Deck the Halls!

If you know me, you know I love Christmas decorations. This year, I have put up 3 trees, deocrated the ficus in the kitchen, put out the Christmas village & decked out the mantle! So, that being said, I figured I had to deck out the blog as well! I found the link thanks to Nancy - hope y'all enjoy it! Of course I had to take a pic of the Lil man by the miscellaneous tree in the den... Tis the season!

Happy Bday Hubby!

Food, fun , fellowship & leftover turkey for Dave's 41st! Dave, Ike (bkg) - John, Stev & Coach (front)

Did you EVER think you'd see the day?

That my wine rack would be replaced with Puffs?!?!
Of course, please don't worry too much, there's always a stash somewhere - probably closest to the opener ;)

The Man in the Red Suit

Lil man got to see one of Santa's helpers this weekend & he was not to crazy about it. At least he's not screaming in the pic though ;)

Finally, Halloween

Grandma Mell finally sent us the Halloween pics (my camera died - previous post) - Lil Man was Pooh bear as a Honey Bee - I was thinking I've gotta dress him cute while I can before he ends up wanting to be some super hero or something gory... enjoy in the innocence now (note his bum paw - now better)...

All You Need is LoVe

Auntie Lauren knows what a Beatles fan Mommy is, so she, Uncle Russell & Ava got the me my 1st rockin' Beatles tee for my bday - it just now fits & I'm stylin' :D

The Lady Liberty & me

I'm back - & I'm REALLY proud of myself. I don't know if I've mentioned it, but NYC REALLY intimidates me - mostly when I'm by myself... but last night, I MADE myself go to Times Sq to the half price TIX booth & got tix to 'Chicago', walked 2 blocks to find the theater & had an hour to spare, so I went into a nearby restaurant & ordered bruschetta & a glass of pinot noir, relaxed & wrote my postcards. Then, I went to the show (great, but it was surprisingly old school) & then hailed a cab home!
This am, I took a cab to Battery park to have breakfast with Lady Liberty - a bagel & Diet Coke just chilling on the pier looking out at the old broad & thinking about all she symbolizes to our country. I, then cabbed it back to ABC carpets, well known in the textile industry, for some inspiration. Stopped by the local Milli office & then caught a cab to the airport!
AND, speaking of the air - as we were coming into the ATL, we made a SHARP right, then a SHARP left (I'm talking bodies leaning) & then went STRAIGHT UP! Um, can you say unnerving? & it's not that I don't talk to my maker on every take-off & landing, but I was doing DOUBLE time! The pilots had 'missed' the route & had to re-route - it turned out well, obvouisly, but JEEZ! I made a land-speed record back to LG to pick-up Trae at daycare & just breathe him in!

Soccer Sissy

Lil man doesn't get to see his sister very often, so we get very excited to get pics in the mail! He has actually started to say 'Sissy!' when we show him pictures...

She tried golf & wasn't crazy about it, but really is taken with soccer!

My 1st baby

Can I say that I've had some SERIOUS mommy guilt this week - 1st the Lil man dislocates his elbow (see previous post) & then my sweet Jackie D gets banned from the house due to a flea attack once the heat was turned on (there may even be some biblical infestation reference here) - but in the big scheme of things (& some higher plan), I have to remind myself that this is just a blip on the chart... Here is the sweet girl with her mama, right before Lil man arrived:

Hallow's Past

Of all times for my camera to die - it was on Halloween this year! So, until mom sends me the pics from her camera, here is a flashback to last year when Shrek was almost 4 months old:

He was quite the lil orge: