Our New House

We have pretty much unpacked everything and have begun hanging things on the wall. We are loving being in a house again. We drove up to our old apartment to get some things out that we left and Reesi looked out the window of the truck and started yelling, "No, not here! I don't want to live here!" She loves her new room and won't use the bathroom downstairs. She has to walk all the way up the stairs to use "her" bathroom. It is the perfect place for us and now I am glad that God forced us to follow his plan and not ours.

On the Fourth Day of Christmas

Family Photo Time

The day after Christmas we opened presents from my parents. One of Reesi's favorite toys was her baby that pees. Reesi has decided that this baby will be naked constantly because she is going to a swimming party. We all had a great time and ate a big meal again! This was officially our last day of Christmas.

On the Third Day of Christmas

Santa even brought Andy the cat a toy!

Our third day of Christmas, Christmas day, was spent in Indiana. We did the cookies, reindeer food, and The Night Before Christmas Story. The next morning Reesi woke up saying she heard Santa's bells. While Santa only sent a few presents Reesi took forever opening them, taking each piece of tape off and throwing it away. She got a Better-narian's Kit (Veterinarian) and a Leapster with some games.

After lunch with extended family we took her to see Alvin and the Chipmunks, which she loved. She was laughing so loud that I was just laughing at her.

On the Second Day of Christmas

Reesi praying in her new chair before our brunch.
Austin and Parker already making plans for the Xbox they just opened.

"I love you so much!"
Leslie thought it was funny how Parker always says that when he gets something he really loves.



Austin with his new moon kit.

Austin, Leslie, Sophia, Parker

Larry's mom, Karen, decided to have a Christmas Eve brunch this year. This meant that Leslie, Karen and I got to stay up until the wee hours of the night cooking, but the food was great.

Reesi was so excited about opening her huge box that she was quite a grouch while she was waiting very impatiently. She had it set in her mind that it was a motorcycle, but luckily she was just as happy when she found out it was a big chair. Sophia also got one from MeeMaw and Van, so the race was on. It was Team D verses Team ----. Team D had it in the bag and was finished until they realized they had the top and bottom switched around and had to start over. When they were finally put together they still looked pretty funky and I had to redo it days later.

Leslie's husband, Jeff is overseas. Since he is always Leslie's paparazzi and takes care of all family photographs I tried to take some of the boys and post for Jeff to see. Jeff-We missed you so much. I don't know how many times someone said, "We need Jeff here."

Later on the First Day of Christmas

Happy Birthday Van

After our Christmas with the ----- we had another celebration to go to. Larry's stepfather, Van, had a birthday. After Van and Karen went to the Rockettes all the family met them at Opryland at Cascades for a delicious meal. We made it through our fancy meal with only one broken glass and one shoe flung into the greenery. Luckily, Tom scaled the fence to retrieve it. It was a great night.

On the First Day of Christmas

We have been listening to Christmas music constantly in the car. Reesi is singing some of her favorites for everyone with Dabau in the background.

Our first Christmas began on Sunday this year. We had lunch with Poppy and then opened presents at the ----- house. Reesi got her beautiful white kitty, which is amazing and a little bit scary at the same time, a Barbie Island princess, a Barbie organizer (I love it more than her), and a new fancy stroller. She went right outside and strolled Andy around the yard. She said she took her to Disneyland, but it was closed. We had a great time at the -----.

Other Things We Didn't Seem to Notice

We are pretty much unpacked, but have yet to hang anything on the walls. As I was unpacking our coats I went searching for the coat closet only to discover that there isn't one. We also noticed that there are no linen closets, but I guess we will survive.

Wednesday, December 19

Life has been busy lately! Last Friday Reesi had her school program and was the loudest there! It was adorable. We also made a trip to see Santa that day. After about 10 minutes of coaxing by Santa she finally sat on his lap. The smile for the picture is hilarious because although she smiled she looks to be in very much pain.
We signed our papers today and are officially homeowners again. We were so excited we went to our new house right away. We realized we didn't get our garage door openers at closing so we went looking in the house for them. When we walked into the garage we realized it doesn't even have a garage door opener! How could we not have noticed that? Even more confusing, how could someone have lived in a house for ten years and never put in a garage door opener? That will be a top priority for us!
We, or should I say Larry, will be moving tomorrow and we just finished packing. We've been a little busy with the move so I have downloaded any pictures yet, but hopefully if the cable guy shows up on Friday I will be able to add those soon.
Look for more updates on the things about the house that we didn't notice. . . .

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Due to our big move days before Christmas, I don't think I will get around to the Christmas cards this year. I have kept the addresses on my computer throughout the years and just printed off labels, but now that computer is dead and I have no way of getting to my addresses. So I have decided to simplify our life and skip them. Simplification is what I need, or at least that is what the three fever blisters on my lip are telling me. Therefore, Merry Christmas from the ----!

Tis the Season!

Christmas shopping season has begun. When Larry called his dad on Thanksgiving and let him know what Reesi wanted for Christmas we didn't realize the task that we were putting on Poppy. Apparently, the Furreal kitty and kitten that Reesi fell in love with one day at Wal-Mart is a hot item this year. Poppy called all around Nashville and finally found a Wal-Mart in Smyrna that had two. Even though it was late into the night he left right away. By the time he arrived there was only one and there was a small foreign lady trying to reach it off the top shelf. Poppy stood around the corner carefully watching so that she would not see him. He knew, being the gentleman that he is, that if she were to ask for his help he must oblige. Therefore, patience was his choice of attack. She finally left, but came back shortly with a hula hoop. In her attempt to snag the season's hottest item, she only pushed it further back on the shelf. However, she was not defeated. She quickly scurried off to find the friendly Wal-Mart employee to retrieve the fluffy white cat. Poppy knew he must act quick. After planning and practicing his moves that he would use, he successfully got that cat off the top shelf. After avoiding the short lady on his way to the register and urgently paying for Reesi's beloved Christmas gift, the elder of the ---- -----Presbyterian Church pushed back the guilt and smiled as he began walking the victory path to his car. His smile faded as he put his hands into his pocket, realizing his keys were left somewhere inside Wal-Mart. Maybe it was a message from God, maybe not, but either way Reesi will have a wonderful Christmas! Thanks for being a dedicated Poppy!

Our New House, hopefully!

Now that our house is officially not ours anymore, Larry and I went house shopping. Last time we went house shopping we bought we looked at three houses and bought the third one we saw. This time we did a little better. Although, we only looked for two days we did see about 12 houses. We put on offer on a house in -----and as long as the inspection goes well tomorrow we will be moving in four days before Christmas. We are very excited. Reesi is especially excited because she will be right down the road from her cousin's Grace and Lyla. Only 19 more days in this wonderful place called the Lakes of B----!

Birthday Weekend!

We celebrated birthdays all weekend. Ella's Hello Kitty's party on Friday night, Memaw's fiftieth on Saturday, and Elizabeth's (friend from school) jump party on Sunday. At Ella's party on Friday she got a new Hello Kitty apron with her name on it and wore it all weekend. Leslie and the boys came in for Memaw's dinner on Saturday night. After a delicious dinner at Longhorn's Steakhouse we went home for an Apples to Apples game. We ended the weekend with a jump party on Sunday. While we had a great time, we are now officially wore out!

Thanksgiving

Mexican Fiesta Night

While Larry and I spent some time in White House cleaning out our house(we closed on Friday!) Marilyn offered to make dinner. Little did we know that the only reason she offered was because she wanted to use her new taco trays. It did turn out delicious and everyone enjoyed the Mexican Fiesta!