Christmas was better than I expected. Not anywhere near as chaotic as it usually is. The only down side is that I had a headache that didn't go away til 6pm and I didn't make it to church. Of all the days to miss! I made Cece a ballerina dress and it was SO adorable! Johnny is at that age where he wants to pick his own outfits so his Christmas outfit wasn't as dressy as normal. He wanted to wear a tie but his white dress shirt had something on it and he didn't have anything else to match. He's getting so much more independent. So is miss Cece. She hates to be fed. She loves her baby food but wants to do it herself. Sometimes I let her and can I just say, MESSY!
Johnny attempted to stay up on new years eve. He made it all the way to 10 which is a HUGE feat for him! He's usually out by 8:30. We went sledding when it snowed, and boy did it snow! Johnny, of course, loves it but Cece was not impressed. She liked the snow but didn't care for the sledding.
We had to give Tank away. We were all very heartbroken. Nick more so than anyone. He really loved that dog. The silver lining, my dad took him. And he said he's been great. NONE of the problems he was having before. He's such a good little dog and I'm glad he's somewhere he can be happy.
Johnny finally went back to school (hallelujah) and the same day, I had to take Cece to the doctor. She has a viral infection. On the plus side, she finally broke the 18lb mark! 18lb 5oz. I can't believe she's getting so big. I must say, it's strange to see her walking because she's still so petite and scrawny. Clara weighs in at 10lbs more than Cece and she's 2in taller. This is the same way Johnny was, so it's a change for me to have a little baby. Without further ado...
Me and the kids on the haunted hayride at the pond (I made apple cider muffins that were to die for!). We had some much fun pressing cider this year :)
Johnny and Jack at the SBPD Halloween celebration
Cece was baby Cinderella for the celebration
Cece and Clara just before Halloween. Clara is such a big girl. She towers over Cece!
We finally Put her crib up. No more bassinet for this girl! She loves it (except at bedtime)
Checking out her awesome bed
I love this super cheesy smile :D
Johnny had to take a picture
So I got one of him too LOL
Cece checking out daddy on Halloween. She was not impressed LOL
Hanging out with daddy with Bubba trick-or-treats
Johnny took daddy's mask because his was so big. (notice the baby eating the severed ham in the background! YUM!)
Johnny had a Jones soda for being so good at school one week and we always read what the cap says. This one said take a picture upside down. So we did :)
Johnny dressed as the Rainbow Warrior. This is what we call him anyway. One day he won't think this is funny but for now, I love that he's using his imagination!
Practicing his moves!
go johnny go
Cece loves being in our backyard. Plenty of space for her to crawl around.
We were testing the lights to see if they all worked. Johnny has always loved the lights. However, it was just one more thing that did not impress my daughter. I hope she's this unimpressed with boys later in life!
Christmas eve at my grandparents. Johnny was sneaking drinks of orange soda... That lip was a dead giveaway!
My poor baby woke up sick for the holidays. At least she still looked fabulous!
She's into everything. Oh joy...
Christmas morning! Note the outfit. He passed out the night before so early that he didn't even get his pajamas on.
She LOVES toy story just like her bubby. She got Jessie and he got Woody and Buzz
My kiddos in front of our tree
Woody ended up being her favorite toy and it wasn't even hers.
He just tore into it all!
Our first big snow! I let Johnny pull her around on the sled in the back yard. She showed absolutely no excitement. Maybe next year...
She did enjoy eating it tho.
My little goofballs :)
Sledding with aunt Mikki (who I forgot to get a pic of). She was a huge help to me this day.
When I was getting the tree pulled out for the trash, I noticed this guy. I'm assuming Johnny accidentally flung him at some point and he ended up like this. Either that or he's like the toy soldiers in Toy Story! LOL
My baby girl is 10 months old already. I think she looks more and more like her daddy. She's still a total daddy's girl. I love that :)
This little face. This is her "I'm going to cause you trouble" look. Lord help me.
He's getting to the point where he doesn't like her getting into his stuff anymore but they still have these moments too. When he lets her beat him up or poke his eyes LOL. He's such a good big brother. He's already asking for another baby. A boy this time. Oh Johnny. Lets wait a little while first.
This is a gift he got from Santa. It has a purple light and he was shining it on her finger. She loves this light.
HUGS :D
And lastly, johnny got a camera from my mom for Christmas. Just a starter one. But he's so used to mine that he didn't like his very much. It only held 15 2megapixels pics and the screen was very low resolution. So my mom gave him her old one too. Its a lot better and hes been having fun with it. Here are a couple of his pics...