A daughter is the happy memories of the past, the joyful memories of the present, and the hope and promise of the future.

Monday, December 21, 2009

Family Christmas

We had our family Christmas this past weekend. My sister has decided to start having Christmas at her house since this is P's first Christmas. Therefore, my parents, sister, brother-in-law, and nephew came down this weekend so we could have our Christmas together a week early. We had a great time! All my family was also able to stop by and visit and see P for a while also. He was so cute and precious! He is such a happy and good baby boy!

Before we see any pictures of my handsome nephew, we have to see a picture of my baby, George! :) All George wanted was some attention so he passed himself around to everyone Friday night since we were passing P around!


Here is P and Aunt B! They had so much fun playing that P crashed on Aunt B and took a nap! P said, "Aunt B you are so much fun! Thank you and Uncle M for coming to see me!"

This is Papa (P's great-grandpa) and P. P loves Papa!

Here is Nese (Grandma) and P. P said, "It has been too long since I have seen you Nese!"

Here is my cousin and P. Her fiance is also in the background. P was so excited to see his cousin!

Here is Granny and P. P can never get enough of Granny. He loves Granny so much!

Here is Granny, Papa, and P. P says, "I love my great-grandparents. They are so much fun to be around!"

Here is my cousin and her fiance. I was so glad to get to see them for a few minutes before they hit the road to make their Christmas rounds! They are such a cute couple!

Here is my cousin and P. P was so happy in his cousin's arms! He says, "Thanks so much for coming to see me!"

Here is my uncle and P. He says, "When I get older I want to come visit you at your house. My aunt tells me how much fun she use to have at your house so I want to try it out too!"

P loved his Tigger he got from Aunt B and Uncle J. I bet he has lots of fun with Tigger when he gets home too! P says, "Thanks so much! I am going to have so much fun with Tigger!"

Here is my aunt and P. They had so much fun together playing and smiling! P kept telling Aunt B a story!

Here they are again. P says, "You are good at holding me..You are so sweet Aunt B. Thanks for coming to see me!"

Here is Nese and Granddaddy (Grandpa). P says, "I love them so much! They are some cool grandparents! I can't wait to go fishing with them when I get a little older...I'm going to catch a real big fish and eat it!"

Isn't he so cute? I love my nephew to pieces!

Here is my cousin and P. P says, "We had a good visit and I had so much fun talking to you. I love to be held so thanks for holding me and playing with me!"

Here is Papa, Granny, and P. P had so much fun spending the day with them!

Here is part of the gang eating dinner! It was so good to have everyone over and visit! I love my family so much and wish we all got to see each other more often!

P loved Papa's arm. He would rub it and talk to it! It was so cute! P also just liked to be held by Papa. P told Papa, "I want to grow up and be like you Papa!"

Here is me and my nephew! He is such a handsome fella!

Here is Papa and P again. They just moved from the living room to the breakfast room!

Here is P again playing on his blanket with some of his new toys!
Here is P and his Mommy! Don't you love the outfit Papa and Granny got for P! It was too cute!

Here is my cousin and P again! P is just chilling with his cousin!

P said, "I found my ear Granny!"

Here is part of the group just hanging out and talking.

Here we are again!

Here is P and his Mommy and Daddy. They are such a cute family!

P loved Santa Claus!

P and Santa again!

Granddaddy feeding P a sugar cookie. He said, "Yum, Yum!"

P and Granddaddy watching Nese cook!
Here we are playing with some of P's new toys! He had a truck load to go back home with him but loved every single one of them! He is one loved (or spoiled) baby boy! I like to say loved!
Morning time. P said, "Rise and shine...it is 6:30 am!"

Aren't I a cute baby? I love being naked!

P and his Mommy by the Christmas tree!
Uncle Bryan and P playing!
Papa and P talking to each other!

Granny and P rocking! P loves to be rocked! Actually, P is watching tv!

P and me!

P with his Uncle and Aunt! He loves us (or at least I hope so)!!

P taking another picture with Nese and Granddaddy!

P playing on his toy truck!

Nese and P checking out all his new toys!
We had a great Christmas and it was so good to see everyone, including my parents, sister and family, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Thanks everyone so much for coming by and making everything so special! I love each and every one of you!

Christmas is just around the corner so stayed tune for more Christmas posts! I hope everyone has a very, merry Christmas!

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Mamaw

This is my great grandmother, Mamaw! She was the best great grandmother anyone could ever ask for. With the holiday season just right around the corner, I have been thinking about her lately. I loved everything about Mamaw. She was extremely funny, always put me in my place (which I needed many times), the best cook ever, very loving, and an overall special person. There is no one else like her!

One of my favorite memories with Mamaw is when I was younger I would always act like I was sick in order to go stay at Mamaw's for the day. We had so much fun together. We would watch The Price is Right, she would cook my favorite lunch (smothered deer steak, mash potatoes, and a banana nut cake with cream cheese icing--I think). In the afternoons when I was feeling better (I always felt better in the afternoons) we would crank on the record player and she would teach me how to Polka dance. We always played dominoes before the day was over too!

When I got a little older, my favorite memories are just hanging out with her and visiting. I always looked forward to being able to just stop by and hang out with Mamaw! She had so many stories to tell about her family, her life growing up in the cotton field, and a ton of other life experiences. She always knew what was going on around town and in the news so I could always catch up by visiting with Mamaw!

This blog posts goes out to Mamaw! I know she is looking down on me and hopefully she is proud! I know I will always be proud of her and her memory will always live within me and my family.

I love and miss you Mamaw!