Life Beyond the Pink: December 2008

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Christmas Crazies

I have so many things to post about and so much to catch up on. You would think we were a little busy around here or something. :)

The week of Christmas was so wonderful and such a blur all at the same time. Between parties, numerous Christmas Eve services, family get-together's, and a little family time, we are slowly recouping and trying to get the house back in order. Our lives, on the other hand, may take a couple of months. :) Conn keeps saying that our motto for the new year is:

"Feeling Fine in '09!" Forget about, "Looking Fine in '09!" HAHAHAHA!!! :)

We have definitely been living on auto pilot around here. Cash has proven not to be a huge sleeper. We are averaging about 3hrs. of sleep during the night. I try to do it all on my own and let Conn get his sleep, but there are some nights I just can't take it anymore. The emotions set in, and the crying begins (for me..not Cash). Conn has been great and has taken over quite a bit. We have tried EVERY trick that we know. Being the third baby, we are not opposed to trying anything for a couple of hours of sleep. But, nothing seems to work. Cash is a SUPER sweet and EASY baby, so when he is awake, he just likes to be awake. No crying or fussing, just hanging out and looking around. So, it is really hard to get frustrated with him. We keep telling ourselves that hopefully this will get better around 6 weeks. We shall see!

Anyway, here are some pics of our week full of Christmas Crazies!!!

Christmas Eve

Santa working some late hours

Santa got hungry and even left a letter

Ready for the morning

Christmas Morning

Lily's talking Sleeping Beauty vanity table

Daddy reading Santa's letter

Maggie's new "girly" Radio Flyer tricycle

1st Christmas

Watching Barbie's Diamond Castle

Marler Family Christmas

Both of our families live really close, so we are able to get together with both of them for almost all of the holidays. It is such a blessing that we don't have to worry about rotating years and such.

We went over to my parents house on Christmas day. With 8 adults and 8 kiddos, there is never a dull moment when we all get together. Mom and dad have a brand new house, so it was neat to have all new experiences this Christmas. They have an amazing game room upstairs that had been stocked full of fun things. The kids love it...and so do we!

kids table

Pappy and Maggie

Campbell Britt

Waiting to open presents

Cash...and his tongue! :)

Campbell in the girls playroom. See the oh-so fun stage in the background?! :)

Pappy reading the Christmas Story

Cade and Cole got their very own guns. Looks like Conn has hunting buddies, now!

Lily and her Princess Leggo's

All the girls got matching nightgowns

Marler Christmas Pics

We have our "Annual Marler Christmas Picture Taking Time", every year at Christmas. It becomes crazier and crazier every year...with all of these kids that we keep adding. :) My mom threatens to put a stop to the pictures, but we still seem to do them and somehow make it somewhat fun.

McWhorter Family Christmas

We celebrated with Conn's family on the 26th. We had such a great, relaxing time with all of his family. The girls are at a great age where they all get along so well and play great together. We all received some wonderful gifts. But, the gift we are soooooo excited about, is baby Max, our nephew, that is coming in February!!! I cannot wait to watch he and Cash grow up together.

Daddy and his girls

Kap and Camille

"Happy Birthday, Jesus!"

Waiting to open presents

This is a picture of the girls, in their tutu's, that was taken on our family beach trip this summer. We had it blown up on a canvas for Conn's parent's.