Get Ready to Shop!

Rebecca, Emily, and I are getting the last few things done while our build-out is being completed! Hopefully we will have our doors open in less than a month. We are working on a website, a blog, and our email list. If you would like to be on our mailing list, send your email address to smittengifts@gmail.com. I have spent the past week learning how to monogram and I've had so much fun downloading new graphics and fonts. Here's my latest project:

Dear Anderson...

PLEASE hurry up and get to Destin! It's a long trip (especially for a one-year-old!), so when you see this you'll know you're almost here:



We are going to have so much fun!!! Mimi and I went to Wal-Mart yesterday and got you this so we can play in the pool:



In case you forgot, this is what you'll see when we're hanging out on the balcony:




See you on Friday!
Love,
Aunt Lala

Anderson's 1st Birthday

I took so many pictures and couldn't decide which to post, so I just made a slide show.

Bubbles

Anderson and I got to hang out last Saturday night while Rebecca and Michael went to a wedding. I tried to take pictures of Anderson in her pool, but this was all I could get. Apparently The Barn is the next Chuck E Cheese.



I brought Anderson a bubble machine, and she had a blast...playing with the package!





Anderson was trying to figure the whole bubble thing out...and so were the deer.



We heard that Poppy needed some help with the grass, so Anderson decided to help one blade at a time.

March happenings...

John Parker turned 1!!! He's SO funny!




Anderson got a taste of chocolate chip cookie (then Rebecca took it away and she cried!) at Preston and Bethany's crawfish boil.



"You have a baby...in a bar." On our first night in Destin, the bartender at The Lucky Snapper made Anderson a special treat (a happy face made of whipped cream, cherries, and an orange slice), which she ate on the bar as we waited for a table.


Then the sugar kicked in and she danced on the bar!



She is a marathon shopper! We spent the whole afternoon in Seaside and she was such a trooper.

More Christmas pics...

More Destin pics...

I finally ordered a card reader so I could get all of my pictures from my camera. These are some that I took when we were in Destin back in November.

Catching up on pictures from Destin...

Anderson with her penguin from Royal B's


Seaside


Eating ice at Bud & Allie's


Baytowne

Well, I got my new computer! I can now post pictures from my phone, but I can't find my cord to my real camera, so I have to either find the right cable or buy a card reader.

This picture is the only one I took the day of Christmas at Camden...Anderson, of course! It was crazy, and I was running around like a crazy person. The kids were so excited, and we were so glad that it was the last day of the semester!


These are the few pictures I took of Christmas on my phone. I took way more with my camera, so hopefully I can post those soon.

Slightly ridiculous, yes!




Rebecca was explaining how different Anderson's dirty diapers are now that she is finally eating baby food (peas for the last few days).

Yay for 60% days!!!

This semester has been crazy! My poor computer died (or has a bug or something...) so blogging has not been one my of priorities. I have been using a laptop from school and pictures won't load right, so I gave up.

Thank goodness that tomorrow starts Christmas Break! The kids are leaving at 11:30, and we get to leave right after them. I'll try to post pics of our Christmas at Camden project going on tomorrow morning. We have several companies that have adopted each class, and they are bringing a gift to every student at CES! This is our 3rd year to do this, and is probably my favorite day of the year! The older kids have it figured out I think, but we lied to them and told them that the wish list they filled out last month was just a survey for the high school kids' project. They might have fallen for it...we'll see tomorrow.

After I leave school, I'm off to shop. I have only bought 3 presents (and 2 are for Anderson!), but I KNOW what I'm buying, so that should make it easier. Unfortunately, the places I have to go are scattered all over town, so it'll probably take a while. My goal is not to have to get out at all on Christmas Eve, but I always forget something and am running around like a chicken with my head cut off (I always have to explain this expression to my students...not pleasant!). Oh well, we'll see... and rumor has it that Santa is bringing me a new computer for Christmas, so maybe I can keep up with my poor abandoned blog more often!

Ok, happy, Rebecca?!?!