A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR LITTLE GIRL!!!

**Be sure you pause the player at the bottom to hear the song during the slide show and scroll over the pictures because some have captions!!!

There are so many things I would want to share about our sweet little girl.--Just going through the pictures alone took me over an hour!!!!  There are so many things we could tell you about how special she is to RDC and I--but if you know us--you know we just ADORE this little girl.  She makes us laugh at the things she does and says and makes us SO proud in so many ways--especially how good she is with her baby brother.  I tear up just thinking about it all!! God really blessed us on December 26, 2004.  It is one of my most favorite days!!! I loved everything about that day--from being surprised she was a girl--to looking over at her cleaning her up and noticing she had my nose!! I still remember it like it was just yesterday!! And to this day she continues to surprise me!! I love her smile, her sweet spirit, how she is so smart and loves to learn, and the unprovoked, "I love you, Mama!" (lately I have noticed it when she is doing something she is not supposed to!!) But regardless, it is one of the BEST things to hear!! So HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!  We love you, MWC and are so proud of the little girl you are growing up to be!!!!  

From our family to yours!!!!!!

Playing Santa!!!

Last weekend, EJW and I were able to throw KayKay a Christmas bridal shower!!! We had so much fun getting it all together for her!!  She LOVED it--to say the least!!! It was her first shower so I don't think she realized how much fun it would be to get so many gifts at one time!!!! :)  But it was a fun day and she and WLG got some good stuff to help them decorate their home in 2009 for their first married Christmas!!!  We love you KayKay and WLG and can't wait until May 2nd, 2009!!!!

All their "loot"!!!!  

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!

We are ready for Christmas at our house!! We have been doing lots of "Christmasy" things-church program, MWC singing in prayer meeting, looking at Christmas lights and of course our tree is up and our stockings are hung!! We have had fun doing lots of things together, and we are getting ready for a full week of celebrating God's greatest Gift to us!!

MWC in her 1st Christmas performance!

Her and her sweet friend, AEH!!

The looks we now get....

In the last few weeks, we have been giving JDC some table food.--Yes, we are more laid back with our 2nd child!! Anyway, a few minutes ago, MWC was eating a "goodie" that I had made. She was eating in front of him and when I walked in --this is what I saw:

"Can I get some of that?!?!?!" :)

As soon as I took that picture, this occurred:

"Fine then, I will just pull your hair!!!"

Her hair has just been tooooo tempting for him lately too!!!!!!! Sweet sibling interaction!!!

LOVE THOSE TWO!!!!**And no--he did not get any of that particular goodie!!! But trust me--he does have his fair share!!!! :)

YET ANOTHER HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Well today is Granny's birthday. Granny and Pop were gracious enough to skip the Christmas performance at church and come stay with JDC this morning. He has been having some chest stuff with his usual "Boogers" as MWC calls them. We are going to be having Granny and Pop out for Birthday dinner tomorrow night so we should gets some pics then. Hope everyone gets a chance to wish Granny a Happy Birthday!!!!

We love you Granny and hope Pop treats you SUPER Special today!!

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Happy birthday, Aunt JCH!!! We hope you and Uncle GMH have a GREAT time celebrating!! We love you and miss you!!!

Lotta turkey and Some Santa

We had a wonderful time celebrating Thanksgiving with our family, starting by eating at BeBe's the Sunday before. We ate too much (as we always do at BeBe's) but had a good time visiting with some extended family.

Then it was off to Texas. We ate lunch at Grandaddy's and then we all plus Aunt EJW (L) and Grandaddy went to Aunt JCH and Uncle GMH's for supper. Granny and Pop were there so we were all able to eat together. JHC and Granny did a great job on fixing us all dinner!!!

Grandaddy and MWC doing the "turkey dance" about to get the turkey out of the oven!!

But one of the biggest highlights from the week was getting to ride the "Polar Express"!!! MWC LOVES this movie and will watch it year round!!! And when we realized we were going to be in Texas for Thanksgiving, we jumped at the chance to ride it. So on Friday, we drove to Grapevine to hop aboard. SHE LOVED IT--EVERY MINUTE OF IT!!-- From getting to wear her pjs, to the singing, dancing and of course getting to see Santa!! I was personally a little disappointed that they did not serve hot chocolate--but it was still fun. To see her face when she first saw Santa, was priceless!!! It was a great day that I know Grandaddy hopes will become a tradition!!!! It was just the right thing to kick off the Christmas season!!!

Seeing the train arrive!! :)

Singing on the train!!!

HERE HE COMES!!!!!!!!

Updates with pics coming soon, but first a story!!!

I promise to get on the ball soon, because I have LOTS to share----Thanksgiving, trip to Texas, riding the Polar Express and MWC's first dental appointment!!!! But first a story----

On the way to school on Tuesdays and Thursdays we always say a prayer--and one of the things we ALWAYS pray for is that "God will put angel wings over MWC at school and that she will not get any 'bo-bos'"--as well as the rest of the family. Well yesterday, our plans were for JDC and I to do the Walmarting while she was at school--and to buy her a "Lunchable" to take to lunch munch on Thursdays. This girl LOVES her a lunchable just as much as she loves lunch munch!! Anyway, she is praying and this is what I hear, "And dear God, please help JDC not get any bo-bos as he goes to Walmart to get my Lunchable!!" I just wanted to crack up!! I thought that was the cutest thing!!! I just love to hear her prayers!!! (Sometimes you are not sure what is going to come out!!!!) So when I called RDC to tell him, I said, "Please call me in a little while and REMIND me to not forget that lunchable!!!" *It was not on the list since she reminded me that morning that she wanted one. And yes don't worry--she does have her lunchable for lunch munch tomorrow!!!! How could I forget something soooo important to her that she mentions it in her prayers---right along with her brother not getting any 'bo-bos'!!!!!