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baby Miles

Molly and Carson have been our sweet friends since 2008 when we moved back to Clemson and Molly was an RA in one of Jon's buildings. Molly came to our apartment to meet me (I was pregnant with LG) and we've been friends ever since! After graduating they stayed in the area and have a sweet little one of their own. We've had a semi regular date night once a week for the moms and kids to hang out while the daddies work late on school stuff.

This past week before Molly and Miles came over I was talking with LG and something came up that made me ask, "Lydda Grace, why don't you play with your baby dolls, you can pretend to feed and change them, that would be fun!!" To which she replied, "But Mom, they're not reeeeaaaalllll!" :)

I guess there's no substitute when you have a real baby to play with! She loves to "babysit" Miles when he comes to visit.

We love you Snipes Family!!!

visit from Aunt Bethy and Uncle Mark

Bethy and Mark stopped by for dinner and a visit on their way back home after 11 days of holiday travel! We were so glad they stopped!!

waiting for them to arrive

yay! they're here!

so sweet!

oh my goodness..... this child LOVES
Angelina Ballerina..... screaming over a new AB book
from A. Bethy and U. Mark!

a recipe invented by Lydda Grace

The other day Lydda Grace randomly said she had invented a recipe and wanted to eat a marshmallow peanut butter and jelly sandwich... interesting. So after Wade went to bed we tried out her "invention." I wasn't sure if she meant marshmallows ON a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.... but an actual marshmallow sandwich seemed much more intriguing..... so this is what we ended up with. She of course loved it :)

around the house

It was nice after all our travels to come back home and hang out and get back into a routine. After going to church on Sunday the kids and I didn't leave the house until Friday morning except for one quick Bi-Lo run!

Reading with Daddy, on the mattress, on the floor, in the den.
Getting the mattress out is one of our favorite things to do.
The kids love bouncing around on it, reading, watching a movie, etc.
We probably do this about once a month, so it's a fun treat!

Our fox! a little scary as we yelled at it walked towards it
and threw a red rubber ball at it and it didn't move. Animal
control and our friends (who are a hunter and a vet) assured us this was
not normal behavior and we should probably keep an eye on it. We
haven't seen it since....

Wade loving a soft cinnamon sugar pretzel at our dinner get-together
at the Caldwells.

Lydda Grace got to choose a recipe to make from
her new cookbook. She chose lemonade..... We made
Daddy do most of the work and she and I did the stirring,
picture taking, and drinking!

Wow, he loves her a lot!

one final Christmas post

My parents' next door neighbors are very dear to us! We love to visit Nana Betty and Papa Robert whenever we are in town. Here was our Christmas visit.....

Wade loved their little rocking chair that is just his size.

Visiting!

Papa Robert is inspecting the beautiful jewelry that they gave
Lydda Grace as a Christmas present.

Talking with Nana Betty.... probably saying "no" about something
that is his favorite word lately.... and by favorite I mean
he says it ALL the time!!!