What a wonderful New Years Eve and New Years day we had! We certainly did ring in the new year with gusto! :-) Chris, Lily, and I headed to Chattanooga to celebrate the new year with family! We started at my parents house for Lily to play and for her to have "Christmas" with them...
...she was pretty excited to have this HUGE box! It was almost as big as she was!!!!
It turned out to be a box FULL of boxes!!! And wait 'til you see what was in the many boxes...
Lots and lots of handmade by grandmommy doll clothes (seen above - AMAZING!!!!) and purchased doll clothing and accessories and....
...her VERY FIRST AMERICAN GIRL DOLL!!!!!! It was precious, priceless, adorable! She kept opening box after box saying, "An American Girl Doll brush!" and "An American Girl Doll Dress!" Then she got to the last box and it was Kit - her favorite! She pressed her face up to the plastic pane in the box! Chris and I thought she was going to cry... Grandmommy DID cry! It was so SWEET! And I can tell you that Kit has not left her side since. She changes into her PJs each night and puts on an outfit this morning. She buckles in the car. She even came out to lunch today with us and had her own seat and bless the waiter's heart - he played right along of his own accord - it was priceless!!!After "Christmas" was over, we headed to my sister-in-law and brother's house to ring in the new year! We watched the UT game, played Wii, and snacked all night! We had a blast watching the girls play and visiting and relaxing...
Here are my mom and dad getting ready to toast and...
...Ken and Sarah watching Dick count it down!
Lily getting ready to toast! Sarah thought ahead and got sparkling white grape juice for the girls and herself since she was expecting!
Grandmommy got Bentlee and Lily matching Snowman pajamas (Grandmommy has some too!)
And after the New Year countdown we headed to the front yard for some more celebrating!!!
Papaw and Ken shot off some fireworks! :-) We frigidly watched from the front porch...
...and Lily and Bentlee ran out to pop their confetti poppers!!!! The start of the New Year was Fantastic! I hope the year follow suit! :-) We had an amazing time with family!!!
2 comments:
Such fun, and I'm so sad we missed it! Love the matching PJ's and Mom told me the American Doll story. So precious! I'm glad she finalyl got her own, and that's adorable that the waitor played along. Got to love people who love kids. Bet he got a good tip too.
I wish I could have been a fly on the wall when Lily opened her American Girl Doll goodies. Valerie is so wonderful and so kind and so thoughtful...just like you!
I hope this year is the best one yet for you :)!
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