Christmas eve

The stockings were hung, and all the little lights were twinkling so pretty. 

The Nativity was set out. 

The tree was trimmed by one of Santa's little elves. 

The house was sparkly so Santa couldn't miss it. 

Lilly got lots of mommy loving.

Her best man came over for a little Christmas smooch. 

She opened the first gift of Christmas, her very first official big-girl jewelry box.  It was a huge hit, she has even been sleeping with it. 

In pure awe. 

We watched the Santa tracker online. 

She gave loving to the best Bampa around. 

Dottie Suzanne was anxiously awaiting Santa, complete with her new haircut. 

We put cookies and milk out for the big guy, and a carrot for Rudolph. 

But LG ate most of them.  Don't think he cared....

Then she fell asleep in her favorite spot, on her mommy.  Then off to bed....

Then Bampa got to work....

Good thing he knows how to put together little girl toys. 

Someone was a good little girl!  Santa definitely came to our house.  He even brought Lilly three stockings.  Stay tuned for Christmas morning!

Pre-Christmas activities with my girl!

So Christmas is over, kind of bummed, kind of relieved.  We had such an amazing holiday this year and I don't think it could have been any better.  Since I haven't shared many of her pics of all the fun holiday stuff we did, here ya go!  I'm in the process of uploading the 379 pictures I took over Christmas so be prepared for a major blog post full of photos.  I may just direct everyone to my flickr page, ha!  

First it was Christmas lights with her man!  We went all over the city practically and the little lovers held hands the whole time. 

Then we went and saw Santa at Willowbend, which had a great Santa by the way!

Action shot!

Finished product!  Much better than last year!

Then we had our Christmas parties at school, always soooo much fun!  Her class made these precious crowns and did all sorts of crafts.  Yummy cookies were also eaten, and a lot of them!

Going through her goodie bag on the way home from school.  Lilly loves her school and she loves party days!

We went up to OK for a few days and while we were there we had some fun too!  We stopped by the lights in Ardmore, which was very fun and Lilly loved it.  We also went to this singing house in Norman, very fun.  Of course I left my camera in TX and my iphone camera is struggling these days.  So this is the only pic I got. 

Waiting for Santa to come by on a firetruck past our house!  This was HUGE!!  I found out about it last minute, hence the no makeup and Lilly's random outfit.  She loved it!

She pretty much froze in excitement!!

We also went to Northpark to see the Scrooge puppet show and the trains.  She loved this too!

Pic with mommy.  Many more pics to come from Christmas if I can manage to weed through them all!  

Fun night

A few weeks ago I went to Sambuca with my cousins and some friends, sooo much fun.  I have to be in the mood for this place because it is all crazy guys and most of the time I just like to hang out at a bar, not dance all night.  Sometimes it can be so much fun though!  

Lauren, Ellie, and me.......apparently I couldn't keep the hair out of my face all night. 

Greatest cousin ever.....well one of them!

Funny!

My cousin out in AZ sent this to me the other day.  I thought it was so funny and so blunt, just made me crack up.  It was on the attorney general's site I guess.  But wow, what a novel idea this is.  Paying your child support.....hmmm....some people should probably do it.  Taking care of your child should be first priority, no question.  I guess some people don't feel the same, in a lot of areas.

This weekend I boxed up every letter, email, court document (there's quite a few), everything, and put it into a box that is now in the attic.  Nice to have all that out of my hair and in a safe place.  Out with the old, in with the new!  :)

Such an AMAZING weekend with my girl, pics coming soon!

It's getting closer....

To CHRISTMAS!!!  Can not wait to see my family, every single one of them this year!  Our Christmas card really sums it up this year, we are so blessed and so grateful this holiday season!

My little Rudolph

Last night was Lilly's Christmas program at school, and it was SOOOOO great!!!  My little angel has been practicing non-stop for her big acting debut, and she was such a hit.  I can't imagine where this child gets her love of the spotlight???  HA!   She was singing as loud as she could, and dancing, maybe a little nose picking, but all in all she did amazing.  I am so proud of her!  Her class sang Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and they all wore reindeer ears and rang bells.  Lilly's Bampa and Pixi came all the way from OK to watch her, along with her NoNo, Aunt Emma, and David.  She was sooooo excited to see her family right in the front row!  The place was packed, I couldn't even believe it!  And my poor mother just had major hand surgery on Friday and still managed to make this for her girl.  Best Pixi ever!!

Mommy and Lilly before the show in front of our Christmas tree.

This is when mommy started to cry!

It's hard to keep 17 four year olds focused, I can't imagine two and three year olds!

After the show she got to sit with her family and watch mommy take the stage with her kiddos.  

16 of my precious little class!  They were a little distracted because two of my kids were playing Mary and Joseph so they were putting the baby Jesus in the manger.  Very distracting stuff!  They all looked sooooo adorable and did a great job singing their songs!

After we had our birthday cake for Jesus at school we headed back home for pizza with the family.  He she is with her newly bearded Bampa.....who knows....

In her Bampa's big shoes.  Oh and please excuse the messy console.....

Merry Christmas from my little reindeer!  Lots more Christmas fun to come!