Saying good-bye to 2011

And... welcoming 2012!

I realized that I don't do resolutions.  For me, it's just setting myself up for failure. Sure I can attest to setting mini goals but to actually call it a resolution, nope. I do however, love looking back over the year and being so thankful for all that we have been given.  Good health, jobs that provide for our family and amazing family and friends supporting us throughout the journey. 

To our family and friends, near and far, we wish many blessings in the coming new year!
xo,
Mrs.W

Celebrating Christmas~ Part 3

We spent Christmas day with the W side of the family.  It was bittersweet this year as Andy's grandpa couldn't be with us (physically), but we know he was with us in spirit.  We enjoyed the day watching the kids play and catching up with each other. 

And in true customary Christmas fashion, I ate my weight in sweets.  Oh I know, you're all SO surprised. :)

It was the perfect ending to the Christmas holiday.

Peanut playing with Great Grandma~

Meeting Great Grandma's new puppy~

Playing a tribute to Great Grandpa~

xo

Celebrating Christmas~ Part 2

We had the perfect Christmas eve night and Christmas morning as our lil family of 3. We watched White Christmas, It's a Wonderful Life and... peanut prepared for Santa's arrival.

Writing a letter to Santa with daddy~

Laying out cookies for Santa...
Okay laying out cookies a couple times since 'someone who shall remain nameless but is a cute little toddler' kept sneaking off to eat said cookies...~

Adding milk for Santa~
Hmmm.... someone stalling before bedtime?

Christmas morning~2011

Santa came! And he brought presents~

Merry Christmas from the Wallace's! Hope everyone had a blessed day~

Celebrating Christmas

We celebrated Christmas up north yesterday~  Peanut got to see G&G K., her Aunt's and Uncle's and cousins. We even had a sweet visit to see Great Gramma W. at the nursing home. Even though she can't speak, I could see it in her eyes and her smile- she knew who we were and was so happy that we came to visit.

As always, we had the tastiest food/drinks and enjoyed the best company!  We are so thankful for our family and friends and the time we get to spend together.  Merry Christmas!


Let's roll...

Let's stroll...

Happy girls!

Group shot:

It wouldn't be Christmas without mama's 'percolator punch' and loads of Christmas goodies!

Wordless Wednesday~ All clean!

Grandma's Love

"A Grandma is a mom with extra frosting."

~Unknown

Peanut loves her 'Bina's!'

Weekend Recap

Sometimes I'm in the mood for a whirlwind weekend... and that's exactly what we got last weekend!

Friday night:

Christmas with the Stinson's!  Drew, Adrian and Jules were in town so we knew we had to get the girls together to exchange their Christmas gifts.  Reagan was ecstatic to see Jules and loved her new back pack and books!  It was great to catch up and so cute to watch Reagan and Jules play together. 

After peanut went to bed the guys were on babysitting duty.  Nette and I headed to New Year's Eve! A cute movie but heavy on the cheese. My vote- skip the theater experience and rent it on DVD. It was great to hang with my girl though~ thanks Nette!  Mama needed her girl time!

Saturday:

After some last minute Christmas shopping, a hair appt. and a birthday party for Reagan's bestie Karly, Andy and I had a date night planned for his work Christmas party.  Thanks to Uncle Scotty, Aunt B, Buddy and Sissy for watching peanut for us. (Of course she had a blast and wasn't ready to come home) 

Andy and I also enjoyed our date night with our good friends Lisa and Justin! 

Sunday:

Peanut's first movie!!  We headed to the Muppet's with our dear friends Jen and Jackson.  I wasn't quite sure what to expect but Reagan acted like a pro.  She snuggled right in and kept asking through preview after preview, 'Where are the Muppet's?' 

About half way through, she got a little antsy but made it until 5 minutes before the ending.  She was over it and no amount of Muppet Love could settle her. So... we ended up watching the ending near the door but it was okay. She made it further than I expected and she loved it!  I see more movies in our future.

Hope everyone had a great weekend! xo