Insta- Friday

This is the first time I have linked up to
InstaFriday on Life Rearranged.  

I've seen it several times on other blogs and it looks like fun!!
So here goes...

Sweet baby girl wearing one of her adorable new bows.

Wearing a clip in bow for the first time!!

I could just eat those cheeks up!!!

 Yummy Christmas treats I made for presents.

 This year I made Cinnamon Honey butter found here .

And Salted Carmel Pretzel Bark I got from It's good to be queen. 

( one of my latest blog finds...love it!!!!)

Last but not least here are the cinnamon ornaments I made with my class.  They turned out alot better than I thought they would.  I am definitely making them again next year. 

Christmas Time

Christmas time was full of firsts for us this year.

  First pair of Christmas pj's on Christmas eve.

First time Santa came to our house.

 

Annaleigh was surprisingly into all of her presents.  

  She especially liked her light up rubber ducky.

 

 And her little talking bunny.

 

 First time (tired) parents on Christmas morning. :0)

It was also the first time my mom had to work on Christmas day. 

So, we decided to go spread some Jesus love and Christmas cheer at the long term care facility that she works at on Christmas afternoon.  

I am so glad that we decided to go.  It really took the focus off of the material side of Christmas and helped us focus more on Jesus.  More than anything we want to teach Annaleigh to love like Jesus, and it makes my heart smile knowing she brought joy to others on her very first Christmas.  

All day I just kept praising and thanking Him for all of the blessings he has given us this year.  We are truly blessed beyond words.  

Visit with Santa

December 2 we went to visit the Winter Wonderland in Bass Pro. Bass Pro is about an hour away from our house, but we thought we would give it a try. We heard they had a good Santa, so we packed it up and headed out. It turned out to be very worth it. They had all kinds of things for kids to do. My favorite was the little craft stations set up, and it was all FREE.
We will definitely be coming back in the years to come.

Here is Miss Annaleigh with her Santa Pass.

She was so serious the whole time. I guess she was just checking everything out. I don't think she had any idea that she was sitting in a Santa's lap.

It was my sweet husbands birthday, so we went out to eat at Ted's Montana Grill afterwards.
I can't wait until next year. I wonder how much she will change?

Three months

Sweet baby girl will be 4 months in exactly ten days, so I better go ahead and post her 3 month pictures!!

Annaleigh,

You are such a joy!!!! We can't imagine life without you precious little girl. Here is what you have been up to.

• Wearing some 0-3 month clothes and some 3-6 month clothes
• You weighed about 12 1/2 pounds a couple of weeks ago
• You smile all the time and you wrinkle up you little nose in the most adorable way.
• Your hair is still looking a little crazy, but does not stick up quite like it did.
• You are still eating about every three hours and for the most part sleeping through the night. Which I am soooo thankful for!!!
• You go to bed about 8:00pm
• You wiggle and move constantly!!! When you are awake you are never still.
• I cherish our morning time together before I go to work. You will nurse and fall back asleep in my arms. I am so thankful we can start our days together.