Here come Santa Claus

Thanks Santa. Santa was very good to us this year.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve

We are off to Church.

Caroline Meets Her Baby Sister

Caroline has been great with her new little sister. This is her first visit to see us in the hospital.

All dressed up to come home :) You can tell Arianna doesn't like to dress up.

Welcome Arianna Babb Blythe!!

Arianna's first picture with Dad. She weighed 7 lbs. 11 ozs. and was 19.5 inches long. She was born at 12:25 pm on December 19th. We are very excited and everyone is doing well:)

I get to meet my precious baby a little while later. Look at all of that dark hair!

Sweet little baby

My favorite Doc

My crazy friends attempt to help Wes change a diaper!

Getting Ready!!!

Tomorrow is the big day for the birth of our baby! We are all very excited and will share pictures on this blog as soon as possible...although it may be the new year. Caroline is looking forward to meeting her new sister and I am excited to see how she reacts. Please come by and visit over the holiday.

Also, We have a new niece to brag about. Staci, Rob, and Drew added a beautiful little girl to their family on December 10th. Her name is Mary-Rian Bradley and she is just adorable. You can see pictures of her at http://www.4bradleys.blogspot.com/ Congratulations!

Christmas and Santa at the Club

We went to the Club to have lunch with Santa, also. Caroline didn't sit on Santa's knee as I didn't want to mess up other peoples lunch with the fit I knew that was going to come with it. Daelyn was a big girl and sat with him. Caroline did get a good picture with Big Daddy and MeMe.

The Legendary Santa

We went on our annual trip to see the REAL Santa in early December. Caroline didn't really care for him, but it is such a family tradition that I made her sit up on his knee anyway. You can see how much fun we are having by these photos! I have my picture with him from birth until about 20 and I have Caroline's for 3 years now...I took her when she was 2 weeks old her first year :) We even got to see him come down the chimney and comb his beard and all this year. It definitely gave me that warm fuzzy Christmas feeling. Caroline didn't get the same feeling, but maybe after she grows up she will understand. We came home and watched all of our old family movies when we used to go every year.

Holiday Fun!!

Christmas time is here! We have been having lots of fun this holiday season. Here Caroline is with Joan riding the train at Short Pump....she spoiled Caroline and let her ride twice while me and Mom got a little shopping done. Caroline has been talking about a choo choo train ever since!

We went to the Franklin Parade for a while with Mom, Davis, Daelyn, and Dutchess.

At Church at the beginning of December with Daelyn. Aren't we cute in our Christmas attire!

Another Sunday after Church with Gan...if only the mirror hadn't messed up the picture.

In this picture we were trying to get a Christmas card photo, but Caroline refused to look at the camera and make a pretty face....so you may not be receiving a card from us this year. We have run out of time!

Caroline's Birthday Present

I couldn't stand it any longer so I gave Caroline her birthday present last night. She loves having a car of her own. Wes & I are taking her to Chuck E. Cheeses tomorrow after our doctor's appt. for her actual birthday. I will try to take some pictures to post later. I have always believed in having a birthday week and Caroline has honestly had one!

Thanksgiving & Birthday Party with Gan and Babb Family

We celebrated Thanksgiving and Caroline's Birthday with Gan and all of the Babb's at Ann Railey's house on Thanksgiving day. We had a good time. Here Caroline is playing with Daelyn.

Daelyn claps as Caroline goes straight for the icing.

Thanksgiving/ Birthday with Big Daddy & MeMe

We celebrated Thanksgiving and Caroline's Birthday with Big Daddy, MeMe, Davis, Donna, Daelyn, and Dutchess on Wednesday night at our house. Caroline got cool presents and everyone had fun!

We don't have many pictures because the camera was dead.

Thanksgiving/ Birthday Party W/ BeBe & Pops

We had a big Thanksgiving and Birthday Weekend. Here we are celebrating with BeBe, Pops, Aunt Staci, Rob, Drew, Ben, Missy & Clayton. We had a great time and Caroline got some cool gifts!

Drew & Clayton help me blow out the candles and get into a little icing!
Pregnant women eating ice cream and cake - due in 2 weeks and 3 weeks!
Drew and Rob enjoying cake and ice cream
Clayton & Missy having fun at the party!

A Wiggly Good Time!!

Last Wednesday night, Wes and I took Caroline to see the Wiggles Live at Hampton Coliseum. She was a little under the weather, but we decided to go anyway and I think she really enjoyed it....maybe not as much as Wes :)

Dorothy the Dinosaur

Caroline doing a little dancing in the aisle

Anthony and Captain Feathersword... I have a much better picture of the Captain, but it is a surprise....I am going to blow it up and give it to Elizabeth for Christmas. She really enjoyed watching the Wiggles this year on our trip to Ocracoke!

The BIG RED CAR!!!!

Halloween

HALLOWEEN

Caroline's Halloween costume comes with a long story. I had originally ordered her a Dorothy costume, but somehow with all the chaos and all of the boxes that have been delivered to our house (early online Christmas shopping) it was lost. That is when Mom and I went on a search for a new costume (the bumblebee costume...see earlier post). When Halloween approached I really didn't want to dress her up in the same costume (that would be no fun)...so I went on a search of the house for Dorothy again, but no luck. At 4:00 on Halloween I decided that she would either be the bumblebee or a VT cheerleader because Dad and Melissa had brought her back one of those outfits from a ballgame. I didn't have any tennis shoes to go with the cheerleader and I really wanted one of the face tatoos to complete the costume....no luck finding one. Then Mom just happened to go into the bank and Kim Williams said that she had a hand made Dorothy costume that her daughter wore when she was little....probably about 15-18 years ago and she could put her hands on it in just a few minutes. We already had the shoes and accessories because it was what we had originally planned. Our fabulous babysitter braided Caroline's hair for a complete finished look. Thanks, Mom, Kim, and Toot! She really didn't want to pose for pictures so the facial expression is not the best, but you get the idea. That is Toto or as Caroline would say Lexi in the Basket!

Luke really wants to be Toto for Halloween, but he would not like the crowd or the basket! Doesn't he look like he feels left out?
Trick or Treating at BeBe & Pops House
Playing with Daelyn and Dutchie at Big Daddy & MeMe's house
Trick or Treating with Big Daddy