Our Merry Christmas

The Golden family had a wonderful Christmas. Kate hosted Christmas Eve at her house. The girls had a great time, as did their parents. Santa even popped in for a visit. Christmas day we had at our house so the girls could open presents at their own house. It was so fun. Savannah was so spoiled by the grandparents that she had to take a break from opening her presents because it was just all too much. Annabeth was adorable for her first Christmas. She was all smiles and she had a great time opening the gifts. She was a true delight all day. Sean and I were spoiled as well. We got a Nintentdo Wii from my parents. I am not a video game person. That being said, I love the Wii. It is the non-video game person's video game system. It is awesome. Anyway, I digress. It was lovely to have everyone together and have such a great couple of days with family. Here's hoping yours was as wonderful.

Savannah pretending to go to sleep at Aunt Kate's so Santa would come.
Annabeth soaking up all the attention.

Dad and his sister, Carol who came to visit from the Chicago area.

Santa with Sean and the girls.

Savannah on Christmas morning.
Annabeth loved the fox one of the grandparents gave her - she was all smiles al day - so cute!

Christmas Card Rejects

We had lots of fun taking pictures of the girls tonight for our Christmas card. There was laughter and there were tears. To see the winner you will have to wait until we can get our act together and get these sent out, here are some of the rejects.

"Are you done yet?"
"I got her hair!!"

"I'm so tired of Mom and Dad always saying how cute she is..."

"Now this is fun"

Snow. In Houston.

Yes, you read that title correctly. The snow even stuck to the grass. We took video and pictures, so I will let them speak for themselves.

Father and Husband of the Year goes to.... Sean!!

I just want to take a minute and give thanks for my fabulous husband. Today was a busy day. Savannah was invited to the birthday party of her school friend Jackson. Well, Savannah loves Jackson, so even though he lives a good 40 mintues away, Sean was a good sport and took Savannah to the party. I stayed home to get ready for our fun evening we had planned, book club!! We hosted book club at our home tonight (so much fun), at Sean's suggestion. All the girls (meaning children) were able to come (we missed seeing little Jack, hopefully next time). Unfortunately none of the other daddies were able to make it. The ladies all hung out in the adult room leaving Sean with 5 little girls all under the age of 5 to entertain (read: wrangle) for almost 3 hours. It was amazing to watch him in action. He even managed to feed Annabeth in the midst of all the choas. I tried to get photographic evidence, but the camera's batteries died with no new ones readily available. All I know is that I am one lucky lady and he deserves the father and husband of the year awards.

Another week, another trip to the doctor

I took the kids to the doctor yesterday mainly to get them the flu shot and to finally get Annabeth's 6 month shots (I know she is a good 7 months old now, but we kept holding off due to her ear infections and tube surgery). As it turns out, Annabeth still has an ear infection. I knew her ears were bothering her, but didn't realize the extent (again). We ended up giving her the shots anyway because we needed to get them done. Apparently she is going to go to college with an ear infection.

Savannah was just getting her flu shot. I had blatantly bribed her with a trip to Chick-Fil-A (aka chicken and fries) if she was good during the appointment. She was so focused on the reward that she actually told the nurse "yay shots". Who knew how powerful those chicken nuggets really are? Thankfully they both did well during and after the appointment.

Here are some cute pictures from this week. Annabeth is starting to eat finger foods. She loves the Gerber puffs and dried fruit. She also had some finely chopped turkey, yummy!!

This child never sits down!

Note the dried apple on her shoulder, so cute!