Santa Breakfast

The Rockville Ruitains have an annual Breakfast with Santa at Berea Baptist Church. Ansleigh and Hudson got to enjoy a yummy FULL breakfast and got to sit on "one of Santa's helpers" lap. **we go see the "real" Santa next week at the Richmond Children's Museum. Ansleigh got $1 from the Ruitains to go into Santa's workshop and go shopping for the family. It was so nicely set up and organized. She came out with our presents and she was so proud and happy. When we got home, she placed them under the tree. How cool, and thoughtful!! Ansleigh loved sitting on Santa's lap but in true Ansleigh fashion, she wouldn't make eye contact with him...just a big ol' smile. Mr. Man wasn't too sure about that Santa guy. You should have seen Santa's face. I think he was JUST as scared as Hudson. Haha. Scaaaraaay!

Fun Friday night

As I get older, I realize my life has really changed. Friday nights in the bathtub with my girl, while drinking hot chocolate, is truly the only place in the world I'd want to be. We said, wowee, it's 29 degrees out...bubble bath time! We had fun making fu manchus on our face with the bubbles and pretending like we were Santa Claus. Daddy had fun taking pictures and laughing at us...while Hudson was played peek-a-boo with Ansleigh's clothes. Afterwards, we watched Christmas movies and just hung out, all 4 of us. Ah, the joys of the holidays and just relaxing!

Ansleigh wrote her name on the side of the tub :o)

Drink the Milk Ansleigh....do it!

Chinese Christmas Exchange

Sara is just so sweet and so generous...she invited all of us crazy girls over for a Christmas party/Chinese Gift Exchange/Fabulous Dinner. It was truly amazing. She had everything you can imagine to eat! Mmm, mmm-delish! Thank you Sara for a FUN, FUN night with the ladies. I cannot believe this was my first time "out" without Hudson! Merry Christmas ya'll!

The girls Sara and Lindsay-

I guess Lindsay has never seen the deuce before...hahaha.Yes! I got the delicious blanket! Gracias Liz!

Hudson and Ansleigh visit Granny

We went over to the Manor today with Meme to visit Great-Great Granny Corker! We had so much fun....Ansleigh LOVED the tree and all the Christmas decorations. Thank you for a fun day Meme!

Granny, Hudson, Meme Hudson sitting on top of....who? Where's Ansleigh? Hahaha. He's getting so big!!

Meme's home!

Thurdsday evening, Meme came home from the hospital after being there for one month and one day. They still have the same diagnosis that they gave her the second day of being in the hospital--gastroparesis (here's a little info about it:http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/gastroparesis/DS00612 ) but she still feels awful and is having a hard time eating. The doctors say that they have literally exhausted their minds and run so many tests to try to figure out if it was anything else, but all tests are coming back normal and they just don't know. Hmmmm? We are baffled, she is confused, and the doctor's don't seem to have any more answers. They sent her home with the IVs for nutrition and she has a nurse visiting daily to help with that and to take her vitals and report them back to her doctor. She is still in much need of prayers. While in the hospital, she gained about 13 Lbs. but then lost a few before she left to come home. We are hoping more weight will be put on in time. We also pray for her heart. It's been acting a little abnormally--beating irregularly. Prior to coming home, she was moved to the Heart Pavilion because of the abnormal beating. We are hoping and praying that God will take care of her. Here are a few pictures of her, Hudson, and I, a few days before she came home.

Three Peaches in Beaverdam

My Mom's girlfriend, Kennon, was visiting this past week from Hollywood and had us all over to her sister, Billie's house for a BBQ on Sunday night *Billie lives in Beaverdam...near our house out here in Hanover.* Billie's house was filled with all kinds of cool, eclectic art, antique furniture, fun old Barbies...and just all around, way awesome stuff---sorta like a sweet museum with all the things I like :o). She is an artist herself and lots of the art work around her home is her own and close friends of hers. She also has her own *AMAZING* art studio there. Totally radical...and I can only hope to have my own "little spot of heaven" to create some art one day.

Her daughter, Edie, really took a liking to Ansleigh and Hudson. She took A into zeee Studio to make this cute little jewelry box, they watched Cinderella together (ummm, Ansleigh's FAV), swung on the swing set...she was just the sweetest thing. So much fun. Of course, it was great seeing Kennon...it's been way too long. She was JUST the same---fun, fun, fun.

As I was leaving, I told Billie how much I enjoyed looking at all of her art, but I especially loved that "peach picture" that was hanging out in the studio. She said, "Well then...It's yours". Ok. I have GOT to be the luckiest person ever. I couldn't believe she just GAVE it to me. I was SO thrilled...I went to Ben Franklin on Monday to have it framed. Even luckier, it wasn't suppose to be ready until August 27th...and guess who got a call today saying it was ready. Oh yeah...oh yeah...happy dance....happy dance.

Cousins

You sure would think they are laughing at something funny. Let me think. Like maybe two crazy Mom's going, "Ahhh Booo.....duka duka duka doooooo". Seriously, wouldn't it be awesome to know what they are thinking. Crazy they say...just crazy. Our cute little loons...

Hudson and Capri....aka-Huddy Buddy and Cousin Capritus Louiseee.

Capri putting the smack down...and Hudson thinking it's funny: