't with us because he would have purchased it for her.

Christmas Pictures

It has been so difficult trying to get a decent family picture for this year's Christmas Card. Fortuntely, my best friend Allison is a really good photographer, so she took our picture one night we were over having dinner. And that ended up being our Christmas card. We couldn't get Miller to look at the camera... she was watching "Polar Express" on the T.V. She is her father's child.