Dress-up...Even Daddy

Abigail received Pretty Pretty Princess for Christmas and it has been a huge hit. If you have a daughter who loves princesses or playing dress up, you need this game. Daddy even gets involved and gets to dress up. My sweet hubby be the competitive soul that he is, was so proud that he was the first one to win Pretty Pretty Princess. Yes.....you have to put on all the jewlery to win. I think we have played it everyday since she got it. Playing with the neighbor girls Aspyne and Emma.


Abigail and Emma dressing up.

SOOOOOOO CUTE!!!

Matching Thanksgiving

This year we spent Thanksgiving in St. Louis with Danny's family. We switch holidays every year, so since we would not see them at Christmas we exchanged gifts. Abigial was so excited to see her BIG cousins and get to play with them. We bought the girls pajamas for Christmas and while shopping Abigail kept saying how great it would be to match with her cousins. It is really hard to find pajamas for a high school, junior high and preschool girl to match....but I did it. Abigial did not know so when the girls opened their presents I gave her a present as well. She was beyond tickled pink!!! Of course after baths and getting ready for bed, we had to have a photo session. Even when they get old sometimes it is hard to get them to pose for a good picture...so here they are....silly, crazy pics and all!!!
Lauren, Abigail and Shannon

Goofy Girls!

Dallas Trip

Danny had a recriuting trip to Dallas planned for early December. He was going to be there all week long, in one spot....so Abigail and I decided to go with him. We figured it might be one of the last times we could do this considering she will be in Kindergarten next year...that is another story!! We had so much fun. Danny would leave every morning and go to the schools and Abigail and I would eat breakfast, workout, go to the pool, play in the room and then she would take a nap. Danny would get back by 5 or so and then we hit the town(city) every night. It was fun getting to pick places to go. One of my best friends, Kim lives fairly close to Dallas so she came and spent a day with Abigail and I. She is pregnant so it was exciting to see her and her little belly!!! The Dallas trip was a success and I hope we get to do another trip with Daddy soon.

The things four year old minds come up with in a hotel room!!!


We forgot flip flops and coverups for the pool...considering it was winter I did not even think about it.....so Abigail improvised.

One of our many new restaurants we tested while in Dallas!!

Downtown strolling around!!

This night was probably my favorite........the Galleria mall. I did not get to shop since I was with my husband, but I did get to see the amazing tree in the middle of the ice rink. Abigail was in awe of the rink and the girls that were skating. We wanted to skate but students were having lessons while we were there.

Another reason this night was my favorite was because outside of the mall is the American Girl store. I have never been in one and Danny said that I was having more fun than Abigail. I would have given anything when I was a little girl to go to a shop like that. We had not introduced the dolls to Abigail yet....we were waiting for her to be able to appreciate them!! She did not react as I thought she would because she loves........baby dolls. We went through the whole store without much reaction to everything...then we got to the bitty baby section. She was now in her element. She loved it and of course did not want to leave. So, mommy and daddy broke down and secretly bought a bitty baby for her for Christmas.

With Daddy outside of the store.

So much to look at!!

Abigail loves Kimmy, as we call her, and was so excited that she came to visit. We had a fun girl day with her, going to lunch and shopping. Thanks for visiting Kim, we love and miss you tons!!!