This is when I got a new AWESOME camera

So there are about a billion more pictures than ever before!  I love it, love it, love it, and can't thank mom and dad for the most amazing Christmas present ever!

Can you tell I couldn't wait to even get to Grandmomma's to start taking pictures!  

Grandmomma reading the Christmas story from the Bible!  A favorite tradition, including Jesus Birthday Cake! 

We love Uncle Christian and Auntie Kristin! 

And I couldn't wait to hug that sweet Bella after five long months!

Claire playing Grandmomma's ukelele from her childhood.  So sad I didn't get any shots of Bella, because she has been taking ukelele lessons in Hawaii.

These are pics from one of our BEST family vacations EVER... Wildnerness at the Smokies... It's an indoor waterpark, perfect for Christmas time and for a momma with a new camera!

 

Sisters reading books in their matching pjs!

 

Tea party with Grandmomma on the trampoline.

 

Oh how I love family game night!

 This officially puts me in 2012!  Sorry for the lack of actual blogging in this post, but there were so many cute pictures!

Until next time...

Turning into a toddler

This is the part of the recap that makes me smile and cry in that same breath.  It's because this is when my  little baby went into full-blown toddler mode.  Her sweet cries turned into hell-ish screams.  Her cute personality turned into an attitude.  She became very aware that she was adorable and used that to her advantage.

How did my little baby turn 2?

Mimi really liked the cupcakes I made :)

 Jumping on the trampoline is always fun!

But not as fun as opening presents!

Or eating cake!

We went to the pumpkin patch with our friends Shannon and Baileigh

  

And she still knows how to say "cheese"!!!

It's hard to ham it up for the camera with the sun in your eyes

 

And she was Minnie Mouse for Halloween!

And I was same same bumble bee from last year (and pretty much every year since I picked up this costume in the kid's section of Wal-Mart when I was a freshman in college and had to dress up for Sorority row trick or treat)  My how things have changed!

Next post should wrap up 2011 and bring us into 2012!  I'm getting caught up, slowly but surely, so just bear with me!

A little of this, a little of that...

Can you believe I am posting again and it's only been a week?  Well, it's true.  I am taking more time to do the things that really make ME happy: blogging, couponing, I even got on Pinterest!  But back to our jog down memory lane, here's a peek at our Fall 2011.

I have already posted about my 10 year high school reunion, but just because my friends are so good looking, here's another look :)

And I had to fly directly from NOLA to visit a client, so Claire got to spend the week at Honey and Pop's house.

Lots of swimming in Honey's pool (Claire calls it Honey's poo)

Fish at the Audubon Aquarium

This face made me never want to travel for work again!

She is such a ham!

Riding on Daddy's shoulders at the State Fair

Claire really liked the petting zoo, but wasn't keen on actually petting this massive turtle

Remodeling our guest bathroom (and relieving some stress!)

 

But it was very rewarding

 

And it turned out pretty good for DIY under $1000

 But the McGlothins will not be doing any major home renovations themselves for the sake of preserving the marriage.  I hear that if a couple can survive a layoff and a home remodel, they can survive anything.  We've already done the layoff, so let's not push it.

More to come from Claire's 2nd birthday, Halloween and the rest of 2011. We hope you and your families have a wonderful Easter weekend and celebrate the risen King.