Haircut (again)

Somebody got a buzz haircut! Treyson has been blessed with Jerry's thick, coarse, wavy hair. It was growing out (again), and Jerry just suggested that we just do a really short haircut. So we pulled out the clippers and buzzed away. He was great! Sat really still, but I think started getting itchy due to all of the hair on his back! I think we'll be investing in a kid-sized cover-up. Anyhow, here was the little guy this evening showing off by rolling around in our bedroom. But at least you can see the short hair.

Driving Mr. Treyson

The title is pretty self explanatory. This video is from the 26 of December. MaMa and PaPa drove up to our house to see all of our new toys. We bundled up to watch the kids drive their new Gator. We figured out that Anniston and Treyson are very content driving in circles, we don't have to chase, and nothing gets crashed (yet).

The Lord's Prayer and Ramblings about our sweet little girl!

So, we have a nightly ritual of kneeling next to Anniston's bedside and saying "God Bless" (we keep this list to a minimum by doing only immediate family--us, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and great-grandparents; otherwise, we could spend 20 minutes just on Jerry's side of the family!!), night-time prayer (...."now I lay me down to sleep...."), and then hugs and kisses.

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I told Jerry last week that as I was growing up we all gathered at our bedsides and said the Lord's Prayer, and that I really wanted to start incorporating that into our routine now that Anniston's a little bit older. So for the past week, Jerry and I will say the prayer together while Anniston listens in. The past 3 nights, Anniston has been trying to say the prayer with us, and she's getting really good at it.

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In sweet little Anniston fashion (seriously, she is such a kind-hearted little girl), she wanted to say her own "Lord's prayer" after trying to say the real "Lord's prayer". The first night, it involved a bear, a witch (from the book "Dora saves the Snow Princess"), and Jesus of course. The second night, it still had a bear, no witch, but it did have part of "Deck the Halls" christmas carol. So for your enjoyment, I snuck in my new Flip Video (yes I got my own for Christmas!!!--thank you MaMa and PaPa!!) so that you could hear Anniston's prayer. No clue about the mouse part....maybe she read the book "If you give a mouse a cookie" today at the babysitter's house??

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There is no picture, just sound. We have the hall light on, but I was trying to hide the Flip Video, so I wasn't able to get it positioned to see her. Had she seen it, she would have gotten really silly with her prayer (although it is a little silly anyway!)

Anniston,

Mommy and Dadoo are SOOOO in love with you. You melt our hearts daily. We love how you randomly walk up to us, squeeze us, and say "Oh, I just love you so much!" We love how you use big girl words "Actually Mommy, it's over there", or "I don't quite think so", or "Probably that's a good choice". You sound SO BIG to us!! You have such a caring heart. You try so hard to love on Treyson. Sometimes he loves it, sometimes not so much! You always try to put your arm around him, and if he's doing something that you know isn't the right choice, you physically try and move him away from whatever it is....such a little Mommy and such a rule follower! You love to tell us that you're getting really big and tall, and when Mommy and Dadoo pretend to act really sad about that, you will say, "Don't worry, I'll always be your baby girl". I just get teary eyed thinking about it. You love to help wake Treyson up in the mornings and sing him the "wake up song" (Good morning to you, good morning to you, good morning sweet Treyson, good morning to you!). When Treyson jabbers at you, you act all grown-up and say, "Oh, yeah Buddy? That's right"....so cute! You love to snuggle with us, especially if the TV is on. Mommy and Dadoo don't let you watch very much TV, so you will walk in and tell Dadoo that football is your favorite show and that you want to snuggle with him and watch your favorite show...Dadoo falls for it EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.!!!

You. Are. Precious! We love you more than you will ever know. Love, Mommy and Dadoo

Christmas at Nanny and PawPaw's!

We celebrated Christmas with Jerry's parents last weekend while Mark, Tracey, Kinley, and Will were in town. It was such a fun weekend! The weather was nice enough for us to get to go to Creekmore and ride the train. Mark took the picture. Anniston was with PawPaw in the back, and Will was sitting in Tracey's arms (they were there, we promise!).

Anniston, Kinley, and the candy cane posing before getting on the train!

This is MY christmas present that Jerry decided to model!

Will was really into this little steering wheel that made all sorts of noises and had lots of buttons to push. Isn't he just a doll? The only time I heard him cry was in the car as he got strapped into his carseat. He is just so sweet and easy-going. And smiles at the drop of a hat!

Here was Treyson's big present from Nanny and pawPaw. This is the souped up 2009 model of the Flinstone cars that we had as kids. It came with a hard hat, tool box with tools, and little truck bed to haul things in. Treyson LOVED it!! He was cracking us up because he WILL NOT get into it on the side where the door swings open. No, he actually walks around to the side where the door is molded shut and climbs up and over and into the seat....sometimes his feet land down, sometimes not (he does not like it when his head is stuck between the steering wheel and seat!). We figure he'll learn eventually. But he's a boy, and has to figure it out the hard way!

Kinley and Anniston got matching jammies and even their dolls got the coordinating jammie dresses too! Isn't that cute?

Here they all are checking out their goodies that Santa left them!
Nanny and PawPaw,

Thank you for such a wonderful weekend at your house. As always, the food was wonderful, and the company was even better! It is so much fun watching those girls be so girly together, and we can't wait for Will and Treyson to play together like that next year.....watch out girls!!

Thank you for everything! We love you!

Anniston's Christmas Program

Anniston's Christmas program was held at her school the Friday before Christmas. It was such a cute program, and Anniston really did sing her little heart out. I had told her on Friday afternoon that Nanny, PawPaw, MaMa, and PaPa were all coming to hear her sing, so she really needed to sing loud. There was no doubt that she sang so we could all hear. We had several comments afterwards by several parents as to what a good, loud singer she was! haha

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Here she is with her schoolmates singing "Away in a Manger"

During their rendition of the "Twelve Days of Christmas", Anniston was a "drummer drumming"
and a "maid-a-milking"

Here's Anniston's fan club! Nanny and PawPaw R

.....and MaMa and PaPa!

And did we get a picture with Mommy and Dadoo? Of course not! Somehow, I never think of that until it's over!

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Here's Anniston with Baylor. He has declared Anniston his girlfriend, and even gave her a Christmas present! We ask Anniston who her boyfriend is, and she tells us either Dadoo or Treyson (the answer varies). But I will say that she gets very upset if Baylor is hanging out with other girls and not her (that happened one day, and she told me that she cried because Baylor was being friends with Cadence).

Anniston, we are so proud of you! You are such a sweet and thoughtful little girl. You were so proud of yourself after your program. You sang so well, and did all of your motions just like you had practiced. We love you so much!

White Christmas!

We were out this morning enjoying our rare glimpse of snow here in Arkansas! It was FREEZING because of the wind that was blowing. Treyson was getting very irritated if he walked into the snow and it went up and over his feet. Other than that, he just ran circles and squealed! Anniston and Dadoo were having snowball fights (I'm pretty sure Dadoo won), and fortunately Mommy didn't get dragged into it! At one point, Anniston was thinking she needed to cry because the wind was blowing snow into her eyes. Once I told her that snow was just water on her eyes, she gave up on the whining act and decided to play some more. After about 10 minutes we came back in and ate some soup to help us warm up.

The sun is out, so I'm sure that we won't have snow for much longer. As soon as the kiddos wake up from naptime, we'll try to sqeeze more snow time in!

Merry Christmas!

Our kiddos got a John Deere Gator for Christmas from Santa! The kids ran into the living room this morning, and Anniston ran straight to her stocking seeming to not even realize this enormous green vehicle sitting in the living room. Treyson, however, ran straight to the Gator and hopped up onto the seat! Once we got through all of the stocking stuffers and toys that Santa left, we tested out this Gator in the house (since there's lots of snow outside). Let's just say that we need to sign some little girl up for some defensive driving lessons!!

Merry Christmas! I'm way behind on blogging, and hope to catch up some while the kiddos are napping!