Week leading up to Christmas :)

We have had Christmas parties like crazy this week! Allie Kate is still getting over her walking pneumonia and Ava Grace is on her 2nd round of antibiotics for it :( It's been a sick week. We had lunch at cracker barrel with Candace and the girls before dance :)

And Allie Kate and Brynnen decided it would be fun for Brynnen to go to dance class with us...so she did while Candace went to her OB appointment :)

It was their little dance Christmas party and I love getting to watch these cute girls dance :)

 

Poor Ava she could not escape :)

While Brynnen was a little freaked out by all the loud tap shoes and wild girls...this little goofball thought it was GREAT! She rocked back and forth to the music and had herself a feast :)

Later that night we had our craft Christmas party with Maci, Addie, and Layla.

Very excited about decorating cookies :)

Her finished cookie...and she literally took one bite of it :)

And of course they were so happy about their presents :)

We also had Allie Kate's first school Christmas party :) It was so cute! All the kids wore their little snowmen shirts they made and sang songs and got a present (a book exchange)....

Mrs. Christie

Baby Jesus cupcakes

I got to see some of their art work :)

Santa even came....and the kids went NUTS!!

And we even ran into Addie :)

We also had a family Christmas party at my mom's house with the step side of the family...

Ava has always "loved" on Olivia but Olivia has just started joining in on the lovefest :)

Although I think OJ may just be wanting to bite!

Ready for Christmas :)

Pictures (1 year old and 4 year old)

We have had pictures twice...it's hard when you have two children and their birthdays fall a month apart! You have to have both of their pictures taken and so they each got to be in each others as well :) I haven't gotten them all in yet but I think they are super sweet :)

I thought I saw a putty tat :)

I did see a putty tat...I did! Allie Kate has been BEGGING for a kitten for the past month or so...she even asked Santa for a baby pink one :) Well me and Heath neither one are animal people and so we have been resisting. I had the master plan to get her off our backs about this dang cat we had to hear about constantly....we would take her to the humane society and let her meet a few and they would claw her and she would be over and done with her cat obsession. So we took her on Sunday to meet some kittens and I made her sit indian style in the floor and said "Bring on the cats" certain that this would show her she did not want a cat....lets just say it backfired MAJORLY! She was even more in love and when it sank its little razor sharp claws into her she laughed and said "it's ok, she didn't mean to"....WHAT???? What happened to the little girl who is TERRIFIED of her cocker spaniel because it jumps on her and scratches? Long story short: we left with a kitten.

All so excited to meet the cats :) Bless Allie's heart she brought a ball from home and said she would give it to the cat "that chose her" because "people don't choose cats...your cat chooses you" :) She was in LOVE with this little kitty cat and decided we "needed" her and her name was Destin and Allie renamed her "Sparkles" 

So meet "Sparkle Vaughn"...has a ring to it huh?

Honestly today while Allie Kate was at school I had her given away...I cannot have a cat inside my house...CANNOT! I know...what kind of mom buys her kid a kitten and then gives it away? Not this mom...as bad as I wish we would have never taken Allie to see them, I am going to keep the cat (outside soon hopefully and until then in a kennel for the most part when Allie isn't playing with it)...I figure the new will wear off soon :) But for now Allie LOVES her and hugs and kisses all over her and I will let her :)