One of those moments...

I just experienced one of those little moments that make all of the hard and frustrating parts of being a parent totally, totally worth it. After a long day of playing and potty training (five days now in big girl panties with only a few accidents) I was putting Caroline in bed a few minutes ago. She has been in a big girl bed for about two weeks now (pictures coming soon!) and our bedtime routine includes me laying down with her, reading a Bible story, saying prayers, singing Jesus Loves Me, and reciting Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep. Well, tonight I laid her down and she said "Lay down with me Mommy?" I told her not tonight, that my back was hurting and I was just going to stand beside her bed and say prayers. Well, she reached for my hand and said, "back hurts, Mommy? Lie down, I rub it." I couldn't resist. I laid down and she rubbed my back with those tiny, precious hands through the entire bedtime routine. What an angel, I am so blessed to be her Mommy......

What A FUNUNDRUM!

We had a big night out Friday night at the ...........................CIRCUS!! Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey brought the "greatest show on earth" to Huntsville, Alabama and we had a blast. The show was actually really good and the adults and the kids all had fun. We took a big group that included Mammy and Papa, Dan, Caroline, Me, Mary Bibb, Virginia, and suprisingly, Birdie and Dave. The little girls had been soooo excited at they were not disappointed, especially when Papa and Uncle Dave sprang for 3 $9 lemonades, 3 $9 sno cones, and 1 $8 box of popcorn! Sweet Papa even surprised each girl with a stuffed elephant that Caroline has slept with every night since. Here are some pictures of the big night:

This last picture makes me laugh. The circus did not get over until around ten o'clock and Virginia was basically passed out on his shoulder the whole time trying to get out of there through the masses of people. She finally lifted her little head up and I asked her if she had fun at the circus and this was the best smile she could muster!

Wordless Wednesday

Family Outing!

This past weekend Dan, Caroline and I headed to Huntsville to the Hands-On Children's Museum for some good ole family fun. (And we were tired of being stuck in the house due to cold and extemely windy weather) Caroline really liked everything except the clock that had a face on it and the tree that had a face on it. Everytime we would get close to one of those she would say "do someptin else peassseeee Mommy!" I didn't take too many pictures but here are a couple:

Happy Birthday GiGi!!!

We celebrated my niece Virginia's second birthday this week with a party at Chuckie Cheese. Virginia is Caroline's very best friend and those two are TROUBLE together but they are also hilarious together. They are really into wanting what the other has, but play together pretty well too. Virginia is such a joy and we love her soooo much!

Christmas 2009

We had such a great Christmas. I am slow posting so I am not going to make many comments, just lots of pictures. I will say that Caroline had an amazing time and we are SO blessed with such great family and loved ones. This pictures are from Christmas eve and Christmas day. They include all of the stops on our Christmas schedule which goes something like this: Christmas eve presents at Granny's, Church, back to Granny's for dinner, the Coulter's for Christmas Eve present opening, ome to sleep, Santa at our house, Santa at Mammy's, Santa at Granny's, lunch at Grandmother Maggie's house, and then dinner and presents with the Vickery side Christmas night!

Christmas Activities!

Whew! We have had a busy and fun-filled Christmas season. As we get ready for Santa to come tonight, I wanted to go ahead and get some pictures up of what we have been doing this December. First, we spent a night with the Pylant's and Jackson's at Calvary Assembly for their annual Christmas show. It is called Christmas Now and Then and the first half was Christmas now and they had all of Caroline's favorite characters including Dora, Barney, Diego, and SANTA! Christmas then was a live nativity. It was a fun night with great family and friends.Then Dan and I snuck away one night for my friend Jenna's annual tacky Christmas party.

Lastly, we went to Granny's this week for our annual cookie making extravaganza.

The participants included:

Caroline "Stink-Eye" Coulter

Virginia "Sprinkle-Swiper" Pylant

Luke "Too-Cool for Cookies" Nail

Mary Bibb "Flour Power" PylantKatie "Killer Kutter" Eyster (and her sister Mary Frances who had to leave before I got my camera out)

The finished products! (Santa is one lucky guy to get to eat these cookies!)