Monday, January 2, 2012

Christmas & New Years Eve 2011

What an exciting, special Christmas this was for our sweet family! Last year Jonathan and I spent our Christmas in the NICU visiting Cecilia. She was 16 days old on Christmas day last year. Oh, what a difference a year makes!! Below is a picture from Christmas day last year. The nurses glued a red bow to her head. My precious girl!! She's a little fighter, that's for sure.


This year, we celebrated with my family a few days before in Gulfport. We celebrated Christmas and my little brother Jules' birthday (Christmas Eve baby). Then, we spent Christmas morning at our home watching Cecilia in amazement, followed by a Christmas service with Jonathan's family at their church, lunch and opening gifts at their home. The Tuesday after Christmas, we went to the family fish camp, Lagniappe, in Bay St. Louis to spend a few days with Jonathan's extended family. It was a busy week but oh so fun!!

Then there's New Years Eve. How your idea of what is fun changes!! New Years Eve Eve we had a low-key adult dinner at our favorite restaurant in Hattiesburg with two other couples, then on New Years Eve we had one of those couples over to our house for dinner. We were definitely sleeping at midnight.;)

Pics from Christmas day:

Rise and shine, Mommy & Daddy!! I'm ready!

At our house, tearing into her gifts from Santa

At Maama & Papa's house after church

Wishing Baxter a Merry Christmas. She asked her Daddy for a puppy, but he hasn't given in yet.

The Girls

Playing around with Uncle Josh

I love my new wagon!! Thanks, Maama & Papa! Now Baxter and I can cruise the neighborhood!!

Opening gifts is exhausting!!

Pics from Lagniappe:

The Girls

Grandchildren and one great!!

The Duhons

She can't get enough of Aunt Sarah!! CAN'T!! Thank goodness Sarah has some time off from medical school for the holidays. Mommy has commissioned her for some babysitting!!

Loving her wagon

Maama & Papa

Leah, Jonathan & Sarah

Another exhausting day of opening gifts!!

Three Generations

Aunt Leah & Uncle Josh

Getting clean after a long day

Pics from New Years Eve:

Waiting on her playdate to arrive!!

Cecilia and her New Years Eve playdate, Ella Hartel!! We can't wait to take these two on vacation!! Her Mom, Maurie, and I both stay at home with our babies, so there are many more playdates in their future.

Cuties!!

Of course, Cecilia found Mrs. Maurie's iphone on the floor and would not give it back!! All the toys and those babies always find what they aren't supposed to have.

Take this off!!

Maurie and I tried!!

I'd rather eat mine!!

Nummy!!

We told her that her playdate had to leave for bedtime, and this is what we got!! Her "OH NO" face!!

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