Thursday, December 29, 2011

Christmas 2011

Christmas in Hickory (McComb)
Christmas in Hickory- Santa stopped by!!

Adelyn giving Santa a kiss




Christmas Eve at our house
Christmas Eve lunch- James ate rice cereal for the first time!! 

Christmas Eve (after candlelight service at CFUMC)
James and Adelyn





















Dinner- Cornish hen, wild rice, whipped sweet potatoes, and green beans


Christmas Morning at our house






I refinished my grandmother's vanity, painted it, switched out the knobs, and recovered the bench. Santa stuffed it with goodies! (Now it's in her room for dress up fun)


Adelyn added a castle to her wish list

Light Saber!!

The best way to see what's in the stocking is to dump it!

Yummy dump truck!

Riley checking out his stocking


Loving the castle! She put all of her toys in there! 

Happy birthday, Jesus! Blowing out the candles on the annual Christmas morning waffles



Grandma stopped by to see what Santa brought








Grandpa helping Adelyn open her ginormous card


Christmas Night at Seth's grandfather's (Pugh Family)
The boys all got marshmallow shooting guns

marshmallows were flying everywhere!!

Adelyn grabbed as many marshmallows as she could! She was scrambling to pick them up

Mart Mart and James


Christmas Brunch at Seth's Parents on the 26th (Thomas)




Santa brought a bag to Grandma and Grandpa's! 




Star Wars!
Binoculars!



Look, I made it into a picture!

Louise (Rotary foreign exchange student from Denmark)

















Adelyn's dress up clothes + Emily's karaoke machine = a blast for two girls!


Christmas Dinner (evening of the 26th) with my parents (Turner)




Christmas dinner with my parents (steak, sweet potatoes, salad)



We opened gifts the next morning and Adelyn got a scooter!


Big boy rocking chair

Earrings! (my grandmother's old clip ons)



Wednesday, December 28, 2011

6 month check up

I took James for his 6 month check up yesterday. Dr. Khan said he's perfect! :) He weighs 16 pounds 10.5 ounces (30th percentile), is 28 inches long (90th percentile), and his head circumference is 17.5 inches (67th percentile). I was kind of surprised that he was so low in the weight because I think he's a little chunky. He's definitely got some Pugh (Seth's maternal side)- long and lean! Dr. Khan also said his top teeth and the two teeth beside his bottom ones are coming through. Poor little guy- 6 teeth at once??? I can't believe he hasn't been more fussy!!

Sunday, November 27, 2011

6 months old! Where did half of a year go??


     12.22.11  Well, James is six months old....he survived half a year with us! I've seen the most changes this month. He's now rolling from front to back and back to front all the time and sitting up unassisted (and he's pretty good!!). It's a whole new world for him! Additionally, he's got his bottom middle teeth popping through and possibly a top one. This has all been in the course of one week. He has been a little fussy and taken shorter naps for a couple of days, but he smiled all the way through it. I swear, this is the happiest kid ever. He babbles all the time (most times it's a loud "Aaaaaah! Aaaaah! Aaaaaah!"). He's a little ham too- if you make eye contact with him, he flashes his cute smile, sticks his tongue out, and/or spits repeatedly. I'm excited that I can have dairy again! (James was having some projectile vomiting spells and it stopped when I cut it out). The pediatrician told me that babies often are able to tolerate lactose once their 6 months old. I was able to have dairy just in time for Thanksgiving and all the holiday eating festivities (probably not so good for the figure)! He is still a spit-upper so he lives in a bib. James is a great sleeper- he takes 3 naps (2 long and one short) and sleeps from 9:30-6 or 7 a.m. 
     We had a great Thanksgiving! This was the first year we haven't eaten lunch with my family in Hickory, NC and dinner with Seth's family in Dawsonville, GA (4 hours away). This year, we just ate in Hickory. It was neat having all of my cousins there with their kids (usually someone can't make it). I think that really made my 96 year-old grandmother very happy! 
     After Thanksgiving, we were immediately thrown right into Christmas! We've decorated the house, seen Santa several times (and Adelyn is not boo-hooing this year!), gone to Christmas parties, attended school and church performances, and the list goes on. I have enjoyed watching this wonderful season through Adelyn's eyes. There is nothing better than that first year that they start to "get it". She knows the Christmas story and the Santa traditions. We try to make Santa fun, but not more important than Jesus's birth. We did introduce Elf on the Shelf. Adelyn named it Roseanne. It's fun to hide Roseanne each morning! My mom came in town one weekend and we baked TONS of Christmas cookies. We are going to make this an annual event! I loved her school Christmas performance and party! Her class wore gold garland on their heads and shook bells as they sang a couple songs. It was so sweet! At church she dressed up as an animal from the nativity. The ladies in charge of these performances do an outstanding job and I am so thankful that Adelyn is learning the true reason for Christmas. Adelyn's current obsession is Star Wars (or "Star Horse" as she calls it). Seth is a big Star Wars fan as well so this belongs to them. I have never seen any of the movies. They often watch bits and pieces of it or look through Star Wars books. She knows most of the characters and loves to pretend to be Princess Leia or Darth Vader ("Dark Bader"). She lives her life in fantasy- constantly pretending!! Her imagination is pretty wild! I guess that's good?????
     On a sad note, we had to put our sweet dog, Peri, to sleep. She was almost 12 years old. We have two Shelties. Riley and Peri are from the same litter and Seth has had them both since they were puppies. It's been hard on everyone! Peri let Adelyn do anything to her. She would try and ride her, pull her hair (petting her), and chase her around and Peri tolerated it all. She will be greatly missed. :( It was a rough week, as Seth also tore his meniscus playing basketball. He was on crutches and in a lot of pain. He ended up having to have surgery on his knee. He is doing therapy and doing much better! 
     We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas! It's hard to believe we're wrapping up another year- happy New Year!

"Great Mommy" as Adelyn calls her
All the great grandkids (plus Bryna)
James playing in the floor

He loves grabbing his feet (and they make a delicious snack too)

Adelyn playing with her Little People Nativity Scene- best toy ever! 

Jumparoo really wears a little boy out!


Visiting Santa- Adelyn told him she wants a bouncy ball and James wants the biggest TV you've ever seen
James sacked out at Adelyn's school Christmas party

Grandma and Adelyn at her Christmas party

Adelyn had NO CLUE she had all of this icing on her face. Several adults were giggling at her. The little girl sitting next to her noticed and she rubbed her icing on her face too. 

I gave Adelyn her first bubble bath and put in WAAAAAAY too many bubbles. Adelyn had a ball! 


My mom came in town and we baked cookies for two days! 


Sugar cookies
Decorating is so fun!

Pounding candy canes

Stone Mountain train ride- they played Christmas music and we saw lots of lights!

I'm feeling like a big boy!
The Billy Graham Library (Charlotte) at Christmas is beautiful!

They had a live nativity with sheep, a donkey, a camel, a llama, goats, and a Scottish cow (Ever seen one? They have long hair!)