Oh My Sakes!

On our way to meet Benjamin's friend, Seth, for a Christmas train ride we decided to take a quick detour and look at the Christmas lights on all the houses. Benjamin's response to them all was "Oh my sakes!" Obviously he got his expressions wrong. He mixed "oh my goodness" and "goodness sakes" together. This kid is keeping us laughing all the time these days.

Daddy and Benjamin getting ready to take off on the Christmas train.












Tracey and Seth












Off they go!












Hugs for his best buddy. They were so happy to see each other they were squealing with delight!

Feeding Time for Frederick

To everyone out there who knows what a "boppy" is....Benjamin was sitting on the couch and put it around him. He then says he's going to feed Frederick. David and I got a good laugh out of that one. He stayed there long enough for me to get a picture.

Dinner Club Christmas Party

Some of the girls in our dinner club met for a Christmas party last night. One of the members brought us all matching (really comfortable) socks. We decided to ditch our heels and wear the socks all evening (the party was at a house - we weren't out in public). So instead of a group picture of us all, we decided to take a picture of our feet. Silly good times!

Christmas Party

We had a Christmas party at Natalie's house yesterday and it was a blast. Thanks Becky for hosting.

Tea party with Mimi












Miss Mimi












Miss Paige












Mr. Benjamin












Josh and Christopher












Miss Savannah

















Miss Natalie












Miss Lily

Savannah's Tree

I finally got around to putting Savannah's tree up. Better late than never, right? I'm still in search of a tree skirt for it. Okay, so it's a little tacky but it's the thought that counts....can someone say GAUDY??? Bah humbug.

Static

This is what happens when you stick your finger in a electrical outlet....just kidding.

Susie

My mother's dog, Susie, passed away last week due to a brain tumor. She's been part of our lives for 8 years. She was my mom's little buddy, companion, and best friend. She was found on the street and had obviously been abused and came to live with my mom. Susie was our dog's (Frederick) best friend. He loved her so much and would always get so excited when we would tell him that she's coming to visit. He would sit and whine at the door until Susie arrived. Her snores, snorts, and grunts which seemed so annoying at the time, are now deeply missed.

London

Note to self: Eight month old babies and 9 hour plane rides don't mix well. Use extreme caution, or better yet, avoid at all costs.

Except for the ride there and back, London was fabulous. It was nice to actually take time to see the city instead of flying in to jump on a plane to somewhere else. The most amazing thing that happened on the trip is that Savannah slept 18 hours once we got there. We put her to bed on Saturday night at 6pm, she woke up 6 hours later to nurse, and then went right back to sleep until noon. I actually had to wake her up at noon. What a sleepy head. Where's Benjamin? He hung out at both sets of grandparents for the week.

Here are some of our highlights:

First stop - McDonald's. Sadly, no iced coffee at Mickey D's in London so I settled for a cappucino.












Savannah's first London pub experience and believe it or not, we weren't the only parents with a baby in this pub! Funny. We have a similar picture of Benjamin and me in a pub in Scotland so we had to do the same for Savannah.












Shopping at Harrod's. The place is massive. It's a full block and 5 levels. I'm not much of a shopper so we only made it through 2 levels. But it's definitely a shopper's paradise.












A poster in the Underground. We thought it was funny.












David and Savannah in the tunnel waiting on the train.












The Highgate tube station where David lived.












Savannah was pooped! She's sleeping peacefully in her backpack as we hike all over London.












Savannah and David eating at David's favorite pizza place (Pizza Express) while he lived in London. Yes, she's in pj's and all I have to say is that it was REALLY cold and all of her warm clothes were dirty. At that point I didn't feel like figuring out the odd washer/dryer combo in our apartment so she spent the day in pj's....












A picture of David and Savannah in front of where he lived in London.












Me on the very long escalator in the tube. It actually frightened me at first, I hate heights, but we rode it so many times I got used to it.












Another funny sticker in the tube. Did you see how big the "rucksack" was in the picture above with Savannah in it? Yeah, so, we hit a few things here and there with it...and people too. Crazy Americans.












Kelly and Savannah in front of the British museum. Yes, it's there, can't see it in the picture though. But we did actually go in it.












Kelly and Savannah in front of Big Ben and Westminster.












The street that our "flat" a.k.a. apartment was on.












Don't let the sweet smile fool you...she was an absolute bear all the way home on the plane. Glad that ride is over with.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was great. We spent Thursday night in Sherman with my parents. Mom cooked up a great meal complete with her traditional succotash. Benjamin, being my little vegetarian, actually ate some of his turkey. I was pleasantly surprised. That evening my dad even got to see how a diaper gets changed for the first time in his life! HUGE milestone!

Savannah's first Thanksgiving.












Mommy and Savannah












Grandpa, Frederick, Benjamin













Grandmother and Frederick












Grandpa getting a lesson on changing a diaper....not much to see in the picture but we had to at least document the moment!