Christmas Fun!

 Christmas at PaPa's!

 Sarah absolutely LOVED hanging out with her cousin, Camryn, at Christmas at PaPa's house.

 Grant and Emily

 Aunt Alison and Emily

 Having fun at PaPa's

 Yia Yia and Sarah

 Checking out her stocking on Christmas morning

 What's in here?

Uncle Andy sure is a lot of fun!!

Winter Wonderland Fun

 Sarah and a couple of her friends went to the Winter Wonderland in Willow Bend Mall.  They had so much fun playing in the "snow"!!

 Loren, Sarah, Mia, and Averly

 Looking cute!

Too sweet!

Making Christmas Cookies

 We went to Aunt Rachel's house to make Christmas cookies.  The girls had a great time making the shapes and decorating the cookies!  Sarah was a fan of the yellow icing, and she wanted to ice every cookie with that color. 

 Yummy cookies!

 This is so much fun!

Sarah and her friend, Caroline, enjoyed looking at the Trains exhibit at Northpark Center.  It was pretty busy in there, so it made it nearly impossible to get a picture of their faces.  Also, they were way too interested in the trains to stop to give me a smile!

Putting Up the Christmas Tree

 Striking a super cute pose while putting up the Christmas tree

 Sarah really enjoyed putting the ornaments on the tree.  She asks each day to decorate it again.  When she saw the end result the next morning, her face was priceless!

 Sarah's decorating skills

 My favorite ornament on our tree this year.  Sarah made this at school.  When I opened it, her beautiful face brought tears to my eyes.  She's so sweet and getting so big : (

 Emily watched us as we decorated the tree.

I caught her yawning...

Trip to Cincinnati

 We left for Cincinnati with the expectation of spending the rest of December there as we waited for Emily to recover from surgery.  Dr. Pena gave us unexpected news, and we chose to wait on surgery to see if this will heal in Emily's first year of life. 

 Hanging out in our hotel room

 After getting the good news, we took an additional day in Cincinnati to have some fun.  We went to the Children's Museum, and it was wonderful!  I think Sarah could go there ten times and still not play with everything that was there!  By far, her favorite exhibit was this water one.  We couldn't get her to leave it!

 She also liked this ball exhibit.

 Of course, the Legos exhibit was a hit!

 Cute smile, even though a little fuzzy...

 One way flying with a toddler was manageable.  Also, the lollipops and "treat" (Reese's Pieces).

 Our sweet pea!

 Even though I didn't get a Christmas tree up prior to leaving for Cincinnati, I was set on getting Christmas cards out.  We attempted to take pictures two different times, and that was a beating.  I couldn't get a picture of both girls together that looked decent, so I had to just have them separate.  Maybe next year they will both cooperate better.  I probably could have tried again, but there was really no time for that with all we had to do to get ready for Cincinnati.  Little did I know I'd be back so soon!  We even get to put up a Christmas tree now!  I'm sure I'll post pictures of Sarah helping with that soon.

Thanksgiving in Houston

 Addison, Sarah and Summer with MaMa

 Going on a hay ride at PaPa's house

 MaMa with Emery and Emily

 We took Sarah to Disney on Ice.  She loved it, but it sure was cold in there!

After eating her "treat" (M&Ms) at Disney on Ice

Play Time!

 Emily is really starting to enjoy playing/batting at her toys, and she also likes to "goo" and kick her feet. She is extremely intrigued by the turtle that hangs from her floor gym.

 Tummy time is getting to be a bigger hit now too!

 Silly girl!

 Emily isn't a "fan" of Sophie the giraffe yet, but I know she will be!  Sarah didn't have one, but so many other people spoke so highly of this little giraffe and its abilities to soothe a teething baby, that I had to make sure to get one this go round.

 Sweet Sarah!  The picture below is blurry, but I had to include it so you could get the whole ensemble.  She's looking pretty cute!  She found some black boots in her closet and insisted on wearing them.  After I put them on her, she told me she was "stylin".  I asked her why, and she said, "because of my boots, Mom!" 

Sarah is growing so much, and she absolutely LOVES school.  One day last week while reading books before bedtime, she told us she wanted to read about God.  So, we got her Bible down from the bookshelf.  Pretty much every night since then, she tells us she wants to read about God.  At school, they go to chapel once a week, so Sarah's being exposed to God there.  I still need to ask her teachers exactly what they talk about, but I'm pretty impressed that it has made that much of an impact in a two year old's head already!