Christmas Day

Derek and I were giddy with anticipation for Christmas with Acalias this year. We had set out presents earlier but when I caught Acalias tearing into a present I had to hide them in the closet. We didn't make it back home to celebrate Christmas with family but Derek had a few days off to hang out with Acalias and I.
The weather has been beautifully mild, so we took a walk downtown to see the the window displays and lights. I noticed this Nativity scene while out on the run one evening and I thought it looked neat against the brick wall.

Our Christmas tree.

Just in case you wondered what it would be like to visit us during Christmas.

Our newest ornaments. 

We had to get a WV instrument since we've moved 30 minute away from WVU, the logo is everywhere.

The 2nd ornament was a gift from family.

On Christmas morning Acalias was a bit annoyed that we woke him up, once he tore into his first present his mood quickly changed. His grandpa scored with this dog book, if anyone loves puppies, it's Acalias. He was so distracted with the book that he didn't want to move on to the next present. We ended up opening presents throughout the day rather than in one sitting.

Acalias loves music so much, he loved the toy instruments Santa got for him.

Derek and I were more excited for this remote control car than Acalias was.

I forgot how much I enjoyed playing with toys!

I almost finished my green dress on time for Christmas, I wore it anyways. I need to take it in a bit so that the folds are taut against my body like the dress form below.  I really enjoy creating my own clothes, it feels good to tell people that I sewed it myself!

I love my dress form, it makes dress making easy! 

I know longer have to try on my dress a zillion times and avoid getting pricked with pins.

The weather has been so nice here, can you believe this was take on Christmas Day?

Hope everyone enjoyed Christmas.

Happy 3rd Birthday Audric

It was my nephew Audric's birthday yesterday. I was so excited to call him to sing happy birthday to him but when I called he was far to occupied to come talk on the phone. Several weeks ago when I spoke to him on the phone he asked me when I was going to come over. I explained that we live too far, I even told him that Skofeild (our puppy) misses him. He laughed as he replied 'that's silly Tiva'...'Tiva we gon save you som cake k?' We miss him so much. Derek and I have been using his most common words whenever we are together, our favorite one is 'your gonna be sad!'





One of the last times we visited my brother's house before we moved to West Virginia he played most of the time with Derek. He loves to jump on him and Derek throws him in the air. When we were getting ready to leave he asked 'Derweck...do you wanna play?' when Derek responded, 'no we have to go bud' Audric became frusteraed and said 'I'm gon bweck your car' we didn't understand what he was trying to say so we asked him to repeat himself. He said 'I'm gon bwek your car and your gonna be sad!' It's funny to think that a child so young has the ability to understand that with out our car we couldn't leave.What a smart little boy. We miss you Audric, happy birthday!

We miss you too Braxten! Our last picture at Liberty Park July 11, 2009