Christmas Morning, 2009

Christmas morning went very well with the Princesses. They both were more than overjoyed by the presents! Yes, there were a lot, but thanks goes to our large and loving extended family. The girls both received some great gifts and more than I want to spell out. Lots of pink and barbies and babies. LOL! It took them a little over an hour to rip through the pretty paper.

Once everything was cleaned up and room was made, Daddy helped break open their favorites. This is a huge task in itself. I know you all know of those darn little plastic coated wire thingy's that tightly grip the toy to it's box! haha!


After a morning of playing, and watching more than a foot of snow fall Christmas morning, we headed over to the grandparents for another gift giving bash. Again, more beautiful gifts and lots of love.

Feel free to wonder over to FLICKR to view the rest of our Christmas morning!

Santa Series!

I'm working on a post about Christmas and all of the wonderful gifts the girls received.

In the meantime, here is our Santa Series, complete with a last minute trip on Christmas Eve this year. The photo turned out horrible and Emily moved to a blur, BUT we saw him and they both told him what they wanted. Emily wanted Candy and Izabel wanted Princess Presents. Enjoy!

Our Little Baking Babes

Trimming The Tree On Tuesday

We put our tree up a few days ago and strung the lights. I let it sit for a few days before we actually decorated it. We have so many decorations and with two little princesses, it can be quite an ordeal. haha!

Tonight we finally trimmed the tree in our collection of Snowmen. There are several special ornaments and odd-ball funny ones, but mostly Snowmen that Greg and I have collected over the years. We have Snowmen everywhere around Christmas time. In past years, we thought about switching up our theme; like classic Santa's or something. But after almost 13 years of collecting, it's seems like a lot to replace our Snowmen.

The girls were fanatic about it. Emily is really big into Christmas this year and Izabel wants to help with everything. Izzy did a great job and made sure to stretch and space her ornaments nicely. Emmy stuck to one side of the tree and about 3 branches. LOL!! All in a nights work though and Mommy and Daddy "cleaned" up the tree after they were done helping.



Sixteen more sleeps and Santa will have to make his appearance. Would it shock you to know that we've bought nothing for anyone? Not a thing.

Hoping you and yours are enjoying the Holiday Season! ♥

My Dearest Emily Rose...

...Happy 2nd Birthday. I am a couple of days late, but you've kept me quite busy.

On November 29th, Daddy and I welcomed you into this world with open hearts and open arms. Another little princess to add to our family. You were born at 7:57am on a Thursday morning and both sets of your grandparents were able to be here. About an hour after you were born, you met them all for the first time.

I thought your first year went by fast. You were the easiest baby to take care of and you followed most every schedule you could get your hands on. You were also a very happy and content little baby princess.



My little Emmy, this second year has gone much faster than the first. You are a fabulous little girl! You are Mommy's girl and want me near you all the time. If you are hurt or upset, I am the one you look for first.
You love to play and do so well independently. Playing Barbies and taking care of your babies is your favorite. You burp them and feed them and change their diapers. As girlie as you are, you also love cars. You push around a little blue VW Bug and that seems to be your favorite.

Emily, you sleep like an angel! 12-13 hours every night and then a 2-3 hour nap each day. You rarely fight at bedtime and regularly request nap time. Daddy and I put you in your bed, tuck you in and say goodnight. We leave the room and never hear a peep from you.

You eat as well as you sleep. You love meat and noodles and cheese and bologna. Each meal you sit at the table and eat whatever I give you. Even veggies! You eat a very balanced variety of foods and I am so thankful for that.

I often refer to you as my "little peanut." You love to hug and kiss and snuggle. Dancing and singing are an everyday part of you as is Yo Gabba Gabba and Sesame Street.

The smallest things excite you and then you spill out a ton of words to express yourself. You my dear, are one cute kiddo. I love you.

We had your 2 year check up on Monday the 30th. The pedi was quite impressed with you, as she should be. You have well over a 200 word vocabulary, sing your ABC's as well as many other songs, you can count to 13 without prompting, keep a beat, jump, do summersaults, walk up and down stairs, stack blocks, use your imagination, and express yourself very well. You love to dress and undress yourself and put your shoes on too.

And let's not forget, you've been potty trained and in big girl panties for 3 months! I am so thankful you took to it so early and so well.

We are amazed each and every day with you and know that you are something so-very special. We love you very much Princess Emmy and we look forward to your achievements in the coming year.

As of November 30th, 2009

Weight: 30 Pounds, 4 Ounces (90th Percentile)
Height: 33.75 Inches (50th Percentile)
Head Circumference: 19.25 Inches (85th Percentile)
Cuteness: Off the charts! :)

Winner, Winner, Barbie Dinner

Catchy titles are hard to come by these days. LOL! I had to go with the first one I could think of, and "chicken" didn't seem appropriate.

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#4 - Lexie Loo & Dylan Too

#15 - Tracey (TrayMona)

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#1 - A Day In The Life Of A Girl Named KIMBER

#6 - Divaqueenie

Thank you so much for entering my giveaway. You have 48 hours to accept or I will have new numbers generated. :)

As for the pretty princesses, they are doing pretty good. Emily officially turned 2 years old on Sunday. We had another Thanksgiving dinner to attend and hung out with family. Emily opened up cards she received in the mail and otherwise spent her special day very happy. She seems so grown up all of a sudden.

Izzy continues to dance and actually has her costume being made for her recital. They are cowgirls and from what I've heard, the costumes are darling.

In the meantime, and while it's been so cold, the girls have been getting their fill of Barbies and playing with their dolly's. Today is fairly decent, but we are sticking to the indoors, watching Christmas movies and coloring.

It is December 1st. 24 More days until Christmas? Are you ready? I haven't bought one single gift. lol!!