Happy Birthday Bella!!!!!!

This is my sweet puppy when I first got her! And today is her birthday - she is 1 year old! I cannot believe it! Here are some pictures of her that I just love! I know they are probably boring for most of you to look at but i love them so oh well! :-) Look how much she has changed!!!

I love my pup so much!


I have lots more to blog about - I will eventually get around to it so stay posted!

Bella says.....

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The 5 days til Christmas Party

Here is Heather and I at our party! Us and my friend Cara threw a Christmas party on Saturday! It was supposed to be a tacky Christmas party but not everyone participated. We had some good outfits though! Check out the boys in the background of this picture!! haha! Enjoy a few other pictures from the party.

This is my sister Natalie. I was excited that she came. We left early the next morning to come to Kentucky!

Cara and I in front of my Christmas tree!

This is me and Betsy, my new roommate!

Betsy and Bella! Notice that Bella also participated in wearing a tacky Christmas sweater!!!

Chuck and his outfit. I think it is hilarious! One of his favorite songs came on so he got up on the couch and sang. Several others followed him after!! haha.

Natalie teaching Heather some Ballet moves.

And the night ended with Natalie putting on a dance concert for all our friends! BWAHAHA.

John visiting Santa!

John went to visit Santa with his parents last night at the Chick Fil A. He really loved Santa a lot! Can't you tell?

Christmas Tag!!!!!!

Emily tagged me for this! I am so excited because I love being tagged AND it is a Christmas one. Hooray! Thanks Emily!

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? I prefer to wrap them because I love wrapping paper! But sometimes bags are just easier!

Real tree or Artificial? Definitely a real tree. I think I will always have a real tree. When my parents switched to a fake tree, I was so sad about it. I secretly cried about it in my room. I don't mind the needles and everything. Real trees are just wonderful. I do not judge those who have a fake tree though! :-)

3. When do you put up the tree? The sunday after Thanksgiving. That is how I have done it for the last 4 years. Whenever I have my own house though I will put it up before Thanksgiving!

4. When do you take the tree down? like 2 weeks after Christmas. Maybe 3 or 4. I like to have it up for New Years still. When Laura and I lived together we kept it up for like 2 or 3 months after Christmas. It was quite funny! My neighbors below me now keep theirs up year round!

5. Do you like eggnog? Yes, LOVE it!!!!!

6. Favorite gift received as a child? I dont know... maybe my American Girl dolls. Nothing it popping into my head right now.

7. Hardest person to buy for? My dad I guess. His gifts from me have been golf balls, cigars, maker's mark and shirts. I just go through each one for birthday, christmas and father's day and then start over again. I used to buy him suduko but then he got like 46736842847 books so I think he has enough for a lifetime. Also it's really hard for me to buy gifts for catherine bush!

8. Easiest person to buy for? I always see stuff that I could buy for my mom or my friend Ashley.

9. Do you have a nativity scene? NO but I really want one!!

10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Christmas cards!

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? hmmmmm? I appreciate all gifts

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Elf, It's a Wonderful Life, Home Alone

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Usually the end of November. I try so hard to shop before but I just have no idea what to get anyone. I went the the Junior League Shopping Spree this year and didn't buy anything because I just couldn't think.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? Yes I have. haha.

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Peppermint ice cream!!!!!!!!!!!

16. Lights on the tree? white lights only. I love white lights on a christmas tree. It makes my list of top 20 favorite things in life.

17. Favorite Christmas song? Hark the Herald Angels Sing.... there is another one that I LOVE singing in church on Christmas but I can't think of what it is right now.

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? I prefer to stay at home but I have family everywhere else. I am travelling this year.

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? of course. dasher, dancer, prancer, vixin, comet, cupid, donner, blixen, rudolph..... wahoo!

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star but I love angels so I wouldn't mind having a pretty one.

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? I always get to open on present on Christmas eve and the rest in the morning!

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? crowded stores and traffic AND people who mix white lights with colored lights. no offense to anyone but it's kinda tacky!!!!!!!!!

23. Favorite ornament theme or color? I love angel ornaments. My theme for my tree is mainly red and gold!!!

24. Favorite Christmas dinner? I don't know. I don't think I really ever pay much attention to Christmas dinner.

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? lots of things which I will not be getting.

I AM TAGGING: anyone who wants to do it!!!

Welcome Baby Thibault!!!

My good friend, Chelsea, gave birth to her son this morning!! His name is Thibault (pronounced 'Tee-bo') Georges Marie Le Chatelier! Thibault is a very common name in France. He weighed 9 lbs 15 oz. The most amazing thing of all is that Chelsea delivered him with NO EPIDURAL!!! (This was not by choice). Anyway welcome to the world Thibault! Congratulations to Chelsea, Arnaud and sweet Eva.

I went to see her in the hospital after I got off of work today. This is the proud mommy and her new son!!

Thibault and I!

Close up.... aww he is so cute!!!!

I heart the Brown Boys!!

Yes, I did make them sit in front of the tree but isn't this picture super cute? Camden has the best smile!!!!

I babysat the Brown boys again this past Friday night so Ashley and David could go on a date! I absolutely love being with both of these boys. We made homemade pizza, watched Frosty the Snowman and played in Camden's room. After Camden went to bed, Anderson and I got a solid 2 hours of cuddle time on the couch!!

He is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute!

Close up of Mr. Anderson

playing in Camden's room

I love you Camden and Anderson!!!

DOLLYWOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When I was in Tennessee, I got to go to Dollywood. I was so extremely excited to go. When I was little my family and I used to go to Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. I have always wanted to go to to Dollywood. I would always pick up the brochures for Dollywood at rest stops and what not. I would study those things forever. So I finally got to go and it was great...... plus I got in for free since my family has season passes! woohoo! It was absolutely beautiful there. It was decorated for Christmas and at night there were so many lights!!! I got to ride 3 fun rollercoasters and a few other rides. We also did a little shopping, ate some yummy bbq and walked around.

This is me and my cousin Jordan.

My mom and Jordan on the carosel.

My aunt Bianca and Uncle Shannon

Most of the pictures I took of the lights didn't turn out but this one did! Everything was like this!

Thanksgiving

I spent Thanksgiving in Tennessee this year with my mom's family. I was at my aunt Bianca's house. I had such a great time. Above is me and my cousin Jordan!

Me and my cousin Josie!

The "Kid" table. We had such yummy food. I personally made my macaroni and cheese as well as my dad's cranberry sauce!

Adult table

My cousins Jordan and Eli.

Tyler (my cousin Josie's son) and Bella. Tyler absolutely loved Bella and did a good job of wearing her out. And speaking of Bella, she was SOOOO good on the trip! For some reason she decided not to bark at all while we were there and I have to say that it was quite nice.

My cousin Alison being silly and I.

Josie and I in the car!

My cousin Jason and his girlfriend, Megan - so cute!

Cousin picture - except we are missing Natalie, Alison and Matthew.

Me and sweet Tyler.

Camden is 4!! what?

I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT CAMDEN IS 4 YEARS OLD!!!! I think this is a super cute picture of him! He had a surprise birthday party at Chick-Fil-A. He has so many people that love him so much and I am definitely one of them! We all ate dinner, then he had cupcakes, opened presents and got to play on the playground.

I still cannot believe he is so old. For those of you who don't know, Camden is one of my best friend's son. It seems like yesterday he was just learning how to walk. Anyway, I am excited that I got to celebrate his birthday with him this year!

PLAYGROUP

This was nearly two weeks ago but I still wanted to post about it. Several of my friends and I started an official playgroup! Of course, I am the only person in it who is NOT a mom but that is okay! Above are the babies in the group: Grace Elizabeth, Anderson and Levi. There will be a new one any day now (Chelsea's baby).

Mecaden (Emily's daughter) and John playing together!

Laura with Mecaden and Grace Elizabeth!