New York Christmas

The day after Christmas I flew to NY with my girls. I was a little nervous about keeping two kids happy on a plane, but I knew it was a short flight. With no delays and a bag full of goodies, the early morning flight there and late night flight back were both a success! Grace's favorite part of the trip was getting on the bus that took us to the terminal in LGA. She kept saying, "I on school bus."

About two hours after we arrived in NY, we drove to CT to celebrate Christmas with the Reichert family. The girls napped in the car and were refreshed and ready to visit with family when we got there.

Nana and Papa

Cousins

Uncle Joe

Aunt Linda

Aunt JJ and Aunt TaTa

All Dressed Up

Enjoying a Cupcake

Merry Christmas!

We celebrated Christmas Eve and day with Brooks' family. It was Lily and her cousin Elizabeth's first Christmas. It is hard to believe that last year Grace was the only little girl running around the Rogers house! We had lots of fun spending time with the family.

This year we did gift cards along with gag gifts and drew

numbers from a hat to see who would pick first.

Here is Brooks in the new grab bag ceremonial hat:

Clark and two of the top pick presents:

Booker and Lily

Daddy and Lily

Ellie

Christmas Morning

I love my new chair from Mimi and Booker!

Enjoying a Lollipop from Santa...

Lily's First Christmas

Elizabeth's First Christmas

Mimi and Lily

Merry Christmas Eve

We gave Grace the kitchen set that Santa sent from Nana and Papa last night. Santa also made an early delivery and brought some accessories to go with it. She was busy cooking all night!

Copying Mommy - Cooking with the baby in the carrier.

Here are some of my favorites from recent X-mas photo shoots...

Christmas Dresses from Mimi and Booker

Professional Pics

Santa Baby

Lily the Reindeer

All Dressed Up

Festival of Lights

Monday night we took the girls to the Festival of Lights at James Island County Park. Despite the cold and loooong line to ride the train Grace had lots of fun and enjoyed seeing all the lights.

Riding the Train with Daddy

Sand Sculpture

All Bundled Up

Lily ~ Two Months

Lily's Stats:

Height - 21 1/2 inches (25 %)

Weight - 11 lbs. 7 oz. (75% - WOW!)

Head - 37 3/4 cm. (30%)

She is doing great and already sleeping through the night! Here are a few of my favorite pics from this month...

A Night Out

Mimi and Booker came on Saturday to babysit for the night. Brooks and I went out to dinner downtown with a big group of friends. We ate at 82 Queen and then went out for a few drinks. It was a much needed fun night out! Thanks Mimi and Booker...

Welcome, Madison Jean

My brother and his wife were blessed with a beautiful 7 pound baby girl today. Congratulations Mike and Danielle, we are so excited about the newest member of our family! I can't wait to meet her next week.

Sorry to say that Grace is more excited about seeing Bailey, the dog, than another baby...