Christmas Eve

One thing Lola loved about the Holidays was all the sweets. She still ask for dessert after every meal!

On Christmas Eve, Lola & Nana made a Christmas Tree cake... one piece of candy for the cake, one for Lola.

That night we made cookies for Santa with icing & sprinkles. She was so excited & stole a few of Santa's cookies for herself!

Brantley had a lazy day, snoozing & being carried around, oh the life!

Brantley & Uncle JC

Cousin Christmas

A few nights before Christmas we went over to my cousin Brian's house for dinner. He has 2 little boys, Beau 3 & Luke 8 months. Lola had a great time with the boys & playing with all Beau's toys, she is still talking about Beau's trains. The kids were great and we all had a wonderful time visiting.

My grandparents were there & got to meet Brantley for the first time. We were able to get some great photos of them with their great-grandchildren!

Love Beau in this photo!

My cousin Ashley & her husband Josh were in visiting from Texas, it was so good to see them.

PawPaw & Luke

MawMaw & Brantley

Christmas with Andrew's Family

This year we were in Atlanta for Christmas, so we had Christmas with Andrew's family a few days early. Grams cooked a wonderful dinner for us. I am now realizing I did not take enough photos that night, I must have been scattered. Anyway, we had a wonderful evening celebrating & exchanging gifts.

Aunt Whit & Brantley

Lola & Andrew opening her new doll

Lola was into opening presents, I think she opened several of everyone's!

Snow, Gingerbread House, & Snuggling

A few weeks before Christmas we got our first snow. One day I bundled Lola up and took her to the mail box with me. She was a little unsure at first, but quickly decided she liked it. She immediately started asking for a carrot. It took me a while to figure it out, but she was telling me she wanted to build a snowman!

The weekend before Christmas Lola & I built a Gingerbread House. Lola was so excited all morning & could not wait to start. I had bought a kit at Publix that had everything we needed. Upon opening, I realized it might have a little bit more than we needed, there was TONS of candy. Lola eyes immediately lit up like a Christmas Tree! The set came with a little tray you could separate the candy into, just right for Lola's little fingers. She would grab a handful of candy & say 'one for Ginger, one for me'.

She was so cute the entire morning, maybe it was all the sugar.

Happy boy!

Lola snuggling with Mr. B

Brantley 1 Month

Here are Brantley's 1 month measurement photos. Andrew wanted him to be sized up to a football, he is convinced we have a lil linebacker!

He is such a sweet baby, cooing has started, & he loves to hear his big sisters voice (which is a good thing because she does a lot of talking)!

Christmas Card Outtake

Thankfully we did get a better photo for the card!

First few weeks...

I am not sure where to begin, I am so behind! I knew things would be different with the 2nd, but I thought I would at least have time to post photos. Man was I wrong! So, here are a few of my favorites from the first few weeks. Hopefully I can do better going forward. Things are going great at home, we are so blessed. God is good~

Grumpy Bear

2 Week stats: 9.8 lbs (50%), 22 2/3 inches (90%)

Walked in the room one day to find Lola brushing Brantley's hair with a plastic fork.

JC's lil Braves fan

My Mom came & stayed for 2 weeks, she was amazing. Thanks Nana for all the help!

Lola pretending to have a baby in her belly

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Snuggling with Daddy

Sweet boy

Lola's favorite thing is to burp him.

One of my good friends, Tracy, had her baby girl the day after Brantley was born. Brantley is about twice the size of Ashlyn, she is adorable. Too cute, his first lil girlfriend!