The Gaylord Texan

There was one more order of business I needed to take care of before this holiday season came to an end.  I had to take the family to the Gaylord Texan to see the holiday decorations!  Have I mentioned how much I love Christmas?!  I've never gone during the day and I wanted to this year.  It was completely different than visiting at night.  After today, I think I still prefer visiting at night, I think.  Anyway, all in attendance was our family, the in-laws, nieces, and nephew.  Hopefully, everyone enjoyed themselves.  For your viewing pleasure, another round of a plethora of pictures!

The first thing I wanted to do was get a group picture before anyone got tired.

Holding on for dear life.

There was a meet & greet with some characters.  I didn't know who this guy was or where he came from but he looked cool and I had to get a picture with him.

Scarlett spotted a snowman.

 This is the reindeer Prancer.  I LOVED this reindeer!  Her caption read "future outlet mall manager"...or something like that.  I just loved how girly and feminine she was!  I think Scarlett was falling in love with her, too.

After a long day of being out and about, Scarlett wanted her daddy to read to her and he did.  Then Savannah crawled in.  All of them were so adorable cuddled on the sofa together :o)

Christmas Day

Christmas day was so much fun this year!  Every year is fun but this year has been exceedingly fun.  We started the day by going to church.  For me, Christmas is always more spiritual and more special when it is on a Sunday.  After debating whether we should open gifts before or after church, I decided that we should open them after church.  When church was over, we headed home, changed clothes, and sent the kids to the back.  Then the real fun began!  I was one busy elf trying to smuggle gifts in and place them under the tree.  Jeremiah "helped" by volunteering to stay out of the way. 

I'm just now going through the Christmas pictures and I saw this!  I had no idea that he took this.  He said he was appreciating my pregnancy curves.  Looks like a wide load to me but if he loves it, I guess I shouldn't complain.  Is any of this TMI?

I don't remember taking this one either.  I probably came up for air. 

 All done!

 Here's J marching the troops in!

 And then there was one.

Savannah never needs any help ripping things open or apart.  Suddenly, she needs help opening a gift?!  This kid is funny.

 Well well well.  Mr. Man does smile on Christmas, yay!  My job is done :o)

 Daddy's sock mustache.

In less than 2 minutes, a friend of mine (thanks Romy) told me how to make these tutu's.  I made these all by myself and they turned out great!  Well, my mother-in-law sewed the ends together.  The girls kept these on all day long because they loved them so much!

Look at Liz in the background gathering her gifts trying to sneak off.  She couldn't wait to break into her barbie's and start reading her books.

 The aftermath.

 It's all fun and games until Savannah gets hungry and tired.

 These two were fighting over who gets to sit on grandpa's lap.  Being the peacemaker that he is, my dad accommodated both of the girls.  Scarlett was happy but Savannah wasn't so sure about this sharing business. 

The missionaries from church had Christmas dinner with us.  Some kind of way Jeremiah got them hooked on Phase 10.  As soon as dinner was over, they were at it again.

Here's JD enjoying Tangled.  Between the card game, the movie, several conversations going on at the same time, the house was loud but very festive!  I hope everyone had a good time.  

BTW, I want to tell my mom THANK YOU for cooking all of the food!  

I'm still eating the leftovers :o)

Happy 1st Birthday Savannah!

So, this is a little late.  Better late than never, right?  

On December 12, 2010...at 1:30AM...Savannah Camille Prickett was born!  Since we had her party on Saturday, I decided to have an intimate birthday celebration on her actual birthday.  We presented her with a cookie and daddy helped her blow her candle out.  

Once again, the Lord has shown me some mercy and blessed me with this sweet baby girl.  I love everything about her!  She's not perfect but she sure is as sweet as she can be...most days.  One of my favorite parts of the day is first thing in the mornings.  When I walk into the girls room, Savannah will start jumping up and down when she sees my face.  It's the sweetest thing ever!  Then, she will scream until she is fed.  Then, she's fine again...until she gets tired.  Then, the screaming will start all over again.  She really is a diva.  As long as her needs are met, she's good!  We have had such a blast having this little one in our family.  Her smile is to die for and her hugs completely melt your heart. Jeremiah literally thanks me everyday for giving him babies.  Today, I would like to thank him for my babies, too :o)

  

Happy birthday sweetheart!

She has two teeth on the top and two teeth on the bottom.  She put them to good use when it was cookie time! 

She's not walking on her own yet.  But, she is making several steps at a time and we love it!  We made this video on Christmas eve.  Savannah "walked" several times before I started recording and she was doing great!  She was just walking and smiling and having a good time.  Of course, by the time I started recording, she was done and didn't want to "walk" anymore.  The best part of the video?  Me not catching her.  I was so excited and so busy looking through the lens that I didn't realize how close she was.  Oh well.  At least I have her first steps recorded.  Mission accomplished!