My Peeps

Today was another fun day!!! Mom and I got up, hung out around the house, and then we got dressed and left. We met Mrs. Patti and Mrs. Laura for lunch! I hadn't met Mrs. Laura before, but Mom had told me about her. Mrs. Patti was excited to see me as always. AND she brought me a present!! It had some super fun toys in it!

After lunch, we went with Mrs. Patti to look at a building. I didn't really understand why we were there. Mom said it was something about "third work". I don't know about that....

After that, we went to the store called Target. We saw Mom's friend Brian there. I also got some food and some new pajamas. Mom said I could have them because they were on clearance. They have a snowman on them, but Mom said they weren't Christmas-specific.

After Target, Aunt Krystle and Uncle Chris came over!! (Okay, they're not really my aunt and uncle, but I love them anyway.) Mom said someone called "Little Spur" was with them, but I didn't see anybody else. I was glad to see Uncle Chris. I haven't seen him since I was brand new!

I had fun playing with Aunt Krystle too! (Those are my cute shoes on the couch. I took them off.)

Aunt Krystle and Uncle Chris brought me presents too! I had three packages to open. One of them had a little Santa in it. The second one had a soft blanket in it and the third one had an angel bear for my Christmas tree!

I was so exhausted after their visit. I slept for a long time. I'm watching football now, but I think it's almost time for bed!

Christmas: The Sequel (Extended Holiday Edition)

(Just for the record, I was shopping all day Monday and had no time for blogging!)

Yesterday was a very exciting day! Mom and I got up and were very busy. She said she was getting ready for Christmas: The Sequel. Oh boy! I knew what that meant! Party time!!! Mom was busy cooking and cleaning, so I just played. Aunt Mere came over to help Mom, so I played with Colin and Brenna. When we were all finished with our work, we got ready and went to Grandmom and Granddad's house.

When we got there, Grandmom and Granddad were the only ones there. I was really tired, so I took a nap. When I woke up, Aunt Mere, Colin, Brenna, Grandmother, Granddaddy, Granny Kat, Bobby, Uncle Brent, Aunt Deborah, Pete, and Helena were there!!! Wow! I was so excited to see them!

I hugged Aunt Deborah.

And played with Uncle Brent.

Brenna and I were dressed alike. Grandmom got us matching shirts when she was in Tennessee. :)

The people with teeth had dinner. They had soups and sandwiches and chips and dips and desserts. I had a bottle. I played quietly in my seat while they ate. Then Pete came to talk to me.

After dinner, it was time for presents. Oh boy! I love presents!!

Uncle Brent, Aunt Deborah, Pete and Helena gave me a cool new alphabet zoo toy. I love it!

I had a great time playing with everyone and talking to them. After the party was over, Uncle Brent, Aunt Deborah, Pete and Helena came to my house to spend the night. Oh yay!! Slumber party!! Pete and Helena went to bed. Aunt Deborah gave me a bottle. Then I played and played with Uncle Brent. He is hilarious! I laughed and laughed and laughed!! I finally fell asleep sometime after midnight. (It was a very busy and exciting day. No time for blogging!)

This morning when I woke up, I got to play with Pete and Helena some more! Then I got to play with Uncle Brent and Aunt Deborah too! We all went to the College Shoppe together because Uncle Brent's shirt was too small. I love going there to look at all of the Gamecocks. :) After our little shopping trip, we went to Grandmom's. Aunt Mere, Colin and Brenna were there. The people with teeth had lunch (leftovers from the party).

Today is Brenna's birthday. She's three years old now! I felt sorry for her today because she is very sick. She had to go to the doctor on her birthday! :( The doctor says she has something called the "flu" and an "ear infection". I could tell she felt really bad because she didn't even try to play with me. Poor Brenna. I wish she had had a better birthday!!

After a little more visiting, Uncle Brent, Aunt Deborah, Pete and Helena had to leave to go back home. I was sad to see them go. I wish I got to see them more often!

I took a very long nap this afternoon. I think Mom may have taken a little nap too. We stayed at Grandmom's for a long time. Granddad came home and Mom ate dinner there. I got to play on my Christmas present from Aunt Nancy and Uncle Temp. It's a really neat play mat that has lots of things for me to play with on it.

Mom and I are home now and it's time for bed. It's been a great couple of days!!!

The Snow

I told you it snowed! It snowed and snowed and snowed. Mom took me out first thing this morning so that I could see it! Everything was white and beautiful!

It looked very different outside!

Later in the day, Mom took me outside to see the snow again. She let me sit down and get a closer look.

I got to hold some of the snow. It was COLD!

I didn't really understand it, so I tried to touch it and feel it.

Very interesting...and confusing...

And COLD!

The snow was too much for me! Mom says I'll like it more when I get a little older. She loves snow. I loved watching The Backyardigans with Brenna more.

Since a lot of the snow melted away, Mom and I thought it was safe to go home. After I took a good nap, Mom let me play with one of my new toys. I love the zoo that Aunt Mere and Uncle Corey gave me!

It sings and lights up and the animals go around and around!! It is very exciting!

I have to say that this has been the best weekend ever. Between the day called Christmas and the snow day today, I have had a wonderful time! I'm so glad Mom is still on vacation so we can have more adventures together!! :)

The Day Called Christmas, Part Three: Big Party!

When we arrived at Grandmom and Granddad's, Grandmother, Granddaddy, Granny Kat, Uncle Hoppy, Katie, and Bobby were already there. I played with Granddad while they got all of the stuff out of Mom's car.

I've never seen so much stuff in my whole life. There were presents EVERYWHERE. Presents under the tree, presents all over the floor. Presents in bags, presents in boxes, bags of lots of presents, boxes of presents. This one was sticking out of a box. I really wanted it. I tried to get it. But Mom said the tag said it was for Katie.

After Aunt Mere, Uncle Corey, Colin, and Brenna arrived, the people with teeth had their meal. There was as much food in the kitchen as there were presents in the other room! The people with teeth really seemed to enjoy their meal. I guess I'll have to wait until next Christmas to participate in that ritual.

After the meal, it was time for, as Katie called it, the "present ceremony". Katie is funny. Katie, Bobby, and Aunt Mere passed out all of the packages. It took a long time.

I got to open my packages first because I am the youngest. Granddaddy had to wait a LONG time. I really had fun opening presents. I was very interested in the paper, ribbons, and contents of the gifts. This is when I opened my new puppy, Violet. Grandmother and Granddaddy gave her to me. I'll talk about her more later.

All of the presents had pretty bows. I really liked playing with them.

I opened this singing seahorse from Aunt Nelle. Her tummy lights up. :)

I got a piano from Granny Kat and Uncle Hoppy. It's going to be fun to play with.

My Mom is a crazy person. She put one of the present bows on my head!!

It was kinda funny.

Mom gave me a Dumbo. I'm not being rude. That's his name. :) She sings a song to me all the time that she says is Dumbo's lullaby from his mommy. It's my favorite song.

I got this elephant from Grandmom and Granddad! Mom says when I get bigger, I can ride on him!!

I got SO many presents, I couldn't show you all of them. I got a neat zoo from Aunt Mere and Uncle Corey, a little piano from Brenna and Colin, a baby doll, lots of clothes, hats, some blocks, a Bible, a camera, and some other things from Grandmom and Granddad, some pajamas from Katie and Bobby, and a music center from Mom. She says she can make it play on our tv. I was getting a little bit tired by the end of my stack of gifts and a little bit fussy too. I am so lucky to have so many people who love me!

Before Brenna had opened her first present, I was asleep.

I'm not sure what everyone else got for Christmas. I'm sure they got great presents too. :)

Later in the evening, this white stuff started falling out of the sky. Mom was super excited. She said that the white stuff was called "snow". She said that she doesn't remember ever seeing snow on the day called Christmas. Grandmom told her that snow has fallen before, but has never stuck around. She was hopeful that it would stick this time so I could play in my first snow. :) Because it was snowing, Mom and I decided to stay at Grandmom and Granddad's house. Mom said she would rather be stuck with the Christmas leftovers than at our house with Santa's leftover cookies and macaroni and cheese.

After the snow excitement, I got to play with my new puppy, Violet. She knows my name and some of my favorite things. She sings and talks to me and even spells my name in a song! I really love playing with her!

The day called Christmas was a wonderful day! I had such a great time with my family and with all of my new presents!! Santa and family, if you're reading this, thank you so much for my presents!! Mom says that we get to have fun again on Tuesday because Uncle Brent, Aunt Deborah, Pete, and Helena are coming so that we can celebrate Christmas with them! I'm excited already! :)

The Day Called Christmas, Part Two: Breakfast at Aunt Mere's House

After I checked out all of my presents from Santa, Mom and I went to Aunt Mere's house to see if Santa had stopped there too. It was really early, so we went in our pajamas.

Grandmom and Granddad were there. Aunt Mere and Uncle Corey were busy doing things in the kitchen. Colin and Brenna were stuck in their rooms, but I noticed that Santa had definitely been there. There was all kinds of new stuff sitting around in their living room! Brenna and Colin were eventually allowed to come out and see their presents. Colin went to his right away, but Brenna came to see me and Mom first.

They got lots of nice presents, too. Colin got some video game things and some books and clothes and some other stuff. Brenna got a really big kitchen with lots of food, a doll, some books, a game, a backpack and some other things too.

After they had looked at their stuff and had their pictures made, Aunt Mere made breakfast for the people with teeth. I had a bottle.

Mom had a glass with that red drink in it. I think they call it Cheerwine. I really really want some. I stole Mom's glass.

I tried to get the Cheerwine to come out.

I tried really hard.

I was not successful. Mom said I could have some when I'm one.

After breakfast, Mom and I went back to our house. Mom let me sit in my new chair to open my presents from Grandma and Grandpa. Finally! I've been looking at them for days!

In the first package, I found pibeys, hairbows, and an elephant!

In the next package, I found some cute clothes!

I also found a card from Great Grandma. It had some dollars in it so I can go shopping!

This package had a little butterfly friend that sings and lights up.

The last package had two books in it. When I opened them up, I heard Grandma's voice reading to me!

It was sweet of Grandma and Grandpa and Great Grandma to send presents all the way to me from far away. I hope they had a fun day on the day called Christmas. :)

After I finished my packages, I took a nap while Mom packed up the car. After my nap, we headed to Grandmom and Granddad's for the big Christmas party!

Stay tuned for The Day Called Christmas, Part Three: Big Party!

The Day Called Christmas, Part One: Santa Came!!

The Day Called Christmas finally came! I will be splitting my adventures into several parts to make things a little easier. We'll start with Santa's visit!!! :)

Look at my tree!! Santa came!! And he left wonderful presents for me!!

He ate all of his cookies and drank his milk. He even left me a note about what a sweet girl I am!

I could not believe my eyes when Mom brought me downstairs!

I love my new chair! It has my name on it and everything!

I was loving this Christmas thing so far!

Santa brought me an animal book that I was very excited to check out.

This is my new panda friend. His paws make music. I was still a little tired. It was very early in the morning!

I was very excited about these Backyardigans DVD thingys for the tv. I love watching those guys and now Mom says I can watch them whenever I want!

Santa brought Pooh's friends to stay with me. I thought Eeyore needed a good talking to. He seemed awfully gloomy for Christmas morning!

Looking at my presents from Santa was almost too much to handle. The excitement was overwhelming!

I was having such a wonderful time!

I had to tell Tigger that it was not appropriate to bounce so close to the Christmas tree.

Whoa. My very own kitchen! It talks and sings AND I can pretend to bake cakes like Mom.

Santa also stuffed some presents into my stocking. I knew they were for me because my stocking says "Anna" on it.

Pulling all of the stuff out of my stocking made me very tired.

I got some fun bead things. They go around and around and up and down on this contraption. Very interesting.

Santa also brought me some cute clothes to wear to stay warm. The Man Called Santa was extremely kind to me! I had such a good time looking at all of my new toys and things!

Stay tuned for The Day Called Christmas, Part Two: Breakfast at Aunt Mere's House.