So I don't know what has taken over me, but I have been the WORST.BLOGGER.EVER! After Ansley goes to sleep is the only time I have to blog, and I just haven't been in the mood! We've done a lot of fun things, had some big girl transitions with Ansley, celebrated with family, and stayed busy, but I haven't had much energy to document it all! I'm going to try to do better about carving some time out to share our life and adventures. I know you've all missed seeing what we've been doing..! :)
Just to give you a recap of our life during the past three months, I'll show a FEW :) photos!
November...
We celebrated Ansley's SECOND birthday....see previous post for details.
We had the very talented Ashlee Culverhouse take a few two year old pictures and family pictures.
December...
Christmas! Christmas was so fun this year with Ansley. She most definitely knows what the word present means! She had so much fun, and it was so fun on the parent side of Christmas. I felt like we had a Christmas get-together every night, but the time spent together was worth it all.
We started off with a visit with Santa at HLCC. This is as close as we got to Santa...we tried several more times. :)
We celebrated with Mitch's parents before they left for Virginia. Ansley was so excited about her new gifts.
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| This is my silly smile. |
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| She discovered her car right off the bat. |
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| Looking at my new shoes with "Dad-Dad". |
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| Checking out my new guitar with "SueSue". |
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| This is so much fun! |
We also celebrated with Mitch's grandma and cousins.
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| Ansley loved her new "Bitty Baby". |
Our Ocilla family came to my parent's for our annual Saturday get-together.
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| Asher taking Ansley on a little ride. |
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| Shana and Chad |
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| Mitch and Me |
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| Mom and Dad |
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| Santa showed up....take two wasn't much better. |
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| BUT....we warmed up to Santa! |
Then came Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. My parents came over for Christmas Eve, and we had a great dinner together. We were SO thankful that everyone was well on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day this year!! Ansley woke up excited to see what Santa brought her!
After Ansley played with her new gifts, we all went to my grandmother's house for our annual Chrismtas morning brunch. The kids were WILD. Trying to get all three in a picture was impossible.
After naps on Christmas Day, we headed over to my parent's house for Christmas with my family.
On the day after Christmas, Mitch, Ansley and I headed up North to VA. We wanted to visit with Mitch's mom's family. The weather was really nice while we were up there, but unfortunately I didn't take any pictures. The day after we arrived, Mitch and Ansley both came down with the stomach virus. It definitely wasn't what we intended for our visit, but we had a good time nonetheless.
The day we drove back to GA, we celebrated with my dad's parents. They always do Christmas on December 30th, which is their anniversary. We were exhausted after riding/driving for 10 hours, but we had fun with my dad's family. I have looked and looked, but I can't find the pictures from that night. When I find them, I'll add them to the post.
On New Years Eve, we rode with Nathan and Emily Greer to our friend's, Justin and Jennifer Allen's, house in Carrollton. We were all friends at UGA and always enjoy spending time together. They were having a New Years get-together and graciously invited us. They had the chef from a local restaurant come and cook on site. The food was really great.
January...
We decided that it was time for Ansley to transition into a big girl bed. We moved the double bed from the guest room into her bedroom. It was rough for about a week, but she has finally gotten the hang of her new bed. She loves sleeping in her big girl bed, and we're really proud of her for doing so well. Next on the list will be potty training, so pray for us! I'll post a picture of Ansley's bed when I get her new bedding.
We've had a few outing with friends. We spent a night with some of Mitch's work friends listening to the "Music of the Eagles" performed by the Macon Symphony Orchestra. We really enjoyed hanging out and listening to the band play. We also drove to Augusta to visit with our friends, Joe and Amanda Todd. Joe had an unfortunate accident while hunting. We're so glad he's doing well and will make a full recovery.
It's been a COLD winter so far. We, as I'm sure you did too, had a little snow this past week. Ansley had never seen snow before, and it was so fun to experience this with her. Her first words about snow...."pretty!" She loved running around in it, but she didn't really know what to do! We had a good time hanging out with our neighborhood crew. Even the guys had fun with the snow/ice.
I hope to do a better job of documenting our life on a regular basis, but HERE is what we have been doing! :)
