Christmas Traditions

1. Eggnog or hot chocolate? Hot chocolate with whip cream! (missing the Starbucks in Haley Center!)

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree? Santa always wrapped my presents, but he didn't wrap The Traveler's- so I'm not sure what Santa will do for Little Bit, but I can't wait to find out on Christmas morning!!

3. Colored lights on the tree/house or white? White. Pre-lit Christmas trees are WONDERFUL!

4. Do you hang mistletoe? No- we don't have any!

5. When do you put your Christmas decorations up? The weekend after Thanksgiving! You can't decorate for Christmas before you celebrate Thanksgiving!!

6. Favorite holiday dish? I love the traditional food, but since we eat so much of it at Thanksgiving I really enjoy my steak on Christmas Eve!

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child? Being so excited to see what Santa had brought me that my brother and I would stay in the same room (without fighting!) and wake up super early every year!

8. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? We celebrate with The Traveler's family on Christmas Eve- and so yes, we open presents!

9. How do you decorate a tree? With black and silver ball ornaments, penguin ornaments and black and white snowflakes with ribbons tied on the ends of the branches (the ribbons haven't made it up this year!) Then we have another tree that all of the other ornaments go on- Gift of Hope, travel ornaments, etc.

10. Snow! Love it or dread it? Love snow, probably because I very rarely see it. I hope to go out west in the future with Little Bit so she can experience REAL snow!! Even when it does snow here, it's gross!!

11. Can you ice skate? I haven't gone in many years- last time I went I could make it around without falling!

12. Do you remember your favorite gift? There isn't one particular one that sticks out to me, I loved them all!

13. What is the most important thing about the holidays to you? Remembering the true reason for the season, Christ's birth.

14. What is your favorite holiday dessert? Fudge and Divinty!!

15. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Christmas Eve breakfast and then baking cookies for Santa with MeMaw. I'm excited to begin more traditions with Little Bit, though!

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16. What tops your tree? A bow, but I need a new one!!

17. Which do you prefer-Giving or Receiving? I truly enjoy giving gifts, I am super blessed to be able to go to the store and get whatever I want/need whenever, but most families are unable to do that, so I LOVE buying for others so they can have a wonderful Christmas, too.

18. Favorite Christmas song? Mary, Did You Know and then all of the classics, esp Rudolph!

19. Candy Canes-Yuck or Yum? It depends on how I'm feeling!!

20. Favorite Christmas show? The Christmas Story and then of course- Griswold's Christmas Vacation!

This makes me even more excited about the next week and all of the celebrations we are preparing to attend!! I'm so glad that we get to see the joy of Christmas now through the eyes of our child- Christmas is going to be so much more fun now!!

Baby Dedication

Sunday December 6th, 2009 we dedicated our sweet baby girl to the Lord at Rocky Creek Baptist Church with tons of friends and family there to witness!! It was a wonderful service and Little Bit was a perfect angel throughout the entire church service.


Just to name a few of the guests and family that were there- I will start with her GREAT-Grandparents. She has a total of 9, yes NINE great grandparents, which I think is amazing- all of them but 2 were able to be with us. Thank you Granny, Grand-daddy, Papaw G, Nana, Papaw and Mamaw P and Papaw S for coming to the service, it meant so much to The Traveler and I. Along with her great-grandparents, her grandparents were also in attendace: MeMaw and Grandpa (The Traveler's parents), Gigi, and Grand-dad (my parents). Then comes all the aunts and uncles and cousins....this could take a while, so I'm just going to list you by family: The Dennis', Hunter's, Kinman's, Ruff's, Daughtry's, and my brother and his girlfriend K. Then we had friends from every where there!! A HUGE thank you to Lee, Carrie and Carpenter Williams coming all the way from Tuscaloosa and to Lee for singing Little Bit a song on such short notice!! Needless to say, when they asked all family and friends to stand almost the entire church had to stand!! We are BLESSED to have so many who care and love us!!

Merry Christmas!!

Little Bit's first picture with Santa!

Wednesday Thoughts...

Well, today has been a great day! I spent most of the morning...ok, all of the morning holding Little Bit and I finally put her down around 1:30. When I put her down I started watching A Baby Story and thinking about how quickly 5.5 weeks have gone by and how much she changes each and every day. I am so thankful that I have a job that allows me to take 9 work weeks off (12 counting the holidays!) and thankful for my husband that insisted I take that many weeks! While at times I have gotten a little bit of cabin fever, I wouldn't trade it for anything!! Now, on to the next show that came on...18 Kids and Counting, which will be changing it's name to 19 Kids and Counting at the beginning of the next season! I couldn't imagine having that many kids to provide for and support- I know if it was in God's plan for The Traveler and I to have that many, He would help us provide and support them...I just pray it is NOT a part of God's plan for us to have that many!! I figured it out and she has been pregnant for over 12 years of her life! I was only pregnant for 9 months and the end of the pregnancy I was pretty miserable, granted I wouldn't trade it for anything, but I couldn't imagine being pregnant for that many YEARS!!! I mean, they just went grocery shopping for ONE week and spent $1057!! THEN coming on later is, I didn't know I was Pregnant, HOW, HOW could anyone be pregnant and NOT realize it?!? Alright...those are my thoughts for today, for now... until next time!

OH- I couldn't forget a picture of Miss Little Bit! This is her after her bath and eating- her hair is standing straight up and WILL NOT lay down!!

Little Bit Rolling over!!

I FINALLY caught her on video rolling over!!! It only took me 3 different days to try- but I finally got it!! Not only did I video her once, but 3 different times rolling over!! I am going to try to upload the video here...

Little Bit never ceases to amaze me...

Let me explain! Since the day she was born she was holding her head up on her own and she is constantly moving. I knew she was very active while inside of me, but I figured that was because she was just trying to stretch out and once she was able to stretch out she would be much happier and not move as much- WRONG! Again, since the day she was born she has been able to hold her head up and when she would lay on your chest she would pick it up and move it from side to side...I don't have one of those what to expect books, I don't think I should have been expecting that until she was little bit older, but anyways- last week we started putting her on her tummy time mat and she was doing great holding her head up for long periods of times. Well, today she was on her mat and I was laying next to her and we were playing with her daddy's computer and taking pictures, while I was emailing him a picture- SHE ROLLED OVER!!! I was in complete shock!! After doing some research online, it confirmed that she isn't suppose to roll over until 2-3 months and she is only a month old!! She continues to impress me daily and I am so glad that God has trusted The Traveler and I to raise her.

One Month Check-up!

Well, Little Bit got to see Dr. BB Sellers yesterday! He was on vacation at her one week appointment, so she saw Debbie at that one. We were so excited to see Dr. BB and see what he had to say!! Dr. BB was The Traveler's doctor when he was little- I even saw him a time or two when Dr. Latif wasn't in. Now Dr. BB sees all of my neices and nephews, so we really didn't even look at other doctors, we knew exactly who we wanted to use! He made me feel like the most wonderful mother in the world and that I could do nothing wrong!! Another reason I love Dr. BB is because he has "home remedies" instead of going straight to the antibotics/medicine... example: Little Bit has had a diaper rash (like every other baby) and he told me to use water and when we travel, if we want, take a spray bottle and put a little baking soda in it and take paper towels, spray her and wipe her off with the paper towels!! Instead of telling me which cream would work best he told me what would work best with stuff we already have at home!! Anyways- I'm sure there will be many more post about Dr. BB as Little Bit gets older!!

He said that she was very strong for a one month old and that she was just perfect, to keep up what we were doing!!

At one month:
She weighs 10 lbs even. (10 oz in the past 2 weeks)
She is 22 inches long. (She grew .5 an inch in 2 weeks)