Christmas continued

My parents hosted the family christmas. My sister and her family came over to exchange gifts. Here are some pictures.

Michael and I in front of my parent's Christmas tree.

Katelyn opening another present. Yeah it's the Elmo restaurant!! It even has a microphone that she can talk into.



Brayden got a drum set.. Katelyn really seem to like it.. but I sure am glad its not hers.. haha



Katelyn had a wardrobe change... she got some meatball sauce on her dress.. Here is a family picture.

Brayden came over to play on Friday with Katelyn. It felt great outside so they played outside. He is going to be such a great big brother he is always so good with Katelyn. Papaw turned on the music so they could all dance. Katelyn has this crazy dance now its almost like she is jumping. This first picture is the 3 of them dancing.

Christmas 2008

We went to Madison on Tuesday to spend Christmas with my family. We took Katelyn Christmas Eve night to see the lights in Canton. If you have ever been to Canton around Christmas time you know why.. The whole square is lite up.. its so nice. She LOVED it.



Nana and Papaw with Katelyn

Looking at the store windows and walking with Nana. All of the stores on the square had Christmas scenes in them.



After we got back from Canton we ate and got ready for bed. We got Santa's milk and cookies ready.


We always had a tradition growing up of opening one present on Christmas Eve night so we decided to let Katelyn open one. She got a princess crown and earrings. Now she is really a princess.




Look what Santa brought for Katelyn. Some are wrapped.


Waking up Christmas morning. She wanted her Papaw.

She got a pink 4 wheeler and a shopping cart and new doll.. yet the first thing she went to was a little toy dog. haha

Now she finally goes to the 4 wheeler. She hasn't quite got the hang of it yet.


Pictures from that morning

Simpson Christmas Party

Yesterday we had Michael's family Christmas. We had a great time. It was great getting to see everyone. Thanks Trish for having it your house. Here are some pictures.

Reed and Katelyn looking at the dog in the backyard. They were so cute they would both point and say dog.

The boy cousins playing.

Family picture

Katelyn opening her present from Nana and Grandaddy. She wanted to carry the box around. Thanks Nana and Grandaddy.. We LOVE that it is pink.. Katelyns favorite color.


Katelyn riding on Daddy's shoulders.

Easton and Luke got bikes from Nana and Grandaddy. They were very suprised. It was funny because when we were passing out the presents they didn't have one and they ran over to the christmas tree looking through all the presents to see where theirs were. After the others had opened their presents they took them to the bedroom where the bikes were. They love them.


Reed on his new toy that Nana and Grandaddy got him.

Benjie and Tina opening a present for Baby Knox. We can't wait for him to get here!!



After all the fun at the christmas party Katelyn took a much needed nap then some friends came over to play. Eddie, Stephanie, and their precious baby Will. Katelyn and Will gave each other kisses. It was so cute. Thanks for coming to hang out with us. We had alot of fun. We will definitely have to do it again. Katelyn loved Stephanie. She was dancing for her and even gave her some sugar.





We are headed to Madison on Tuesday to spend Christmas with my family. We will be back on Saturday for another christmas party on Sunday. So I will update again next weekend. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!!!

Going to see Santa

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while.. here are some updates.. We celebrated Daddys bday on Dec 7.. he is an old man now.. 28.
Here is Katelyn giving him his present



Last weekend we took Katelyn to the mall in Tupelo to see Santa. We had her all dressed up and ready. We got to the mall around 1 and go straight to see Santa and of course he was "feeding his reindeer" from 1-2. So we went and walked the mall for an hour and Katelyn wanted to be a big girl and walk.. We finally distracted her with the little rides. She had a blast.



I don't have a scanner so I can't post the Santa picture. But lets just say that Katelyn wasn't a big fan of Santa. She was doing so good when we were standing in line(for an hour). She would point to him and say "san ta".. Even when we got really close to next in line she saw him and started smiling and wanted to get down and walk over to him. But when our turn came I carried her over to him and she clinched the back of my arm and i knew that was it.. she was going to scream and boy did she. I think the whole mall heard her. In her picture she was red faced with a wide open mouth and tears coming down her cheeks.. we have it on our fridge. I laugh everytime I see it. Hopefully she won't cry next year.. We have michaels family christmas party this weekend so I will post more pictures next week.
Merry Christmas!!

Thanksgiving in Madison

Katelyn and I went to Madison for over a week to visit with famiy and of course to go shopping the day after thanksgiving. It was a rough week. It started off great we went shopping and got her picture made with Santa. Well the sunday before thanksgiving she started feeling bad I took her to the dr and she had a double ear infection. Then Tuesday night she started throwing up and running 103 fever. So I took her back to the dr and she had the stomach virus. So from Tuesday to Saturday she wouldn't eat a thing. Thanksgiving day she felt the worst she was too weak to even walk. It broke my heart to see her this way. Dad kept her while me and mom and my aunt, uncle, and cousins went shopping at 4:30 in the morning. Yeah we were crazy.. but its tradition and I will have you know that ALL of my Christmas shopping except for Michael and Katelyn is done.. YEAH. Katelyn finally started feeling better on Saturday and has been fine ever since.. Here are some pictures..

Brayden is always such a big help with Katelyn. He is going the be the best big brother to Taylor. This was after we went to see Santa and he wanted to push her in the stroller.


While we were in town we went to go see Mamaw. We had a great time visiting with her. Brayden and Katelyn loved playing in all the leaves.



Papaw cooked us a great meal on sunday night. Mommy got a steak.. YUM YUM. As you can see Katelyn not only enjoyed her meal but after she ate hers she decided she wanted some of Papaws too. Her Papaw spoils her.


On Wednesday my gran and my aunt, uncle, and cousins came in town. We had so much fun with them. These pictures were before Katelyn started feeling really bad.


Thanksgiving day.. this is the day that Katelyn was so weak she couldn't even walk. I think I held her all day.. She slept alot too. Look how pitiful. Doesn't that break your heart? Don't look at how horrible I look. I had a rough night with Katelyn the night before.

We cooked out friday night at my sisters house. Here are a few pictures.


Katelyn's cousins gave her some animals to play with in the bathtub. She loved them.



It was a great trip and we can't wait to visit again over Christmas. Hopefully we won't be sick next time.