Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Christmas 2008
















Ella and Sophia loaded up on princess stuff and toys. Ella even got a kids digital camera. Too bad Big Daddy got the stomach virus and Sophia got a nasty 103+ fever for three days....

Picture Clue




Yes, Ella and I spent Christmas day in the Peds ER at Richland. They fixed her up (after a few hours of work and a lot of tests)and we went on to Charleston. Its amazing what fluids and a few good BM's do- she garbled down a bowl of mac n cheese before we left town and never looked back after that!


Christmas Eve at Pappy and Yaya's

We had a good time with Tripp's family on Christmas Eve this year. Ella had really just recovered from the stomach virus she managed to avoid at Thanksgiving. We weren't able to get there as early as we wanted because she felt bad. After the party at Tripp's parents' house, we went to the Newsome extended family dinner. Ella abruptly decided that her back and belly hurt and demanded to leave. It was so out of character for her, I knew we had to go. Needless to say, it was a rough ride and a rougher night.






Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Sweet Sisters





Zoo Fun and Santa

Last week, we went to the Lights at Riverbank Zoo. The lights are fun, but the company is the best part. This year it was so warm we didn't feel rushed at all. My friend (and fellow fellow) Jennifer brought her boys. Ella and Sophia each have a matching age boy friend, maybe one day a boyfriend! For the first time ever, Ella decided to sit on Santa's lap. She loved it and forgot to tell him something, so she wanted to go back. Tripp tried to take Sophia with them and put her on Santa's lap. She screamed and wouldn't let Big Daddy touch her for an hour.






Sunday, December 14, 2008

Uh...addendum

I meant to add a little note to those videos. Particularly the one where my 3 year old begins to strip for the camera.....That's why it is cut off somewhat abruptly. No she is not in training...She has this issue with being hot ALL the time. Never keeps her PJ's on at night. We find them all over her room. I think she gets it from Big Daddy...

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Me!!!!!!

Sophia is trying to learn her ABC's now. She knows about 10 out of 26 letters. Watch these videos as Sophia mouths the words behind Ella. She loves to scream out "Me!!", and "Knee". Oh, and Ella doesn't talk like that....we make her sing the Deep South version of Oh, Susanna!






Slim Fast

Look at what that horrible stomach virus did to my sweet fat baby! These pictures were from Sept and then Nov. Her belly was already starting to slim down, but the arms and legs showed no signs of slowing down until the virus. I am happy to report she is eating like a pig once again.



Late Sept

Late Nov

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Gingerbread, anyone????








Here are a few pics of the Gingerbread house that Supernanny and Ella made the other day when the little kids were sleeping. So cute...

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

The Newsome Kids

We had dinner on Saturday with my brother and sister-in-law, mother and father-in-law, nephew and niece in Camden. We had a great time! Ella and Connor are such good buddies- they totally destroyed his room and had a great time doing it! We had a nice dinner and then snapped a few pics. Elliot is getting sooo big and she is looking just like Ashleigh's mother right now. Wish we could see them more often!




Fun at Frankie's

Supernanny did it again....She manages to chase my crazy kids (and other people's kids) around Frankies Fun Park. Ella played some video games and did some crazy bowling......of course, dressed as a princess. The girls on the opposire side of the table are Destiny( ella's older best bud) and her cousin.