A whole lotta crazy

Sorry its been so long since I posted last. January was by far the busiest month we've had in a long time. Started out with sickness, Over the holiday's Fiona got a bacterial infection and poor baby was just so sick. We took her to the walk-in clinic on the 1st because everyone else was closed, tell you what walking into a medical clinic where everyone has a mask on isn't the most pleasant of sites. Well we got her in and I really should have seen the doctor at the same time but I didn't think I was that sick, maybe just a cold. She got antibiotics and cough meds, she was not a happy camper but came out of it all pretty well off. Me ugh, I ended up leaving work the next day after only an hour or so, went to doctor and had a severe sinus infection. So the next day I came down with that horrible stomach bug that hit my entire family! Oh I was miserable and pretty pitiful.

 

So the next week I had to head to Atlanta for work, we left on Tuesday morning and came home on Saturday. Oh how my girl missed her mommy, I talked to her and her daddy every night - the 1st couple of nights it was more than once and a few mornings too. But Mike and Fi made it just fine, a bit messier of house and daughter, but fine all around. I got her a round stuffed elephant at the airport, funny I wasn't sure what it was - I kinda thought it was a mouse, but a really cute kid in the shop said he liked the elephant more than the penguin I was looking at. 

Its been really cold lately, so here is a cute pic of my little bunny!

And here she is keeping the rain off!

And my pretty girl with her hair all fixed.

 And she is "talking" to her daddy when he was at work.

Crazy Christmas

Well now that most of the craziness of Christmas is over I can sit and relax and actually post about it. Fi loved Christmas! This year has been the best by-far. Friday night we went to Mike's parents and then on Sunday we had Christmas at my parents. Kendal and Fi played in Fi's tent, beleive me Fi was so excited. She has been talking about playing in her tent with Baby Kenden for weeks now. Here are those sweet girls having a blast. We decorated stockings which was fun, Fi just wanted to play with the glitter glue and the fuzz balls and jingle bells.

 

Monday we sprinkled (ok more like dumped) reindeer food out in the yard to feed Santa's reindeer - they get really hungry on that trip from the North Pole, ya know.

Christmas morning we woke to Santa having come and gone. He delivered Fi a wonderful kitchen. She was so excited about it, I think it took me almost 20 mins to get her to stop playing with the kitchen to open her other presents. Santa even brought her donuts and had them in the oven waiting on her to get up.

She got Bubble Puppy in her stocking

Even after all the craziness of the morning and having to pry Fi away from the kitchen, somehow we managed to be the 1st ones to Mikes grandmothers house, of course Mark and his family had come and gone since they had to book it out of town for their flight out of Tulsa, but I'm not counting them.

Sunday we had Christmas at DeeDee's house. Sorry I didn't take any photos, I wasn't feeling well.
All in all this has definitely been the best Christmas Ever!

Graduation

Well it finally came! Mike has graduated with his Bachelors Degree. We are so so very proud of him. It is so incredibly hard to go back to school when you are older, not to mention to be working and having a child while you are doing it. But he did it wonderfully. He maintained a 4.0 G.P.A and was on the Dean's & Chancellor's lists each and every semester. Graduation was on Saturday December 15th and we went out to dinner that evening with a large group of our family.
I'm thinking when he has the next big graduation (when he gets his Masters and teaching certificate) we are going to do a big ol' lake party and have everyone come.

So very proud of him!!!

Christmas Pictures

Yeah!! They finally came in, we did our session the 1st of December and just got the pictures back. Here is some of the ones I like the best. 

Morning Funs

I just had to put the pictures up. As you can tell the weather is getting colder, especially in the mornings - so we now have to bundle up more. Fiona really isn't happy about that but, she sure is cute! 

That bottom picture was her going Hallllooo! Oh I don't want her to grow any older, this age is too much fun!!!

Big

I had to post this, My girl is getting so darn BIG! Sunday after church we went to Sabarro's for lunch then we let her play on some of the cars. Then on to get shoes for Mike. But oh I just had to show these pictures, I swear she is growing up way too fast. That pizza slice was bigger than her head!!!

Shopping

Saturday morning I got my first shopping trip sans child in a very long time. It was so wonderful to be able to actually run into a store and not have to mess with getting them out of the car-seat, making sure both shoes are on, have extra diapers and pants incase of accidents oh and the inevitable toy/stuffed animal that must come in with you. Mike kept Fi for me so I could run a few errands and pick up some Christmas items and do a little grocery shopping. I of course got the text from him... "Look at what your daughter is doing"

Ok now HA! instead of the house falling down around them while I am gone it fell on her!


I stopped by the cookie place and grabbed us all a little treat. Fi got a Santa cookie, She pretty much just licked all the icing off of it.

 She had to show Santa her Santa cookie.

After the cookie, we just decided to have a little fun with the reverse camera option on my phone.

 She loves to see the pictures after we took them.

 I Love this picture - We just have fun.

 Here she is showing her Rudolph the Reindeer Ornament that sings (LOUDLY)