Christmas with the McGinnis Family

Auntie Laurie and her Family came in on the 23rd. It was a crazy week but so much fun to have all those people in our house! Sammy loves learning from her older cousins JP and Chase. And yes Trey even puked in her "pretty shoes".

For those of you that don't know we must match every year for the McGinnis Christmas Eve Celebration. Christmas Eve at Aunt Janet's was good. We got to see the newest McGinnis--Baby Owen. I found out from my Nana that my baby-to-be will be great grandchild #25. I think there are now 76 of us in the Mike McGinnis III Family.

Grandma McGinnis made Sammy's Dress, Coat, and Hat this year. She looked so cute!




















These are my McGinnis Cousins that were at Christmas Eve this year.







Andy got to Jam with my cousins Timmer and Adam. He loved it.











Sammy and Charlotte in their pretty dresses.








Sammy even made it all the way through Midnight Mass and sang her own song during every song at church. At one point the choir was done and Sammy was still singing at the top of her lungs--" Jingle All the Way".




Christmas Morning was fun! Sammy got lots of great gifts. And I have to give JP (8 years old) credit for not waking her up until I gave him permission at about 8:30 AM. She was not crabby at all. Chase and JP ran into her room and said there are presents and she said I'M UP. And yes we have to match our Jammies too every year!

White Elephant with the Gang

We hosted the White Elephant Christmas dinner at our house this year. We announced that we are expecting in June. The kids (including our husbands) got to play together while we chatted and ate. The white elephant was a success and absolutely hilarious.

Christmas with the Anderson Family

We have been celebrating Christmas in the middle of December for a few years so Auntie Amy can work on Christmas if she has too. It also helps that there are no family conflicts on actual Christmas. Amy came in on Dec. 11th and her new boyfriend Brian came the next day. Sammy loved the new Brian and so did we! It was a crazy week and a good Christmas. I was a little hormonal from the pregnancy and having trouble finding things to fit but it was a great time!

My Picky eater!
Samantha liked her Christmas Dinner this year: Cranberry Sauce, Mashed Potatoes, Applesauce, and of course dessert! She takes after her Uncle Brian and loves Chocolate!

This is Brian--Auntie Amy's new boyfriend. Sammy loved him and he was great with her.

He read her a book before bed the first night he got there.

We went to Lunch at the New Flattop Grill in Lombard and Sammy loved trying to eat with Chopsticks!

We made Cookies with Cousins Brooke and Lexi. The cookies were terrible but the girls had fun.

Sammy LOVED opening her presents this year!!! She is very into Animals! She loved her doggy from Auntie Amy that came with a Kennel and grooming stuff and ESPECIALLY her Rocking Horse from Nana and Papa.

The Anderson Family joins Blog

Well it took a while, but we have finally joined the "blog" world. I'll post pictures shortly....

Halloween

This is a little old but I wanted to put a few pics from the fall out here.

Sammy was a cute Giraffe!--a little short but that is OK.

My Cousin Kelly brought her kids out for Trick or Treating. Mason was rearing to go and Sammy was getting a little worn out!

You would have thought it was Christmas with everything Sammy got for Halloween from everyone!

BHS Dance Friends!

In October Becky came back to Chicago for a visit with her new Hubby Chris and her son Nicholas. Tracy and her daughter Isabella invited us to join as well!We went to the old favorite--Papa's Pizza! Chris being an Oklahoma native and Dallas resident had never had this type of Pizza. He enjoyed it!

It was fun to see our kids interact with each other.

Turns out Tracy and I were both already pregnant but not ready to tell anyone!

Tea party

Sammy and Mommy got to go to our first Tea Party together.

I french braided her hair for the 1st time!

Ava turned 1 and we all went with our daughters to celebrate!