And it's taken me over a month from our last long overdue entry to write this post; so now I have even more things to catch up on! Nonetheless, we'll make this a 3-part series of months-late summaries and get caught up...eventually.
DECEMBER 2015 was great fun! John started teething again, but it took almost an entire month of chewing on everything and drooling like crazy before any more came in... and boy did they come in! In the last few days of December and first couple of January (a week total), Johnny Boy got FOUR new teeth, bringing his count up to 6. Buddy Man was a champ, though, and was still just as happy as can be the entire time. What a good babe. And he has even more now; but we'll talk about that in Part 3.
The kids and I were able to spend almost 2 full weeks in Collierville with my family for the Christmas holiday. I flew with the two of them by myself on the way down, and of course, things couldn't be easy. I rarely update Facebook with a personal, this-is-what's-going-on-with-me post, but I felt the need to after my experience:
"SPRINTING through the Charlotte airport last night from one gate to the next with a wide-eyed baby strapped to my front, a backpack strapped to my back, a Winnie the Pooh backpack sliding down my arm, a wheeled carry-on bumblebee suitcase dragging behind, and a stroller holding a giggling toddler ("wheeeeee!") leading the way isn't necessarily an ideal situation, but it does make one feel kind of like Superwoman when one reaches the gate just in the nick of time, even though Superwoman probably never sweats like that AND gets to wear a fancy cape."We had a great time while we were there, and we even had some professional pictures done, which is where we got that fancy pic at the top.
We celebrated NYE on NYDay with our best friends here in Franklin, and we had a great time. I copied Eric and Lauren's "balloon drop" celebration from their last year's NYE party, and the kids loved it, though you wouldn't think Susannah did based on her face (see below).
So here's the month of December in pictures! (Well, the month of December + January 1...)
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| This girl is AMAZING on an airplane. She is so well behaved and (surprisingly) makes friends with everyone! |
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| We went to see Hudson's Christmas program, and this is just the cutest picture. |
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| My peeps |
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| This boy is Eric Ware's kid: cuddling with his toy guitar. |
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| Making gingerbread houses at Aunt Lauren and Uncle E's house! |
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| Susannah and Uncle E bonded over the glow-in-the-dark drumsticks. |
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| The beginning of the Polar Express Experience, brought to you by Lauren Ware. A magical night! |
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| Going hard. |
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| The boy snuggled with me like this for almost 20 minutes. My babes NEVER snuggle! It was glorious! |
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| Watching The Polar Express in their very own train cars with melted snow and popcorn. |
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| John and Hendricks -- Matching cousins! |
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| Uncle Bear's cookie baking/decorating contest! |
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| Focused in. |
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| Family pic with our sparklers on Christmas Night. |
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| A rare group, but a good group. I love my siblings SO MUCH! |
