This Cup Overflows: February 2013

NYE 2012

Carsen saved the day! She stayed in town a few extra days and until the new year. She let us go out for dinner for NYE, and we so appreciated the adult time!

Before the dinner, Jordan decided that 'no shave shutdown' at the plant was over. He shaved in stages, and here's the grossest one. I had to get a picture of he and Mac with 'scruff' on their faces.

Our last family picture in 2012.

Date night!!

To thank Carsen, I took her to see Les Miserables at the theater. I think she enjoyed it, and I cried three times. It was so good!

as always,
ashley

In the midst of the December chaos, I realized something... It was something I had denied for quite some time, and I wasn't able to ignore it any longer... Mac had a mullet. It was time to take him for a trim. My baby. Another inevitable sign of him getting bigger and older.

Amy is our friend at Hair Junkie, and she's cut our hair for years. We knew she would be the perfect person to share in this big milestone. ;-)

{Yes, I'm always this sentimental about our kids.}

Mac's before... a mullet to the side, if you will.

He's all finished, and he knows he was such a big boy!

I have his sweet hair in a special pouch. Who knows why except that it's his first precious baby hair.

as always,

ashley

Christmas 2012

My word. It's February, and I'm just now sharing our Christmas. I have GOT to do better with this... Honestly, I don't want to resent the blog and sharing, so I take a break when needed. I enjoy it, I do, but there's times when I have 3957392 other things to do, and blogging doesn't happen. I guess that's been my past few months, huh?

This is the picture we used on the front of our Christmas card:

For the first time in several months I had three kids at home. It was certainly an adjustment at first, but we got into our routine and enjoyed the time together. Lilly Scott's imagination ran wild, and I was able to get a picture of her creativity. Here's our picture story:

Southern Stamp represents with the Christmas shirt

Snack time!

Onward...
We celebrated Christmas with the Allens a couple weekends early. We all stayed at Mimi and GeeP's and had the regular: board games, hot drinks and party mix. Yum. That's- of course- after a delicious Christmas traditional meal of steak, savory side dishes and Mimi's homemade rolls. Calories, anyone?;-)