Christmas Eve 2008

It's Christmas Eve!
(Well..it's really January 2nd, but oh well!)
(eh, hem....)

It's Christmas Eve and all through the house.....little people are baking goodies for Santa and the spouse!!



Kiley's getting white powdered donuts and Mommy's decorating a cake...





After walks and wrestles the family settles in......for an early Christmas wake!




But not before we celebrate with Mimi, Papa and my cousins!! We ate dinner at the "fab" Golden Corral (the only place we could find open.) Then we came back to my house to open stockings and presents!! :) I got a beautiful princess dress and crown that I HAD to try on right away!! :)



Alright....go to sleep everyone...I think I hear bells!!!!
Seriously......I do.

Mallory's School Christmas Program

My school TOTALLY rocks!! :)
This is my last year in preschool. I'm in the 4 yr. old class and I'll be graduating in August '09!! Then Mommy says I'm going to kindergarten?? :) Oh My!! (Mommy is weeping in the background!)We do so many cool things like learn our letters & numbers, crafts and watch moooooooovies!!

Me and my school friends watching "The Polar Express" on Movie Day!

I had my annual Christmas Program at Clayton First Baptist Child Development Center!

Me and my red shirt

The cute 3 to 12 month olds in Santa outfits!

Here we are singing "It's Christmas Time." I'm playing the jingly bells!

Video of the 3's and 4's playing bells to Silent Night

We're almost ready for Christmas now!!

More Bath Pictures Together!!

Having fun at Bathtime!!
Now, I want to have a bath every time Kiley does!! :)

Kiley's Dedication and Visit from GG

More Sister Love!


Kiley in her bath towel!


Taking a bath together!! Kiley loves to kick and splash me!


Kiley's first attempt to crawl!


Vroom Vroom

In December, our GG from Long Island, NY came to visit us!! :) We love her so so much!!


Kiley and GG


Me and Daddy

Kiley in her dedication dress (the same one I wore when I was dedicated!)

On December 21, 2008... Kiley Grace Pond had her dedication service at Vintage21 church in Raleigh. We are so blessed to have her and she's truly a gift from God!! :) Thank you Jesus!! :)

GG with our family on dedication day!

Kiley opening her presents!!

Sister Love

Hey Guys!! I love my sister! I can't get enough of her! Seriously! I HAVE to give her a hug and a kiss before every nap. I ALWAYS race Mommy upstairs to see her when she wakes up in her crib! (then I crawl in and jump in the crib and make her laugh!) I've really been pouring on the hugs and kisses lately...and why not?
It is the Holiday Season, is it not?



We had a Tree Lighting ceremony at Riverwood last weekend! I saw Santa and gave him my Christmas List. I road a horsey carriage, got some free cookies and even danced and sang to Christmas carols. It was a VERY cold night! We all got pink cheeks and noses from being outside! Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!! I love Christmas time!





That night I even made my own ice pops. I saw it done on Blue's Clues one time so I thought I'd try it! I put suran wrap on an ice tray and stuck crayons in it for the sticks. (very smart!) Later, Mommy and Daddy filled the ice trays with juice and we used toothpicks to make real ones!



Come over and you can have one!! :)
P.S. I think Mommy forgot to tell you that Kiley got two teeth last week!!
The two front teeth on the bottom! Cool!

Thanksgiving "Turkeys"

Ok.....this HAS to be the first thing on this page! Here's Kiley eating...grabbing....CRYING over a turkey leg! This has to be some sort of record for the earliest turkey leg eaten by a human! Ha!

On Thanksgiving Day, Mommy tried to dress us up in matching colors for the first time ! Here's our lovely picture. We had a hard time posing!! That's Kiley riding a horse that was Daddy's when he was little!! I rode it too! (Note that Kiley is 7 months old and Mallory was over a year old in these horse pictures!!)



The Wednesday before Turkey Day, I had a Family Feast Lunch at my school!! My class sang songs and wore shirts we painted that said, "We Give Thanks to God!"
Kiley ate mash potatoes for the first time! See?





Friday after Thanksgiving we went to Amelia Church Rd. Park. Adi came along to play with me! And wouldn't you know...my friend Leah was there too! We played at the park and then walked down to a little pond to throw rocks in the water! There were cool trees near the water that made for excellent photos!

Sunday we decorated our Christmas tree!! It was a FAMILY event!!
Even Kiley put some ornaments on! She's starting to stand too!

What an amazing Holiday weekend!
Love you--All of Us