Baby's (My) First Christmas.

It's me again, Finnley. I meant to tell you about Christmas morning the other day but ran out of time. It was a lot of fun! Santa and the grandparents spoiled me rotten! We got up super early cause I just couldn't wait to see what the Santa stuff was all about. We started out by playing in the kitchen for a bit while Mom & Dad drank some coffee, then we moved into the living room to open up our stockings. Oooohh! That was so much fun! I didn't last too long before I needed to go down for my nap, so Mom & Dad finished up opening most things while munching on the delicious cinnamon rolls that Mom had made for us..well them. 

It was so much fun to hang out in the morning with both Mom & Dad around. It's so rare in our house that that happens. Oh how I love my Daddy! He makes me laugh and smile like crazy.

 The Christmas morning mess!

 Paper is waaay fun!

That's pretty much it! Then Dad went and took a nap while mom tried to get me to take another nap so she could get some cooking done for dinner. It wasn't very successful; I was a little off after our trip to Charleston. After Mom finished up the cooking and scrambling to get everyone dressed and together, we were off to our friends', the Tanksley's, for dinner. It was a great day! We were so blessed with great gifts, friends and family. What fun. Thank you Jesus for letting us celebrate your birthday.

xoxo-Finn

Hi! It's Me, Finn!

Hi, it's Finn. I'm guest posting for mom today since she's been slacking lately. Well, I don't know if she's been truly slacking, but just hasn't been keeping up with this. I don't know why though. She is pretty much a stay-at-home mom that sits around and eats bon-bons all day. You'd think she could at least post every once in a while! Just kidding.

Things have been quite busy lately as you may have guessed. But here's a sneak peak at what we were up to right before Christmas. Mom, Dad, and I took a trip to Charleston for two nights and had so much fun! We really didn't do much of anything....didn't even go out to dinner. Instead we ordered pizza and ate in our room with some beers that we'd picked up at the local grocery store! Well, of course I didn't have the beer or pizza (maybe a pizza crust though:). I hope you enjoy the picture tour!

 Oh, that's me in the background!

Hanging out in the hotel room. It was so much fun romping around and exploring in a new place. That was the best part of the entire trip!

 I love my mom. Well...mostly just her iphone.

 We went to church at this church on Sunday morning: Saint Michael's. This is the view from our hotel room. Something to note: George Washington went to church at this church when he would come to town.

 Too bad this is such a blurry one cause it's a real cute one of me!

We took a ferry to Fort Sumter. Dad's allowed to see one fort or castle per trip. I got to see my first one outside of the womb. Pretty awesome.

And at our favorite breakfast place: Hominy Grill. Yumm! We ate here both mornings. Mom and Dad have never gotten to a restaurant for breakfast so early on vacation before. Life has changed I guess since I came around.

  

Dad had the "Big Nasty" (fried chicken with gravy in a bisquit)...boring mom had the yogurt and granola. She says it was delicious....but she's still trying to shed a few l-bs that I put on her....haha.

Then off to get home for preparing for Santa to arrive!

Hope you enjoyed.

xo-Finnley

Life Lately.

Here you go. Hope you all are enjoying the season and staying just as busy as we are!

lauren 

It's been an exciting morning! Take your guess.....

We opened our new camera first this morning so we could clearly capture all the excitement. Here's a little story of our morning. Notice the lovely difference in clarity and light compared to my dinky iphone.

Isn't that a sweet little blanket? I'd been eyeing it for several months before 'Little' was even in the picture.

It took Lyle a moment to figure out what he was looking at.

Hmm. In action. A gift from my brother-in-law....thanks Shane.

My diaper bag. Yay!

And baby gifts from Tutu & Bappa Paulin.

Merry Christmas ya'll. Remember what its really all about.

lauren & lyle, the cats & baby boy Jackson

*design images belong to Kelly Hicks