Santa Claus Came to Our House

The stockings were hung by the door jam with care
In hopes that St. Nicholas would soon be there!

And, he sure did come...

And the best gift of all, is our little Lily bug! Christmas night Lily and I didn't get much sleep. Lily got her first cold. She was stuffy, sneezing and coughing all night. She just wanted me to hold her all night. She's feeling a little better today, but she's still fussy and sleepy. Poor little thing.

Lily did really well opening her presents. She really did tear open the paper. And, she's sitting up by herself for long periods of time now.
Santa brought me some really pretty clothes! Santa picked them out all by himself. He did a great job!
Sampson even got a few new toys...
Extreme closeup!
Lily in her new highchair from Grandma and Grandpa Heaton

Lily in her Elmo jumper with her Papa. Lily got this cute outfit from Great Grandma Hicks.

Lily opening Uncle Jamie's gift. He got her ribbon!
Oh wait, it was really a talking Care Bear. Lily loves her Care Bear. She sings along with it and squeals when it starts talking to her. It's adorable!

Opening presents from Grandma and Grandpa Cross at Uncle Jeremy's.



Lily is going to be a "DIVA"

Isn't she adorable? It's a Baby J Lo. Grandma Cross couldn't resist this previous outfit.

Grandma and Grandpa Cross with Lily Buggers
Us with our Baby Girl

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! WE LOVE YOU!!!

The Night Before Christmas

On Christmas Eve, my mom invited us all over to a Christmas party. Anson's parents, brother Jeremy and Jeremy's friend Victoria all came over. We had a ton of great food. We watched Lily open her gifts and we played Yahtzee! It was a really fun evening. It just went by so fast.

All snuggled up on our way to Grandmother's House we go!

All dressed up for Christmas. Playing with Papa.

Lily got her first sled. Now, all we need is some snow!

Lily and I playing with her new activity table from Grandma and Grandpa Heaton

Lily in her Christmas jammies
Lily and her Grandma Heaton
Lily and her Papa

Christmas at Great Grandma's

Sunday night we went over to visit Grandma and Uncle Larry. We went to Mariachi Coco's in the Valley. Lily sat in the resturant highchair for the first time!

Then we went back to Grandma's so Lily could open her gifts. As you can see, she was more interested in the wrapping paper and how it tastes.

"Hi Dad! Look what I got! Tickle Me Elmo!"

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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