Livigrows: December 2014

Monday, December 29, 2014

Christmas Time

Olivia got out of school on December 19th and we headed to East TN. I was helping host a baby shower for my friend Jane Anne the next day:

Paige was especially into presents this year! On Christmas Eve, we started at Pal's:

Then headed to Dad and Tammie's, where we played a few games that the kids (and adults!) enjoyed:

Christmas isn't complete until you visit with a chicken:

We headed to Papaw's for more food and gifts:

Paige got hot and took her shirt off (ha!). Picture with Papaw:

With Mary Lee:

With Granny:

With Lilo:

Brett and Rachel with Maggie, Aubrey and Aiden. Precious family:

Our attempt at a family picture (courtesy of Aubrey):

We headed to Mamaw and Papaw's for the night. Olivia was doubly excited, because not only was Santa coming; so was the Tooth Fairy:

I found an app on my phone that inserts Santa into a picture:

Olivia was skeptical, Paige was amazed!

We had another great meal at Mamaw's, then more presents:

Are our kids lucky, or what? So many sweet friends and family showered us with love and gifts, thank you so much!

We did have a few visits from Santa:

And made a gingerbread house:

We celebrated Pal's birthday at his favorite restaurant, followed by cake at Brett and Rachel's:

If you're at our house anytime soon, expect to be serenaded:

Monday, December 15, 2014

Dear Paige,

Yesterday you turned two years old! You celebrated earlier this week by bringing cookies to your Mother's Day Out class. I wanted to take a picture of you before school in your birthday shirt. You stood still when I asked, but that's about it:

It wasn't much better at school:

Oh, well. You were very excited after school, because they sang Happy Birthday to you. You asked me to sing "Happy" to you at least 10 times that day.

We spent your birthday as a family, fought the Christmas traffic and headed to downtown Franklin for A Dickens Christmas. This is something that happens every year, where actors dress up like characters from Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol. There are food and craft vendors, dancing, and music. You and Olivia both loved it!

There was even a snow machine:

We then headed home for cake and presents!

You were very interested in both cake and presents:

Day was happy to help:

We went to your 2 year well visit today. You posed in front of the mirror:

And posed with Mommy:

2 year stats: 32.5 inches (10th percentile) and 22.6 pounds (20th percentile). You are only 1/4 inch taller and 2 pounds heavier than Olivia at 2 years. We apparently make small babies. :)

You are a little diva:

Along with "your" words, you've also started adding a "y" to verbs. Example: "washy my hands," "brushy my teeth/hair," "petty the cat," watchy a show," "eaty my snack," "lovey my baby," etc. It's comical! Words we never thought you could add a "y," you figure it out.

We also made cinnamon applesauce ornaments this weekend. They smell good, but you weren't too impressed and looked at Olivia and I like we were crazy for putting our hands in the dough. We quickly figured out why when you called it "poop:"