New Years Eve

Happy 2010!!! It is my third calendar year, can you believe it? This year we didn't really have any plans until last minute. We met Grammy, Aunt Susan, Uncle Matt, Austin, April, Brian, Ava and Amelia at a local Mexican joint. Pretty good time for not planning it out! :)

I wanted to look at Daddy instead of the camera!

Here is pretty Ava! She had a very cool play cell phone that lit up and I liked it!

Here is Ava with her mommy and daddy (April and Brian)

Here is Aunt Susan holding baby Amelia. She was 7 weeks old in this picture. What a cutie!

Here are Grammy, Austin and Uncle Matt

Daddy and I enjoying ourselves!

Christmas Night

On Christmas night, we had some more people over to help us eat all of the leftovers. Grammy Jo, Aunt Kari and Uncle Mark all came. Grandma Cindy, Aunt Luann and Cousin Jackie headed for Bluffton for Christmas with Great Grandma Cookie and Don, and Sid and Susie's the next day. We had planned to leave the next morning but none of us felt very well so we ended up staying home so we wouldn't get anyone else sick. :(

Overall, we had a wonderful Christmas and I am glad I got to spend it with so many in my family!! Thank you to everyone for the gifts, food and fun! I can't wait until next year.

Grammy had to work on Christmas day but I am glad she came to see us after. She brought a baked pecan pie that we didn't even touch since we had TOO MUCH food! ;)
Mommy and I wore our matching PJs that we got for Christmas. Aren't we so COOL!

Aunt Kari and Daddy had a lot to talk about and had a great time!

Uncle Mark did some relaxing by the fire

But, he still had time to play with me!

Lieurance Christmas at Our House

This year, we spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at our own house. Great Grandma Betty Lieurance, Grandma Cindy, Mike, Aunt Luann and Jackie all came here to celebrate with us. We all went to Christmas Eve service at church and then came back to eat lots of goodies. We had homemade meatballs, buffalo chicken dip, four fruit compote, spinach artichoke dip, cheeseballs, a cherry coconut dessert, apple dumplings, caramels, cookie dough brownies, cookies, etc.

On Christmas morning, Aunt Luann made a blueberry french toast bake that was delicious! Mommy made two really good quiches and peach breakfast slushes. For lunch/dinner, we had BBQ ribs, cheesy potatoes and more of the above. We were all so STUFFED!

Great Grandma Betty
My pal, Mike

Grandma Cindy and Aunt Luann

PRESENTS, PRESENTS and more PRESENTS! Grandma Cindy spoils us too!

Grandma Cindy is showing me how my new Peoples Farm works. It was a gift from her and I love it!

Aunt Luann (who is glowing :) and Great Grandma Betty. Don't forget about Wrigley.

I am helping Aunt Luann open her present

Aunt Luann, Cousin Jackie, Me and Grandma

Great Grandma Betty

Me and Daddy

Cousin Jackie

I loved opening presents! I really got into it!

Cousin Jackie is so much fun to play with

First Visit with Santa

Last year, since I was only a month old at Christmas Mommy and Daddy decided not to take me to see the man with the white beard! However, this year was a whole different story! I wasn't sure how I would feel about him but I was pretty sure I would not be scared.

Here Daddy and I are waiting in line...which wasn't very long!

I told Santa how thankful I am to have such a great family and that I really didn't need anything else from him. I am just greatful for everything God has blessed us with!

Hmmmm......do you think he would notice if I took the ball off the end of his hat?

Christmas at Grammy Jo's

Grammy Jo had us all for Christmas on Sunday the 20th this year. This was her first Christmas at her new house. We are so happy she lives close now!! Yay! For lunch, she had our extended family including Great Grandma Susie and Wilbur, Great Aunt Carol and Denny, Great Uncle Jim and Deb, Cousin Kim, Cory, Adela and Aidan, Cousin Diane and Justin and the rest of us, including Matt, Susan, Austin, Mark, Kari, Mommy, Daddy and I. The immediate family opened our gifts later that day. Grammy made so many goodies as usual. She is such a good cook! We had homemade caramels, baked pecan pie, sugar cookies with butter cream icing, (and many more sweets), as well as BBQ ribs, mac-n-cheese, mini BBQ hot dogs, cauliflour salad, broccoli salad, baked potato bar, vegetable pizza, rolls, and much, much more!

I didn't feel that great early in the day and was pretty fussy. I wore the same outfit I wore to the Oswalt Christmas when I was also fussy. We determined that the tag you are supposed to "remove before wearing or washing" that was in my pant leg was the culprit! Needless to say, Mommy put a comfy outfit on me and I was so much happier!

Me and Grammy. Sorry I blinked!
Great Uncle Jim, Cousin Aidan, Kim, Cory and Uncle Mark

Me with silly Cousin Austin

Grammy

Wilbur and Great Grandma Susie. We are so happy Grandma could make the trip and are so thankful she is recovering very well from her stroke last month. She even wrote all of our names on our envelopes which she would've been unable to do a couple weeks prior.

Cousin Justin and Diane

Crazy Uncle Matt

Uncle Mark and I

Daddy is helping me open gifts again

Adela and Aidan

Cousin Austin

Grammy is helping us open our gifts. She spoils us too!

I am enjoying some cheeto's during a nice break.

Austin kept trying to get in my sled with me! Ha!

Austin, Susan, Kari, Grammy, Mommy and ME

My family!

Christmas with Grandpa

We had Christmas with Grandpa Dan the Saturday before Christmas this year. Aunt Kari and Uncle Mark hosted us for the second year in a row. It is always a good time when we get together! We even talked Uncle Mark into staying home and skipping Bingo for the night. Everyone ended up at my house later that night. Grandpa stayed over too, which was a very nice treat. :)

My Grandpa Dan

Me, with my dew-rag on! Aren't I super cool! That's Dixie in the background...Wrigley's sister and my Uncle Mark and Aunt Kari's dog. I wish I had a sweater like her!

Here I am helping Aunt Kari in the kitchen. I am such a good helper!

I guess I wasn't very happy to be sitting on the couch, so cousin Austin came over to help me!

The Christmas tree with lots of presents.

...more presents! Grandpa spoils us!

Austin got to take a pony ride on Grandpa!

My Uncle Mark sure is silly! ;)

Aunt Kari, Mommy, Grandpa Dan, Cousin Austin, and Aunt Susan

Just me and my Uncle Mark

Aunt Kari and I

Give me a bite!

Aunt Susan and Austin

My Grandpa and I

Austin and Uncle Matt

Me on my new rocking pony from Grandpa. The pony talks and sings and her mouth even moves. I really like her a lot! Cousin Austin got a John Deer ATV like I got for my birthday. I tried showing him how to ride it.

Aunt Kari and Uncle Mark....don't forget Dixie, of course

Grandpa Dan doing his "famous" guessing game on each gift. I think he got most of them right...as usual!

Me and My Daddy! What a pretty fire in the fireplace.

Uncle Mark is being silly again!

Ahhhh! I don't want to be in the box by myself

Ok, that is much better. Thanks for putting us together.

Austin and his Daddy

Daddy is helping me open my presents

Here are my uncles being goofy!