Christmas Eve.

On Christmas Eve we opened presents from my side of the family--my parents were still in NC with my sister and her new babies . . . this is what you missed!






The girls loved the movies, dolls, dress-ups, and games. Thank you, we missed you all! After gifts we went outside to sprinkle "reindeer food" for Santa and his reindeer--it worked they found our house (thanks Tami!).

Cute matching pjs Grandma!

Santa.

Presley had a holiday performance at her preschool--Mormor and grandpa Carl came up to see the songs and dancing. We made a day of it and got lunch at the local Mexican place after we had cookies and treats.



The best part probably had to be Stella's face when I sat her in Santa's lap--priceless.

The Twins!

My sister had her babies on Friday, December 11th. CONGRATULATIONS!

Jonas Robert Faulkner and Elliot Thomas Faulkner

Tree.

This is only the third tree that we have had in 10 years--sad, I know. I can't believe how perfect this one is. For now the tree is only decorated with white lights . . . I am still trying to decide whether or not to add ornaments and other decoration (I need a topper for sure). Perhaps by Christmas it will look a bit different.

Thankful.

We have so much to be thankful for . . . a list wouldn't even scratch the surface.


(turkey place-holders made by my talented sister-in-law Amber)

First cut.

Stella got her first hair cut! Thank you Candace. Stella was a good sport but a wiggle worm--finally a sucker helped to keep her as still as an 18 month old girl will be for a hair cut.





What a cutie--she loves to sit through the 5 minutes it now takes to blow dry her hair but, she can't stop pulling out her bow and constantly asking us to put it back in her hair.

I think the two of us are hair-twins now.

Holiday play.

I am a bad mother and I apologize to all of those who would have liked to see Presley perform in a Santa's Elves dance number last Saturday. I just forgot and you would have had to sit through a performance of The Nutcracker in order to see her 1 minute skit.

However, out of guilt I did purchase the DVD so we can all watch it over the holidays. I promise to invite you all to the spring production! These are a few pictures from the dress rehearsal . . . for the real thing Presley had her hair in pigtails and red tulle bows (she made a pretty cute elf, even if she and the other kids could hardly remember their dance).

New Do.

No hair cuts yet for Stella, but I think it is about time for a new do. Her hair is getting pretty long to pull up on top of her head. Here are the issues--the bow won't stay on. How do we feel about bangs for Stella (or does anybody know how to get a bow to stay in fine hair??) and maybe trim up the back for a cute bob??

Halloween.

Stella was more into the pumpkins and candy than getting dressed up and Presley fell in love with posing for the camera again.








Though trick-or-treating was cold the girls had a fun time. Presley couldn't and still hasn't taken out those fake teeth--we practically had to tear them out of her mouth for church on Sunday. Stella managed to open up a Starburst and get one out and nearly ate it all (thank goodness she still had an ok night with her tummy)--no wonder she was so content to be snuggled up in dad's coat handing out candy for the night.

Next year we are going to think of something warm to dress up as for Halloween!

Sneak Peek.

Here is a look into what our Halloween will look like this year--lots of PINK!


Presley had her preschool costume party today and she had so much fun getting dressed up as a fairy. Stella has the same costume and we will all have pink hair on Halloween (unfortunately I did not get Chris fairy wings, but there is still time . . . ).