Merry Christmas!

Welcome to Christmas morning at the Wardlow house....matching jammies and lots of fun! 

look at that hair lol

It was very cold and rainy here Christmas morning.  Santa and his elves were hard at work on this gift for 2 days in the rain.  Those elves sure do love Ambs.

 

 Last week I convinced Danny to let me open my Christmas gift early!  It took me 2 hours of begging and he finally let me open it.  A diamond tennis bracelet!  I was SOOOOOO excited!  I have been coveting one ever since he and I started dating after seeing Sara's bracelet :)  I love it! 

Mimi and Grandpa came over about 8am for our Christmas with them. 
They brought over 3 bags of goodies!

Ambs is OBSESSED with Yo Gabba Gabba! 

The aftermath.....

Mimi and Ambs doing the states puzzle.  "Amby do it..." as she says

My Dad turned 75 on Christmas day, so I put a candle in the Christmas morning quiche I make every year.

After my parents left we went to Devoni and Tom's for our Christmas with them.  TJ's girlfriend flew in that morning.  We were so happy to finally have Gaby here with us.  

Ambs got lots of fun toys from Santa at Grandma's too.

Matching jammies there too!  Amberly LOVES LOVES LOVES Gaby!  She is attached to her hip lol 

Christmas at the Wardlows

I thought Devoni's Florida Gator Christmas table runner was so cute!

Ambs crushing all the wrapping paper...happy girl!

After Amberly's  nap, we headed back to Grandma's for a late Christmas lunch with everyone.

She picked up her Yo Gabba Gabba stuff, new Barbie glasses and phone and was out the door lol

 

Her new friends Brobee, Foofa and Muno

Practicing on her new tricycle.

Dad blowing out his birthday cake candle after lunch!

We had a great Christmas!  I hope you all had a great one as well!  I can't believe it's already over!  Onto the next year!  I can't wait to see what all 2012 has planned for us! 

Christmas Eve 2011

Christmas Eve is always a fun night with our family and friends; and this year was no different.  We went to 4pm mass then had a wonderful paella dinner at Devoni and Tom's.  My parents join us as well.  It's nice to have both sides of the family together!  TJ, Gigi and Papa Joe got in town on Tuesday and it's been so nice spending so much time with them!  Here's some pics of Christmas Eve 2011

Ambs in her newly painted room in her furry dress.  

You can't see it in this picture, but we recently put up a piggy bank on her dresser and she is OBSESSED with money!  She will bring the piggy bank to you, give you this sad look and say "MORE MONEY, MORE MONEY"  lol  so funny!

After church and before we went to the inlaws we were determined to get a family picture.  We have like 2 from all of last year because of a toddler who doesn't hold still for a picture lol  Surprisingly, it only took us 4 tries! 

Ambs loves Grandma's work out ball!  Uncle TJ helping her bounce!

After dinner the Leatherwood family came over for dessert and LCR!  Best game EVER!

Ambs sure loved rolling the dice!  She was actually pretty lucky for people!

But she had a tendency to roll the dice off the table...you can see John forming a barricade lol 

someone was getting sleepy!

The $75 pot!  Yes, that's monopoly money....some people didn't bring dollar bills, only a $5 bill.  So we used the fake money during the game.

My Dad WON!!!  $75 pot for the birthday boy (Christmas day was his 75th birthday!)

We changed Ambs into her jammies and stayed awhile longer, but Santa had some work to do, so we drove our 1/2  mile home and got started.  Danny sprinkled the reindeer food that Jamie gave us at the play date since Amberly was in bed.

Holly took one last ride on Amberly's new 4 wheeler then she went back to the North Pole with Santa.

Amberly was such a good girl this year!  Santa was SO good to her!  

All of this fun stuff and a swing set outside! 

Elf on the Shelf: Days 6-10 and some pics

OK, so  I am not as regularly posting like I want to...shame on me.  We have been busy the past week with the last day of school, painting Amberly's room (a grey and white stripe), etc.  Here's what Holly has been up to the past...few days....or last week :)

Day 6:  we found her watching the football game going on in our Christmas Village. 

p.s....Amberly is so cute when she wakes up.  She comes into the kitchen asks for milk, then goes to the village and screams "OH NO!  OH NO!"...because I haven't turned the lights on yet haha.

Day 7:  Holly was having a bit of a sweet tooth

Day 8:  Holly came back from the North Pole and instead of coming back to our house (bc Danny and I were in San Antonio for the night) she went to Grandma's house and played with play-doh all night. 
She made Ambs an elephant. 

Day 9:  You can read more about here.  Ambs and her BFF Kane have matching PBK Elf on the Shelf pajamas so naturally, we had a play date, which I like to call "When Holly Met Sheldon." 

Holly and Sheldon hanging out in the hot tub...with monogrammed towels of course.

I absolutely adore these 2 kiddos together.  They are so sweet to each other (except when Amberly "hugs" him and takes him to the ground.)  And Kane in his fireman hat cracks me up.  Sweet boy.

Day 10:  Holly was up and ready to watch Yo Gabba Gabba once Ambs woke up.

There's a story about these PJs.  Devoni went to FL for Thanksgiving and Gigi (Danny's grandma) gave her an old Christmas plaid Talbot's dress for my mom to "do something with."   When I saw it I immediately thought  buttoned up PJs.  I wish we would have taken a before pic of the dress, but this is what my Mom came up with.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE them!  They're the softest PJs ever.  Except, Amberly, being the Houdini that she is, kept taking the top off...so Mom sewed the button holes closed lol  So now, they're perfect!  Gigi and Papa Joe get here Tuesday and I can not wait for her to see Amberly in these jammies.

 *You may notice she took off the bottom row of mesh....it has since been replaced and most ornaments have migrated towards the top of the tree. 

Last Saturday us girls had our 5th Annual bake fest at Jamie's house...post coming soon.  Kelly had to go to Jason's Christmas party so we couldn't conclude our night with dinner.  So on Thursday we met at Maggiano's for Part 2 of Bake Fest.  Dinner.  Was so yummy! 

And how cute is Kelly, being all of almost 30 weeks pregnant! 

When I got home from dinner I checked in on Amberly (as she's been in the guest room while we've been painting) and this is what I saw.  Her in a big bed with her new bedding  and looking like an actual KID...not a baby, but a BIG KID.  When did this happen?!  Her getting so big! 

Just to document, she HAS to go to bed with the following:  Kolby (her baby doll), Pepper (her black kitten), Jaguar (a jaguar) and Mike (a tiger named after LSU's mascot for her LSU god-mother Kelly) 
We picked up Jaguar and Mike last week while at Target and they have since been included in her bedtime routine. 

Last Thursday was a pretty awesome day.  I can't tell you everything (you will see on Christmas) but I can tell you that we FINALLY exchanged my birthday shoes Danny got me...in September!  I wanted a little higher heel and I was so happy they didn't have to be ordered!  Hello Christian Louboutin's!  You have given me shin-splints since I wore you on Thursday.  I will get used to you eventually....

Also something that makes me happy is going to the mailbox every day!  Getting Christmas cards from our friends and family mean so much to us!  I wish I could keep them up all year. 

And last but not least, my favorite picture from last week...Amberly praying while at dinner.  LOVE THIS!

I hope you all have had a great week and I promise to post on meeting Santa and Bakefest soon!  

xoxo