Christmas at the Shumakers

Our close friends (Brent and Megan) had a party Saturday night. It was a lot of fun! We were silly. There was a ton of food and wine. Megan always makes such great food. It was really hard for Anson and I since we are on Weight Watchers.

Anson (below) and Brent (above) wearing earrings and an EMS hat - both part of the White Elephant gift exchange we had.

Jilly and Joshy Tim & Mindy with Lily Pad and her Tigger from Jill
Lily and her Tigger. This was her first Christmas gift and she loves it.
Me and Babe
Jeremy, Tim, Jill, Mindy and Anson
Tim, Dave, Brent, Megan and Me. And, of course, Lillers.
Lily eating wrapping paper...her favorite thing to do this Christmas.

Merry Christmas from our 7 month old!

CAVs Game

Last night, my boss took a group of us to the CAVs game. CAVs won 104 to 99 in double overtime. We had awesome seats. They were in a corp box on the floor. We had all the free food and drinks we wanted. I forgot my camera but one of my co-workers shared her pics. Here they are...

#23 LeBron James

Me and Sam with MoonDog

My work group - me, Sam, Brad, Dave (my boss) in the back. Stacey, Ann and Iuliana in the front.
Iuliana, Ann and Stacey
Me and my big mouth on the big screen =)
Me and Sam again
LeBron signing autographs. We were soooo close to getting his autograph. Right after Ann snapped this photo, LeBron turned around and left before he got to us. We were pissed. We waited an hour after the game to see him. There were only 5 of us left in line and he didn't even look our way. We did get Sasha's, Coach Mike Brown's and some others' autographs. And we saw one of the N'Sync guys...Chris Kirkpatrick I think.

And yes, Anson stayed home with Lily all evening. He's such a wonderful father (and Husband!). They had fun together.

Lily Sitting Up all by Herself

Lily loves to chew on anything she can get in her mouth. She is really getting a hang of sitting up.

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Lily's First Words?

You decide...

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Trimming the Tree

Lily and her Daddy hanging her "Baby's First Christmas" ornament on the Christmas tree.

Random photo of Lily and Peeve. Peeve is so silly sitting in that basket. Lily always gets very excited when she sees the cats, and Sampson too!

A Day at Tower City

Yesterday, we met Jen, Ken and Zachary up in Cleveland at Tower City. We had such a nice day. Here are photos from our day...

I took this picture. Lily was too amazed by all the decorations and

commotion to pay attention to the camera.
Right in the middle of the mall (by the fountains) they had a play every couple of hours. It was really cute. We decided that we want to take Lily and Zack up there every year. There is so much to do for the kids. They had a train that went around the mall. And there was a workshop where the kids could build toys and get their photos taken with Santa. It will be even more fun in the years to come.

After the show, some of the characters danced around the fountain saying hello to the audience. Anson got close enough to give Lily to the toy soldier!

Zachary and his "Dada." Zack can say Dada now. Poor Jen!

Lily and Zachary saying hello to each other.
Baby Girl and Jen

Photo with Rudolph and the Prince. Lily wasn't impressed.

In the Family Bathroom, I grabbed these photos of the babies in their strollers. Aren't they the cutest kids ever? Well, maybe I'm biased.

Watching the dancing fountains. The babies loved that. I told Jen we both need one of these at home. It sure did keep them entertained for awhile.
The Waybrights watching the fountains

Lily Gives Santa Her Wish List

Oh, maybe not, but she did sit on Santa's lap! Anson and I refused to pay the mall's ridiculous $20+ photo cost, so we took her to the local middle school this past Saturday and spent $5 to get her photo taken. Plus, I got to take my own photos. We were surprised but she wasn't afraid of him at all.