Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Once again this post is over due. We enjoyed having Drew off from school for a few weeks. McNeill's first Christmas was so wonderful. Sorry for the picture overload!!

We first had Christmas at Ninny and PawPaw's. McNeill got to open her presents first and Tommy got jealous. It was so funny. You can tell how excited he was to get his Charlie Brown. McNeill was mesmerized by all the wrapping paper, boxes and gifts. I think she touched every gift in the room. It was such a blessing to get to visit with Ninny and PawPaw and all Drew's family.





We spent Christmas Eve Eve with Drew's parents and woke up for Santa the next morning with them. McNeill's favorite gift was her own Tico (Tico is Barry's siberian huskey). This morning I asked her where Tico was and she went and got him.



On Christmas Eve we did Santa with my family. Mom always cooks a great dinner! I wish I would have taken a picture of Kent's remote controlled shark I got him. It was hilarious! I took it to WalMart to get blown up and I got the craziest looks. Check it out... http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11562289&CAWELAID=882887841





After church on Sunday we went to Craig and Deneille's for breakfast. We watched a movie and napped that afternoon and then went back to my mom's for Christmas with the Tyler's and Dunn's that night.




We came back to Bham Christmas night to relax a little with just our family. We didn't get McNeill much for Christmas (thanks to the Axon's and our families!). Her gifts from us were an oversized stuffed animal, a chair from PB and the book Night Night Birmingham. I love how she is looking at her bunny in this picture!!



I wanted to try and get a picture of her in her Uggs (thanks Nana!). At first she hated them, she kept pulling them off and refused to stand up in them. Note the wet spot on her toe (she was trying to eat them). Her Uggs have finally grown on her and she will wear them. Thank goodness because she sure looks cute in them!!



As I was packing up the Christmas decorations I realized I never got a picture of Mc's stocking...love it!




Drew's birthday was the 27th. His family got us a night at Ross Bridge and dinner there. They came down to keep Mc while we went and stayed there. Below is a picture of her playing on her rocking sheep.



We loaded up to the beach with the Flatt's and Harris's for New Year's. It was such a nice, relaxing get away (they probably didn't feel that way with a crazy 10 month old getting into everything!). FYI- I was not abusive to my husband...it was our little girl who clawed him. McNeill was not a huge fan of the sand. Not sure if it was because the sand was a little cold or because she was disappointed in the way it tasted. Anyway, you can tell by the below pictures that she was not impressed. And, this was the first annual polar bear plunge for Drew and Blake.

9 months and play dates!

What a fun month this has been! McNeill is in a hilarious phase. Her little personality is starting to show and she is WILD! She is into everything, always making faces and is loud. She is sooooo much fun.




We had a play date on Friday with some of my friends from Auburn and their babies. Melanie was so sweet to cook brunch and have all of us over. I am so thankful for these girls and that we have stayed in touch since graduation. Mattie was 1 in September and Jackson will be 1 in January. I thought it would be funny to buy the babies antlers to wear during pictures. The babies didn't think it was too funny. They kept pulling them off and it really hurt Jackson's feelings that we put them on him. So funny! Missed you Stacy and Will!!

Sitting with Santa!

On Sunday afternoon we went to my cousin's house to see Santa. I had my work Christmas party Saturday night so McNeill had been in Arab with our parents. My parents brought her down Sunday after church. We had lunch at Flip and noticed McNeill felt a little warm. We checked her temperature once we got to my cousin's house and it was 102.7. Bless her! Needless to say she wasn't feeling very good while sitting in Santa's lap. You can tell by her eyes that she doesn't feel well. Hopefully that means Santa will be extra good to her this year!!










And finally a candy cane to make it all better!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Here are some pictures from Thanksgiving. We had lunch with Drew's family and dinner with mine. Her 9 month pictures and pictures with Santa are coming soon...

8 Months..

A lot has happened since my last post (and yes I know she'll be 9 months old next week). McNeill has had her second ear infection and I have had food poisoning. I promise I take pictures of her I just haven't had a chance to update the blog.

We kept James and Cate on the night of the AL/LSU game. We had a blast letting all the kiddos play together. We had three kids three and under. Cate turned 3 in July, James was just a few weeks shy of turning 2 and then McNeill.



McNeill has gotten so "busy" this month. She pulls up on everything. She got to a standing position by crawling her hands up the wall the other day. You can't turn your back on her for a second! She loves playing in her highchair with cheerios and measuring cups and spoons. She has also gotten very vocal this month...always babbling and hollering. She has the funniest little expressions.

October Fun!

I hope everyone had a Happy Halloween! My little pumpkin was sick on Halloween so we didn't do much. We had Trunk or Treat at church the week before and then attempted to get a picture of McNeill and Anna Scott. Anyone that has ever tried to photograph one kid, nevertheless two kids, knows how hard it is to get a good photo. Our endeavors were hilarious! Here are a few photos from our photo shoot and from Trunk or Treat.












And, this was from our play date last Friday. I love being off with her on Fridays! She has started making this funny face all the time. You can sort of see it in the pictures below. She wrinkles up her face and gives this goofy grin. Love her...