HEAVY HEARTS

Our family is in need of your prayers. Cecilia is in ICU & the twins are safe in God's arms. Please pray for strength for us to get thru this difficult time, pray for Cecilia to make a full, speedy recovery & pray that Gabi can somehow make sense of this tragedy.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

This morning when I got home from work Mary had taken the girls gift cards & hid them in her bed and had gotten into Santa's snacks......Santa didn't take her with him. What's up with that? I guess since she got here late she gets to stay later.

Addie was running a temp of 104 & had no problem crawling in Uncle Howie's lap and going to sleep. We had an awesome dinner & the kids really enjoyed opening presents. We declared today pajama day so we spent the day in our pj's.

Aunt Jenn bought Gabi & "Gabrielle" matching pajamas from American Girl & Gabi looks absolutely precious in them.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Christmas Eve

This afternoon we went to Jenn's for snacks & opening presents with the family. Addie & Gabi were busy decorating rice krispie treats, Jenn had the chocolate fountain going and of course National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation was playing in the background.

At it again....

Little Ms. Mary thought she'd be cute & open one of Kayla's gifts & keep the bow to herself. We tried to tell her Santa would not be happy if he knew she was misbehaving.

Kayla's final exam.....

Kayla had her final exam in her floral design class today. Her it is; she made a 100, the highest grade in the class. She really enjoyed this elective & is sad it's over.

Awww....

Gabi woke up this morning with these 4 beside her. The baby doll is a Bitty Baby (with her teddy bear) from American Girl. Apparently Mary didn't like sleeping alone. At least she was being good. After the long day we had in Atlanta we didn't need any more excitement.

Thank you DaDa!!!

Centennial Park

Mom dropped me & the girls off at Centennial Park for a bit. Kayla & I couldn't talk Gabi into going ice skating so we took a few pictures & headed for the car. It was soooo cold. Brrrrr.

AMERICAN GIRL

Gabi ask for an American Girl doll for Christmas so Mom decided to surprise Gabi with a trip to the store in Atlanta to get her. Mom had also made reservations at the Bistro for lunch. I love Gabi's face when she realized where we were going; priceless. Gabi dropped her doll off at the hair salon to have her hair done & get her ears pierced. After that she joined us for lunch....what a cutie pie.

Gabi had picked "Rebecca" out of the magazine months ago but once we were there she decided on a "Just Like Me" doll. I can't get my camera to cooperate with me these days but Gab did a good job of picking her out....matching her skin tone, eye color & hair color. She also decided to name her Gabrielle.....which means Angel, who knew. :-)

Mary.....

heard tonight that we were going to Atlanta in the morning so she left Gabi this message!

PREVIEW

Cecilia went to the doctor today. Here's a preview of Baby A & Baby B (Ethan & Evan). All is well, they both weigh 4 pounds & are head down. Cecilia's BP is fine & she LOST 2 pounds!