SANTA CAME

SANTA CAME....We woke up Christmas morning to snow on the ground and since Aves slept in Austin we out and tried to build a snow man. I had to beg him to come in so we could do presents with Aves. I was so excited to see how Aves would react on her first Christmas. She did pretty good since she is still at the age inwhich she doesnt really understand. At times she would really try opening her presents then of course would get distracted with another toy. After we got done with our family presents we all got cleaned up since Papaw and Mimi were coming over for lunch. We did presents with them and then headed out towards Henderson to have Christmas with the Brooks family. Then on Saturday morning we headed over to Nana's (my moms) house in Tyler to have Christmas with her. Yes, we had a very busy Christmas weekend. It was all worth it and was so glad to be able to share Christmas with family.

Santa's bag...what else is in there?


My first set of girly blocks



What is this big presents???

Going towards the mouth!

I love my new cell!

She stuck the whole date ball in her mouth...so stinkin cute.

Oh, and yes she is sitting on the table at her Gaga and Papa

(Austin's parents)

Christmas at Nana's

Look..my very own house!

Look at me driving my car from papaw

The princess car

Papaw what did you get me???

A dooney and Burke oh you shouldnt have...Papaw so excited

Yes, she knows what to do with them. She loves purses

Getting ready for Santa

So we decided we would start the tradition now and put milk and cookies out for Santa even though Aves doesnt understand yet. She was more into eating Santa's cookies...thats my girl, loves her sweets!

Eating Santa's cookies

Yummy!

New York

Austin and I took our first trip without Aves to New York about a week ago. It was one of the hardest things for me to do.... to leave her but she was in good hands. (Nana and Gaga watched her.) We had such a great time....seeing a few plays, going to the Statue of Liberty, going to the immigration site, shopping and enjoying the fine dining of New York oh and we got to see lots of snow since we were there during the snow blizzard. I actually was scared we were not going to be able to get back since our flight out was the day after the storm hit, but some how we did.

Mary Poppins was such an awesome musical.

Our candy bag from FAO Schwertz

The tree in our "AWESOME" hotel....

Macy's window....

another window

We took this same picture 2 years ago in New York so we had to do it again!

Statue of Liberty feet...they are huge

The ear

Our cold ferry ride over to the Statue of Liberty

The snow storm....

We saw the Jersey Boys the night of the storm.

My old man....it was snowing so hard as we walked to the show

So fun...

The snow ball fight in Time Square...everyone acted as they knew one another.

Not a fan of Santa

We took Aves downtown Ft Worth to see Santa. She was happy and laughing while waiting in line and even up until I let her go into Santa's arms. Maybe next year we will have better luck visiting Santa.

Hmm, not so sure about this....



Not likin the beard....

Get me out of here....Santa looks scared too! ha

11 Months

It gets harder and harder to take these montly pictures!!

What is Aves up to this month....

-such a happy happy baby

-loves giving kisses and hugs

-walking (taking 2-5 steps then falling)

-eating more solid foods

-showing more of a temper

-12 month clothing for length but they fall off her waist