Engagement Ring

There have been many, many people asking me for a picture of my engagement ring. Sadly it is getting sized, and I do not have it here to snap a picture of it. But, here is the next best thing. A stock picture of the ring. And as usual, a picture never does it justice. It is such a beautiful ring, and I can not wait until Friday to pick it up and start wearing it.

Christmas 2010

What a great Christmas. This really was one of the best ones yet. Steve really got into it, and it was fun to see Charlotte get excited over all the new toys Santa left for her.

Steve and I joked that he got me a McDonald's gift card for Christmas. As you know, I can not stand McDonald's. That place is terrible. So, Steve of course wrapped my present in a layer of McDonald's bags, and taped to my gift. A $5.00 McDonald's gift card. I guess it will buy me 5 Diet Cokes.

Charlotte woke about 830 on Christmas morning. We all came downstairs and did gifts, relaxed some then headed over to Grandpa and Grandmas house. We had breakfast and then opened gifts.

About half way through opening gifts, Steve came out with another gift. Something I did not expect.



We are engaged!

I was so surprised, and from what I am told, I said " are you serious" about half a dozen times.

It was a great way to end 2010 and fantastic way to start 2011.

Christmas Eve 2010

This year was very low key, and I have to say that it was one of the best one yet. It is so much fun to have a little one around. Charlotte was a riot. Chasing the animals, playing ball, and plain just being all over the place. It was a great night of dinner, games and just talking. The night just flew by and it was great haning out with the family.

Fort Nash

Goin to Hollywood

Connection that is. We decided to head over to Hollywood Connection for a little family outing. It was such a great time. Charlotte was so overwhelmed. Unsure as to where to run to first. Her favorite ride of the night had to be the roller coaster. I was really surprised because it was pretty fast. She and Steve must have gone on it 4 times. Then she ride the balloons, and the carousal. Then we headed over to the video games, and played some skeeball, and air hockey.
We had a great time, and I am sure we will be back. Plus, only paying $9.00 was a bonus.

Yippee

What a great surprise.


Steve and Charlotte sent me a lovely Christmas floral arrangement.

Family Party

Over the weekend we attended the annual Morris Family Christmas party. I was a little hesitant since Charlotte is at an age where sitting still longer than 2 seconds is near impossible. She was awesome, and the party was great. There were a lot of kids for char to play with, and lots of room for her and Steve to run around, since he hats crowds.







Then Santa arrived, and Charlotte was nervous and excited all in one. She and I walked over to Santa and sat on the floor waiting for our turn. Once it was she was a little un-sure and was not sure she wanted to let go of me. But, Santa talked to her and asked her what she wanted for Christmas and she finally sat on his lap for a minute. She could care less about who Santa is, she just wanted the gift bag he was handing out. Once she got that bag in her little hands she was done.





Isn't Steve a great photographer? Geez

Christmas Message

Chrsitmas Gift Tags

I do not remember where I saw this, but I thought it was a great idea. I usually do not use gift tags, I just write the persons name on the present, but I thought this idea was too cute to pass up.

I took some winter pictures of Charlotte and made cute little Christmas Gift Tags. Using Photoscape, and Picnik I was able to add text and spaces for writing. Then I just printed them on photo paper.

Who would not want to see this cute face on their Christmas package?

Christmas Portraits

Choo Choo

Charlotte - 21 Months

This month Charlotte has really started to develop a vocabulary. She says Millie "wee wee", Ball "baaallll", Grandma "grnmama". Just the other days she put her finger to her mouth and she told me to shush, and she hissed at the cat. Also, she is now giving sweet loving kisses and I love it.

Bye Bye Mullet ! Her hair is finally starting to grow in on the front and sides, so she is starting to look less like Charlotte Ray Cyrus. Also, it is becoming very curly.

She is doing splended with the sippy cups, and I believe the bottles are forgotten. However, she is still throwing tantrums when she has to get into her car seat. This is everyday...every time.

She is eating really well. I consider myself pretty lucky that she really enjoys eating fruits and vegetables. She still gets a daily nap which last about 2 hrs. Thank goodness. There are some days when I really needs those 2 hours.

It seems that overnight she has sprouted. She is getting taller and taller everyday. Wearing 2T pants and tops.

It looks like we are going to be able to eat at restaurants again. Charlotte and I go to lunch with my mom every Wednesday, and we have been using a booster for Charlotte instead of a high chair. This has been very successful and I could not be happier about it. Now, if I did not have to scarf my food so that I can eat before she gets bored and wants to leave.