Emma's First Real Halloween (kinda)

So, since last year at this time we were still getting ear infections about once a month (or more) we weren't about to take her out in cold weather in a silly outfit. This year, Emma was going to sport her elephant costume that Gramz made for her upcoming stage debut in Erin's school production of Seussical Jr. However, after a day of running errands with mommy and daddy, and already fighting a bit of a cold, trick-or-treating was again foregone in favor of bedtime. We took these pictures this morning, after she had slept for 14 HOURS!!! She of course still wouldn't pose for us, but we did the best we could!

I'm NEVER gonna get this caught up!

AAAHHH!

Gotcha Daddy!

So, it seems like it will be virtually impossible for me to ever catch up on this thing, so I'll just start over...

Am I GQ, or what?

Emma wanted to start doing her own posts, and was quite unhappy when I told her she couldn't!

Nothing like a nap with your hand in the feed bag!

Christmas Eve (On the third day of Christmas...)

On Christmas Eve, Coco and Bruceki drove up from Houston and we went to Maggiano's at Northpark for a Christmas Eve feast. We intentionally parked on the opposite side of the mall so we could walk it off afterwards. Here we are walking through the mall...

Ooooh, that's pretty! Come on Daddy!

Christmas Eve eve (On the second day of Christmas...)

On Christmas Eve eve (yes, two eves) we went over to Gramz and Grampz for another Christmas. KK (that's Aunt Kandy), Uncle Riney, and Aunt Amy came all the way from California and we got to open presents again. I loves me some wrapping paper! We don't have any pictures of this right now, cause Mommy and Daddy were too busy keeping me out of trouble, since I had recently "perfected" walking and was in to everything. Hopefully, some of the other menfolk will get us some pictures though so that you can see me, cause after all- that is why you're here right?

Anyways, here's Aunt Amy, me, and Mommy in our Christmas Eve pajamas in front of the Christmas tree at home.

My First Christmas! (On the first day of Christmas...)

We got together with some of the family the weekend before Christmas. I got lots of really cool paper and stuff that makes loud crinkling noises when you mess with it! Oh, and there were some clothes and things too, but the paper was definetly the best part!

Look- Great Grandma got clothes under her paper too!

My first Thanksgiving!

So, on Thanksgiving Day, we went over to Granddad and Gigi's for their annual giant family celebration, but we didn't stay too long, cause Daddy got to go to the Cowboys' game with Granddad and Aunt Jen. Here they are at the game, along with the guy who got them tickets.

The next day, Mommy and Daddy and Uncle Matty cooked their first ever Thanksgiving, which turned out pretty well, considering it was the first time any of them had tried to cook turkey! I kept an eye on them and made sure they didn't burn down the house or anything.

Hi Everybody!

Whoa... tryptophan!

Daddy trying to look like me!

Silly Daddy- he tried to make his hair look like mine! Didn't he know he could never look so cute as me!

(He actually got it shaved as a charity thing that they did at school, if you believe that!) I cried when I first saw it, but it was fun to play with.