Our New Addition

The girls have so much stuff and I was dying to store things away cutely! So I went and got this the day after Christmas when it became apparent that my house was going to be a black hole of toddler toys and dolls unless I did something. We are very pleased with it. It will be a nice addition for years to come and can store all kinds of stuff.

The girls cry for us to get them their blocks out every day. I put those into one of the pink bins so that they are stored away easily but the girls can get them out without our help. They are learning to put things away now, which helps a lot. Two little girls in one room can get kind of crazy!

Also notice the moon on the wall...up above the hat and purse rack. This is so cute and it's the girls favorite thing. I told ya'll a few weeks back about the way the girls love the moon! This moon has a remote and will light up with all the phases of the moon, either automatically or manually. It turns off after 30 minutes so we use it like a night light until the girls fall asleep.

Christmas Morning at Home

We stayed home Christmas morning and had a laid back celebration for the 4 of us. Well, I guess, the six of us (we have stockings for the dogs!). The girls were a little confused at first as to what to do with everything, but they warmed up quickly to the idea of unwrapping presents for new toys.

Lexi modeling her stocking stuffers...

This little girl (Lilly) can't get enough of soft puppies. She was so excited to see this guy in her stocking!
So excited...
I asked Lexi to try out the new pillows I made for them. She is such a sweet girl and she really liked the pillow too.
Their Great Uncle Chris sent this home with us from Kentucky and we set it up for Christmas morning. It is so nice and the umbrella has a stake at the bottom that can be driven into the ground to secure it for outside use. I think we will get a lot of use out of it. Right now, it has tea sets set up on it in the living room.
Tonight, I will try to post pictures from the Epperson family Christmas celebration.

Snow Babies:)

My girls in the Texas snow...I don't think they knew what it was exactly, but they had fun playing in it!

Lilly and a funny face...

Lexi got so excited that she almost fell off the deck!
Lilly chased the dogs around...
Lilly's first fall...
Uncle Nate to the rescue...


I can't resist that face! This is Lilly.
See what I mean? I just want to smooch those cheeks forever!
Daddy chasing Lexi...
And last but not least, I have to record this precious moment so I never forget it....Miss Alexis was reading a new favorite book yesterday and the little fish says to someone, "How do you do?". So my child decides that she likes this statement and keeps repeating it over and over. We call her Uncle Nate and she asks him, "How do you do, Uncle Nate?" It is the cutest darn thing I have ever heard!! I hope I can get her to keep saying it. I can just imagine the look on someone's face at the store when this 18 month old says that to them. :)

Much more Christmas stuff to come...

Snow on Christmas Eve? In Texas??

Tomorrow I will try and post pictures from our Christmas adventures. Tonight, however, I want to share with everyone, my beautiful Christmas Eve snow pictures. The girls were so excited, but probably because I was sooooooo excited!! We sat at the back door most of the afternoon in our jammies and watched the snowflakes come down. It was gorgeous. I have always wanted to have snow at Christmas, but living in central Texas, this was my first one. We even got to have left-over snow on Christmas day when we drove to my Dad's house in the Dallas area.

My pj'ed babies watching the snow from the backdoor.

Curled up to watch a Christmas movie with Daddy...Lexi wearing Daddy's UK hat, and Lilly wearing Mommy's cute hat. :)

Now, it's Lexi's turn....
To those of you from up north, I'm sure this is pathetic and not even really considered snow, but to us, it was awesome, amazing, rare, and wonderful!!

Tomorrow, I will start posting all the Christmas pictures from our festivities. :) I got some adorable ones of the girls in the snow at my Dad's house.