Merry Christmas! Here we are enjoying some of our gifts!

We had a great Christmas as we hope all of you did too. Thanks to everyone for spending Christmas with us and all the wonderful gifts. We had a great time every where we went and really enjoyed the small family Christmas's we had at our home! Janae is enjoying all of her toys and clothes that she got from everyone. She is wearing her new coat everyday and has already worn two pair of her new pajamas and her cool new Dora outfit. It is so nice to have such a wonderful family.

We wish everyone a Very Happy & Healthy New Year! May it be your best one yet!!

Janae is always up for some cuddling right after she gets out of the bath so she decided to come over and climb in my blanket with me!
Here we are again enjoying my nice warm blankie.

Janae modeling her new coat she got for Christmas!

Xavier patiently waiting to open his presents.

Lexie...waiting not as patient but, waiting none the less.

Austin and Janae sitting good for a few pictures. Walker wanted nothing to do with pictures! So he is with them in spirit.

Janae saying cheese on Christmas morning playing with her Dance and Twirl Palace.

Janae posing with her new horse!

Janae opened her first present of the day and it was books so she would have stopped right there because she was just happy to sit down and read her Dora and Diego books.

Christmas tree pics and random winter fun!

This is Miss Janae modeling her very pretty dress that she just had to wear all day!!

Here she is by her Christmas tree in her toy room that she decorated ALL by herself! (ok i did the lights and garland but, the ornaments all in the one spot are all her!)

She is just so proud she shows her tree to everyone!!

Here she is showing off her snow globe in front of our big tree!

Look how pretty she is in her fancy Christmas dress!!

Here she is making supper with her daddy.

Again making supper.

Michael's deer he shot this gun season.

Janae scooping snow to put into my big shovel.

LOTS of snow out there to scoop!

Janae and Alexis at Andersons the day we saw Santa Claus!

Christmas Pictures

Twas the Week Before Christmas and all through the store

not a picture was takin that wasn't a chore.

We did what we could to get him to smile

oh yes I mean him, it wasn't even our child.

That photographer was patient and even kind

however she still couldn't make my husband mind.

In all of her training she'd never seen such a sight

so she sent us out of there without so much as a Have a Nice Night!

So we walked out to the car with CD in hand

and said good night WalMart shoppers were going back to Grouchland.

Hope you all have a Wonderful Holiday Season! We wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Our 2008 Family Picture...not as good as last years but, at the last minute, with a two year old, and an uncooperative husband it's the best we could do!

Michael & Shannon

~*Cheese*~

Even though he can be a butt...I still love him!

In a word...Precious

BORED....are we done yet!?

~*Cheese*~

Cheese...can I get up yet?

I don't wanna lay down.

That laugh...too fun!

This is Janae's true self...a little devil! Just look at that smile.

Look at how darn cute she is...I just can't get over how big she is getting!

Look at all the pretty bows Momma!

Merry Christmas!!

Almost Christmas....can you believe it!

Ok wasn't it just Janae's birthday like last weekend?? I cannot belive how fast this year has went. So much has been going on and we really don't see too many people so I thought I would just get on today and post an update for those of you that we don't see that check in on us anyway...
It's been just over a full year now that Aunt Marcia has had her complications but, she is finally home and doing well! After St. Mary's Hospital, Butterworth-Spectrum Hospital, Laurels of Carson, Butterworth again, Kent Community Hospital, and then on to Laurels of Fulton. I'm so excited for her and glad to have her back home!
Janae is potty trained and doing very well at it, it's been almost two months and just a few accidents in the first week and then she had a couple nights when the weather and time changed (when I also took the front off her crib and made it into a day bed) that she decided to pee the bed?? Oh well, it happened twice and I'm sure it will happen again in the future. She is growing so tall and talking so much, I just cannot believe how fast she is growing up. Over the last couple of weeks though she has had croupe, pink eye, and an ear infection. Now that we are getting over those she seems to be doing better but, has to go to a Pediatric Ophthatlmologist to have her eyes checked.
Today at my work we had our Christmas Dinner and I ate so much that I just feel miserable this afternoon and can't even think straight! Well, that's enough of an update for now can't wait to see everyone at all the Christmas Get togethers and if we don't see you then Merry Christmas to you and yours this wonderful Holiday Season!!!

The weekend with Lexie...

Making WAFFLES..................YUMMY!

All ready for bed...in my t-shirts playing with their goodies from the Dollar Store!!

Making chocolate chip cookies...and they were very tasty!!

Here are the girls wearing "caps" and all ready to go to the Dollar Store with their $2 to buy themselves some new treasures!!


We always have lots of fun when their are extra kids around to play with because Janae has someone to hang out with other than just Mommy and Daddy. We had a wonderful weekend and can't wait to have more "spend the nights" in the future.

Fun at Anderson's and a few other things!

Here are just some random pics from this last weekend. We had a great time playing out in the cold and then going inside to warm up and get donuts. Plus we went to the store and got new slippers and we had Happy Meals and played in the Play Place. (The kids think that Opening Day of Deer Season should come more often!)
Janae is doing very well with her potty training and hasn't had any accidents in a couple of weeks and on Friday we will have been at this for a full month! It's definitely an exciting road to travel that's for sure. She is getting so big so fast!! I mean I know it's bound to happen and people have always said she will grow up faster than you think and man they are sure right!

This is Janae modeling her new Dora hat that she got!

This is Janae and Aunt Marcia smooching Good bye...until next week Aunt Marcia. We Love You!

Here are the three hoodlums with their new slippers.

Hannah Montana, Dora, and Lightning McQueen!

And now she's a pro.

Janae's first time down the big slide by herself.

Here's Grandma driving the truck and Janae driving the tractor...tryin to race but, I don't think they are getting too far.

Here are the two buck a roos riding on their trusty steeds!

Alexis and Janae wanted to do it again...so here they are and this time Alexis is a goat!

Xavier, Grandma, Alexis, and Janae smiling for the camera.

Crazy Cousin Weekend!

Here's another cleanup shot. They were so funny helping to clean up this huge mess. All in all we had a great time cleaning up the mess. No matter how many times the box got dumped back out!!

These are the packing peanuts that got spilled all over the kitchen as the kids were playing in the box that they were in (and that they were told to stay out of and away from!)

And here is Mr. Baxter raking the leaves (and burying his sister.)

This is Alexis in the leaves...she likes to be buried in them.

Here they are again...in the leaves.

Well we started out playing in the leaves!!