Today, G and I were at the mall foodcourt eating. She was looking at something and saying HO HO HO.... I look around my friend, and what do I see???? A big biker with a HUGE beard, and mustache, eating behind us... quite funny.

I LOVE CHEERIOS!

Cheeeeeese. Where's Gates??

Mallie and Gates

Sunday Night, Brandon's mom and sisters came over for dinner and Christmas. They brought Gates lots of gifts and she LOVED unwrapping them!!!

This is Laura, I have asked her to come dress up as Dora for Gates's bday party. Laura the Explorer.

Gates took each and every gift to Becca for help unwrapping. It was so funny. She would pick it up look at it, and then go to Becca for help.

Aunt Alison and the only sorta picture I got of Susan....

Polar Express

Sunday, Mom and Dad took B, G, and me to the Polar Express in Grapevine! What a fun thing to do at Christmas! Now, there is a preshow, which Brandon hated. So did my mom. And so did Jenny. Gates actually liked it! She danced in the aisle. Here is a preshow pic of mom and dad with Gates. Dancing in the aisle. I thought I was videoing, but alas, I only have this picture...

In total awe!

Laughing with BoPop

We kept this guy yards away. But, isn't the train cute??

Family Picture. Hopefully Jenny got a better one. ;)

My Darling Little Caveman

Toddler years are not that neat. Well, there are some fantastic parts. If I do not cut my ears off from the screaming and yelling, then listening to her learning to talk is nice. If I do not gouch my eyes out from the lack of sleep, then watching her dance is pretty cool. If I do not pull out all of my hair, then it is kinda fun when she brushes it. OK, there are fun parts of the toddler years. I have decided (or maybe I heard somewhere) that my toddler is like a caveman. She does not know all the graces of life yet. She does what she must do to survive and goes on instinct alone. This makes me want to teach her everything all at once. Unfortunately, that is not realistic. The reality, I am afraid, is that it is a long, slow, process.

Just to clairfy, I am joking here... (mostly) and I am amazed at my toddler. However, next time you see me, I might be deaf, blind and bald!

2 neat houses

Also, I wanted to spread the word about 2 really cool Christmas decorations...
The first one is on Norwood, between 183 and Harwood. It is on the corner, and it is griswold out, and the guy built a train and they let your kid ride it. Gates LOVED riding this train, in the Christmas Light Mecca.... The other one is called Noteboom Estates. It is on Hurstview between MidCities and Glade. They have a huge house and estate and it is all decked out. They have Santa there, and you can take your pictures for free... Both really cool, if you live or are ever near the Mid-Cities....

Family Pictures

Our friend, Jenny, took these pictures for us. We were hoping to use one for a Christmas Card. This was the card..

Hello?????????? I want to read your book...

I love this one b/c we are making the exact same face....

Thanks Jenny! You do good work!