It's almost sad...

...how long it's taken me to download Christmas pictures and post them. Okay, not almost. It is sad. Here's my 2nd to last post on Christmas. Seriously. I'm pretty sure.
Grandmama and Charis. She's in her nineties!!

Charis's new toothbrush. She loves to brush those teeth!

Keex showing Atalie how to ride her horsie.

We were making faces, and this was a genuine happy face. Usually I get that goofy squinty eye thing.

This was in response to "Charis, look at the camera!"

Merry Christmas, Major!

Ta-Da! Charis's Cinderella castle!

11 months is a hard age for presents, I think. She was thrilled though. Especially with the paper and the boxes. "Let's see how many inanimate objects I can eat" is her favorite game.

Opening...

Hunt Club Farm!

Daddy's girls!

Matching baby blue eyes!

Being goofy together

Atalie and her auntie!



Hands in her pockets...she looks so grown!

Kisses for the sis...

That turned into this! Doesn't it look like she's trying to off her sister? This is how she "gently" grabbed her sister to kiss her to kiss her for the second time.

Getting the girls bundled! Charis was REALLY excited.

This house was allllll lit up!

Touring the neighborhood, looking for lights!

All lit up! I came home one day and Bri had surprised me by hanging up the lights! YAY!

No, our yard isn't on fire. That's my lack of camera skills at work. :)

Church, in her Christmas duds, with Uncle Jason

In her Christmas fancy.

Atalie is 1!!!

Atalie turned one last week and we had a little celebration for her at the house. She's 23.5 pounds now! She's now walking all over the place. She always has a bruise on her face from falling...mostly in her crib. She's not afraid to fall or take some chances. When she was learning to walk she would just let go and free fall. If she was my first I probably would have freaked. She officially has 4 teeth that all came in this month. She's a big eater and pretty adventurous in her eating. She's eaten (and liked) salmon, tilapia, lasagna, southwest beef stew, tomato basil soup, and more. She pretty much will eat whatever we are having for dinner. She loves kid food, too, like macaroni and cheese, chicken nuggets, and squeals in excitement when she sees a hot dog. Her favorite person in the world is her Bean right now. She prefers her over me!

We had a great time...the kids played, we ate subs and cupcakes, and then Atalie got to open presents. Actually, I think I opened them. She had no idea what to do. :)

This was her first (and maybe only) bite of the cupcake. She was not a fan. Most of it ended up in her ear and on her hands.

The kiddos played in Charis's room.

Later she opened up the gift from the family. She'd figured out what to do. That is, if "what to do" is pull off some paper and try to eat it. Close enough.

Lights at the Boardwalk

This will be the first year that we as a family have driven to the Boardwalk to see the lights! Every year they close off the boardwalk at night and have a huge lights display. You spend some of the time with the windows down, so we bundled the girls up and headed out!

Atalie didn't really get to enjoy it much, being rear facing and kind of low in the seat. She was mostly entertained by Charis and me.As you can see, she got reeeally sleepy.

Brian chauffeured us. :)

Charis loved it...she's a Christmas light fanatic. She actually cried this year when she realized we'd have to take down the lights.