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!

O Christmas Tree

One of my favorite things about Christmas is the tree. Growing up we always had a real tree, & I can't ever imagine doing anything different. We ventured out to Home Depot as a family of 4 a few weekends ago & bought the first tree we touched.

It really is a perfect tree, might be the best one we have picked yet!

Lola was a lil more into decorating this year. She actually hung a few ornaments at first, then she would pick up an ornament & delegate the hanging to Andrew. She loved the silver beads we hung on the tree (she called them the trees necklace).

Brantley slept through the whole thing, which was probably best.

This year I also bought Lola a purple tree for her room. She loves it. Anytime someone comes over she immediately drags them back to her room to show them her tree.

Breakfast with Santa

This past Saturday we had Breakfast with Santa at church. We left Brantley at home with Grams while Andrew & I took Lola. She was a little shy a first, but I was really proud that she never shed a tear. They took 2 photos, one of which is decent (even though Santa is not looking at the camera)! Next year she will have to show her bro how it is done! Merry Christmas!

Happy Thanksgiving!