Christmas in Wyoming

We had a great time seeing all of Louis' family out west for the Holidays! The girls had a blast with their 15 cousins all under grandma's roof ALL AT ONCE! It was a party for sure!

Baylee and Savana couldn't get enough of Grandma and Grandad's princess horse while they were there! According to Baylee, she is a princess because her name is Belle (like in Beauty and the Beast) and because she is all white. They rode her every chance the weather was good.
Louis is driving the wagon that his dad made here...really neat and a lot of fun!Baylee loved the Wyoming snow! We don't get much of that here in Florida, so it was a special treat for her!Sledding with cousin Olivia! Grandma Cynde spoiled all of the girls with matching tutu ensembles, purses, and make up! They were in heaven! Baylee and OliviaThey Got some nail polish too!Even Macy(along with Meg) got a cute tutu from Grandma Cynde!Macy had fun hangin' with her girl MegHere was the indoor fun day...A bounce house with a slide and games!Savana and Crew had so much fun all week together!Playing Black Bunny with Grandma Cynde and cousinsWe got to meet baby Emmett for the first time too! He is the Number 15 cousin! HE IS SUPER CUTE AND SUPER SWEET....love those dimples Steph!!!!!The two budsAnd again!Davi and Baylee's duo...playing the piano and singing Beauty and the Beast...so sweet!Grandma Cynde and MacyBaylee painting with her favorite big cousin Courtney!More cousin fun with DrakeBaylee even got to see her long lost friend Henley who came over to play one day! Last but not least Macy got to meet her sweet Great Grandma Dahn for the first time! It was a special moment because she just loved her and loved to sit on her lap! It was great to see you doing so well Grandma Dahn! We love you!

Christmas in Florida

We spent Christmas Eve and Day at home in Florida before leaving for our trip out west! We had a really fun and great Christmas this year.

Here are the girls posing on Christmas Eve in their new Christmas princess jammies. It's our family tradition to get new PJs!

We also like to act out the Nativity story on Christmas Eve which is always a hit with the kids. Here is Louis as the donkey with 2 pregnant Mary's riding on top. (We had to modify the story a little!) Here is Baylee as Mary and Macy as Joseph with a baby doll as baby Jesus (Macy would not sit still long enough to be baby Jesus as originally planned by Baylee!). Here are the girls Christmas morning so excited to start opening presents! Even Macy knew what was going on, she couldn't sit still and was happy as can be!Macy got a new music walker and a pillow pet...Savana got Candy (of course!) and a new princess scooter...Baylee got new clothes and a Barbie Jeep (her favorite present ever)!Louis got a zip line for the back yard and some new clothes too.And for the grand finale I got the best gift ever... A NEW CAR!!!! Louis really surprised me this year with my dream family car... A GMC Acadia! I absolutely love it! He hid it overnight on the side of the house so I wouldn't see it in the morning until he surprised me...I was in tears when I saw it! Thank you honey for the best Christmas ever...I love you as much as my new ride :)

The Good and The Not So Good of December

December was a roller coaster of sicknesses and celebrations in our home. It all started on December 2nd when I ran my poor Macy to the ER because she was super sick! She ended up being admitted and had to stay over night since the doctors diagnosed her with RSV, Pneumonia, and a double ear infection!!! It broke my heart to see her so sick and in the hospital again. But luckily she recovered quickly.The following week Savana started with the stomach virus and passed it to most of the fam :(. She ended the week with an acute outbreak of hives and I had to take her to the urgent care center for treatment. After some meds and monitoring she was thankfully better. On December 7th Louis turned the BIG 30!!!!! Unfortunately, we all had the stomach bug on his birthday week, including Lou! It was pretty awful, but we still managed to open presents and do some celebrating. I got Lou a trip to Costa Rica which we are going on next month! We are super excited! Lou had his favorite sushi dinner on his birthday. The bug didn't set in until the end of the week for him which was good and bad because at least he wasn't sick on his birthday. But the bad part was that we had to run the Miami Rock and Roll 1/2 Marathon over the weekend and he was too sick to finish it. We are planning to do another one to make up for it!
We waited an entire week after Lou's birthday for everyone to feel better to have cake so we could all enjoy it! On December 15th, my Old Karma turned twelve! I can't believe she is that old already. She is hanging in there good though!Baylee had her Hanukkah program celebration at her preschool the last day before the winter break. We all went to watch our Jewish American Princess sing and dance her Hebrew songs away and she did great!Baylee finished her first soccer season undefeated! She started off not wanting to play to being one of the best players on the team and scoring lots of goals by the end! I am so proud of her! Over the Holiday, Baylee had 2 weeks off of school and we had a lot of fun family days.

We had picnics at the park.......took rides in the bike trailer to see the neighborhood Christmas decorations......Macy got to join her sisters in the big bath tub in her new bath chair... ...we explored new local parks with friends......decorated gingerbread houses with more friends (but mostly ate the candy decorations!)And took evening drives to see lots of beautiful Christmas lights!We also had a very nice Ward Christmas Party at Church where the youth put on a beautiful Nativity program that the kids loved! Baylee and Savana talked about it for days! They just love the story about baby Jesus!A Christmas decoration or a hat? A quick pic of the girls in their matching Christmas dresses after Church with Baylee's best friend Nicky.And Savana with her friend Daniel...Good Nursery buds!Thankfully by the end of the month we had all recovered from the bugs in the house and were getting so excited for Christmas morning to come and for our trip to see Family out west!