i got on here to do a merry christmas, happy new year post & i see that today is the anniversary of when i joined wordpress. which means today is the day i announced my pregnancy and declared there was a little bean to have a blog.
wow.
we’ve come a long way!
so i hope all of your holidays were great; ours was. it was a little lazy like last year. so why haven’t i blogged up to this point?? i couldn’t tell ya! i had plans to upload my pix on NYEve. while being consumed with football (??) alas…
were were very lucky to have uncle natey come down this year again with gramma & grampa. it was a short visit, but we all had a good time. there may have been a bit of complaining on my part because we were able to play CORN HOLE it was so warm!

isn’t that a lovely birthday gift i got from The Mr.???
a fabulous christmas was had by all. The Mr. got a braves running shirt, I got a fancy mailbox & jovie got the spanish dictionary she asked santa for. several other wonderful gifts were given & gotten. after all was said and done, jovie has 32 new books & 4 magazines!
then we enjoyed potter christmas & a night in the “omelette hotel”. she had also requested to visit Meemaw & Poppa at the cemetery for the first time. after all that, it was lazy time at home. a little bit of rain. a few hikes were had. and we have enjoyed The Mr. for the past month. it has all been nice.
and today, i picked jovie up from school 2 hours early because -the northerners will love this- school closed IN CASE of snow. their concern is the high schoolers driving. and also, Snowmageddon!
bring on another fun weekend of family time. games, movies & her kindle fire she got from santa will be enjoyed!
have a stellar 2017!

this may be when Santa said if she cleans her room she gets an extra gift…. if she doesn’t…. he’ll take one away!

this is what your face looks like when you open a box of about a dozen books on one of your favorite characters. (trixie beldon, if you’re wondering)
It was great seeing the 3 of you for Christmas. Happy New Year.