Happy Birthday to KeeKee!

You are the most sparkly person I know! I wish you the happiest of days! You are the greatest of sisters! And now...a brief photo retrospective...with some random pictures I dug up....in no particular order....

Happy Holidays!

This Christmas season feels much different to me. First, Savannah is old enough and smart enough to be hyper alert to any package that shows up on our doorstep. This creates a new problem for me to solve....how do I continue to say it's "all for mommy" and where do I hide everything for crying out loud? Second, getting out of the house to do any actual shopping also poses a problem, hence the internet shopping and package delivery. Third, do siblings HAVE to wear matching Christmas outfits and pajamas? Because if so, retailers make this near impossible. Trying to find a 0-3 month pj or outfit actually in-stock along with a 5T pj or outfit proved too much for me, so "close enough" matching will have to do.

So, all in all it's a good thing that Christmas is about JESUS and not about presents, shopping or Christmas outifts because I'd be doomed for sure. Here's a few pics of what we've been up to since Thanksgiving....Merry, Merry Christmas everybody!

Love this picture of Caroline and Savannah loves snuggling with Caroline!

Watching Frosty The Snowman


Caroline observing Gingerbread House Night at Southwind

More candy was consumed than placed on the houses...trust me.

I LOVE my sweet baby girls!

Savannah and her long time friend, Kemp

Thanksgiving 2008 -- (Most) Images By Savannah

The Indian Princess

Decorating the Tree

mommy

daddy


grammae

grandpa


cousin brock

aunt laurie(LaLa)

uncle will

Thanksgiving was spent in Fort Smith this year with the Shepard clan and it was fun! There were three grandchildren in the house which made for lots of activity and somebody was napping at almost every point of the day. Savannah got hold of the camera and decided she would document all of us for herself....Thanks Bug!

Caroline Turns Two Months

We can't believe she is two months old! She's a great little kiddo for sure - has a great smile she shows off at every chance she gets and is very communicative for a 10 weeks old.

Pajama Day

It's officially fall in Memphis....rainy, windy and cold! The girls had a pj day today, so I had to document it since it happens so rarely. Savannah did go out in her jams to grab donuts at Gibson's with her dad and Caroline never left the house! I think she slept 80% of the day (note her sleepy eyes in the pictures) I got a wonderful manicure/pedicure courtesy of my man and he stayed home and played with the girls while I got some "fresh air" and pampering. It's back to work for me on Monday, so say a prayer that I can figure out how to do it all and be good at it. I have my doubts.....

Halloween - Savannah Style

Savannah decided she wanted to be BOTH a "magical mermaid" (a mermaid who can talk under water) and Cinderella. SOoooooo in the spirit of most awards shows...she did a wardrobe change! She trick-or-treated as a mermaid with her friend Love and a couple of our neighborhood friends (A.J. as a Chef and Nora as an Apple) and then we took her to a Halloween party at Second Presbyterian (home to her parent's day out school). They have all the "jumpies" at this annual gathering and Savannah goes non-stop on all of them from the minute we walk in the door. She got so far ahead of me that by the time I made it in the gym, all I could find of her were her shoes! Thankfully, there were two of us to run interference on her...

Caroline stayed home with a friend of ours and passed out candy. She dressed up like a newborn. :)

Cupcakes and Birthdays

Savannah's low key 4th birthday party was held at Muddy's Bake Shop: http://www.muddysbakeshop.com/index.html

Such a fun place and actually discovered it when my girlfriends hosted a baby shower for us there! We invited her "best girls": Love Thompson (Miss Cheerleader), Lucy Lamberson (Sleeping Beauty) and Bradleigh Biggs (Cinderella). Our most exciting guest was of course, BENJAMIN BRADLEY HARRIS. Savannah's all time favorite person (besides her dad).

Retrospective

Just a few snapshots of the last five weeks or so...

• Savannah's 4th birthday cake
• Savannah's "50's Sock Hop" at her school
• Caroline's first bath
• Caroline on the changing table
• Caroline "pretending" to be one of Savannah's babies...