Santa and the Carousel

Bailey’s first ride on a carousel.She loved it. When the horse started moving she got a little uneasy, but quickly got over it and enjoyed it.

  

Bubba loved it as always…

Bailey would have nothing to do with Santa unless we were sitting with her.

Getting Ready for Christmas

We have our house all decorated for Christmas. Well, at least as decorated as it will be this year with a 1-year old who wants to climb on everything, and pull anything down! It makes for some interesting days here. Anyway, the house looks pretty and festive. We decorated the tree after Bailey went to bed. Shortly after she woke up the next morning, we moved all of the lower decorations to the top half of the tree. Notice the gate in the background of the picture… That gate was surrounding the tree, and she still managed to get ornaments off. I must say, her face was very proud and priceless when she walked into my room hold 4 bulb ornaments in her hands. It’s a good thing she is cute.

Today I decided to do some holiday baking. The kids were all to willing to help me, and extremely anxious! We made hot chocolate stirers (spoons dipped in chocolate and then candy canes or marshmallows), cookies and hot chocolate.

 

As I was finishing up cleaning the kitchen, the kids were very quiet. As much as I wanted to just relish the moment, I thought I should check on them. I was pleased to find this. They were playing so well together. It made me smile!

Missed the boat this year

Well, it wasn’t for a lack of things to be grateful for. It was more for a lack of time to sit down every day and take the time to blog. However, I am extremely for so many things, always. A few of them would be…

Bailey Murphy Mize

This little girl of mine is a wee bit Crazy! But I love her to pieces. She is so full of life, love, laughter and sunshine. She absolutely loves her Daddy. Whenever he walks in the door from work, she can hardly contain her excitement. She is becoming very girly and loves to carry her purse all over the house and talk on her “cell phone”. While she is a happy baby, she is also very quick to flip when she doesn’t get her way. While I shouldn’t laugh at her when she does it, it cracks me up when she pitches her fits. She is so dramatic! She is quite the mischeivious little bug. But I can’t imagine how different our family would be without. We definitely hit the baby jackpot with Tucker and Bailey!