It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year...

Merry Christmas Ya'll!! This is, by far, my favorite time of the year. All the shopping. All the excitement. All the...shopping. Ok. so I'm actually only shopping online this year but all the hussle and bussle just gets me excited. We've spent most of our nights driving around our neighborhood checking out the lights-spectacular and the rest of our days talking about Santa vs. Jesus's birthday and the naught vs. nice list. 3 years old is just getting more and more fun; although all of our ornaments have turned to plastic and missing pieces!

Our sweet girl in all of her 'girliness'. She's the princess but wasn't sure how to use a poncho...

Good Food, Better Friends, and the Best Family

Due to the plague-bubble covering our home, I'm running a bit behind on my bog. BUT...Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
We had a great time visiting Lolli and Pop in Louisiana, Sarah and Johnathan in Biloxi, Teryn's girls, and Nina's boys in Navarre and the DOWNARDS!

We had such a fun time in the sun (and 80 degree days) that it was tough to jump back in the van and head north!

PS: It is a rare occasion to catch the camera-shy-mom in action, so I had to post it for the world to see :)

Bo, my sister, is getting married on the Beach in May so there was a bunch of fun wedding stuff, TONS of good (sea) food- go Grits-A-YaYa!

Grandma was such a good....dog sitter? :) It was great to see Great Granma doing so well and the kids loved playing with her.

Our Town!

We have the climbers,
We call her the streak,

Getting ready to go seeeee Santa (not get near him) at Bass Pro shops!

Clayton must've seen someone whistle with their fingers in their mouths because recently he's been sticking his finger in his mouth, when the dogs are around, and says he's calling them.

And...we just don't know what this one is thinking :)

It's A Girl!

We were thinking that there just wasn't enough chaos in our home... "lets add another dog"!
Welcome Family member #6: After the loss of Lilli, the hunt was on to find a semi-replacement (aka: a lap dog). Grandma Downard has been looking high and low for a good Chihuahua breeder. We happened on a lady in the Sam's parking lot that had these two 5 month old puppies that were 'too small to breed'. Great, almost out of their puppy stage at 5 months AND have already had all their shots! We'll take one. Well, of course the cute one with the perfect little head, long legs and proportional body was a yapping mess. So, I did the uncharacteristically Bri-thing: picked the squatty one with the unmatching eye color and good disposition (for a chihuahua). Chris says, "I guess beauty comes at a price". I guess so.

I think that this is one of the only times that I've held her. I can't seem to get a turn in the long line forming around her. Clayton won't let her down. He tells Charlie (the Aussie), "CHARLIE, we don't heard" and then he says, "I'm singing to her so she isn't sad". Lilli would've bit the fire out of him by now.

Even Laney needs her daily kisses. Thanks Grandma Downard for telling Santa to visit us a little early this year!!

She weighed in at a whopping 2.2 lbs at the vet today!

Poor thing doesn't have a name yet. Anyone want to vote? Here's the options so far: Stella, Izzy, Zoe, or Pearl.

Happy Halloween! (lots of pictures)

Just A Couple of Pictures!

Clayton gets frustrated with us because we are always telling him how to make a 'traditional' 3-years-old. He's come up with his own solution...after discovering the sign language for "F".
Our sweet girl playing peek-a-boo (or trying to get her bib off...I can never really tell).

Our new-found super hero! (at least it's the sign for "I Love You" and not the alternatives)

Uncle JB and Aunt JJ send Clayton (and I think ultimatly Chris) a Snoopy Snow Cone maker. Nostalgia

Red Rock Canyon Campin'

It was fall break at OU so we headed out of town to experience our 1st family camping trip. Besides, we had to try out Chris's new birthday tent!

It was awesome. Kids just belong in the wide open. The kids had a great time! And we didn't have to worry about cleanliness (which is a good thing because I've never seen our children with more mud on them). Clayton even liked being put to work collecting wood for the fire pit.