Daddy & Daughter @ the Zoo!

Eric & Taylor visited the zoo yesterday while Mommy was home in bed! I was glad to give them a daddy/daughter day! They had a great time and got to see some up close animals on a very uncrowded day!

Taylor and the hippo friend!

How a Good Cajun Shovels Snow!

We had our first good snow of the year - which caught us without snow shovels! No worries, Eric used his Cajun ingenuity to improvise!

It's Here... mostly!!

I finally took the Christmas break to be productive and got my website up and running (my Christmas cards had the site URL on them, so it was my motivation!)

Most of the site is functioning - well enough! I have to finish a couple things, but it was time to get it launched!

Visit it and look around!

www.fingerprintscards.com

Christmas #1

We were so excited to have Mimi & PopPop come in town to celebrate Christmas. We have had such a fun time doing all kinds of holiday things! Here are a few pictures:

Mimi & PopPop got Taylor a beautiful doll house with all kinds of accessories! We were so surprised!

The best gift ever!

Taylor's gift to daddy - an M&M Christmas tie - it was so great!!

A pair of real Texas cowboy boots

Santa's Helpers with all the makings of some yummy Christmas cookies!

Making the dough

Daddy was a good sport and wore his tie to work - and got LOTS of compliments!

We actually had a little Christmas snow! The first one that stuck this year!

Our Christmas jammies - but the posing for a cute picture escapes Taylor!!

Maybe a little pinch will help!??

One last cookie making experience - gingerbread men!

Ice Skating!

Eric came home a little early today and we headed out to the park to go ice skating for the afternoon. It was Taylor's first attempt at the winter sport, but she actually did really well! By our last time around, she was going faster than Mr. Caleb could skate to keep up with us! Enjoy the pictures and video at the bottom!

Preschool Thanksgiving

Taylor had her Thanksgiving concert/dinner at school Tuesday night. It was the first time she was up on stage singing. (sniff) I got teary when they all started to belt it out! We had a great time - here are a couple pictures:

I'll try to post a video soon!

Showing off the butter they made in school for the dinner

Walking up on stage with her teacher's aid, Ms. Hagemann

SO Cute!!!

Enter to Win!!!

One of my oldest and very best friends is hosting a give-a-way on her blog for a VERY cool toddler item! Check it out - and get to know Adam & Andrew and their story. They are truly little miracles!

Pictures from a Friend

Taylor has a boyfriend.

His mom and I are becoming good friends too! She's an aspiring photographer and she and I have really had fun getting to know each other and talk shop while the kids play! (Will... for those of you who know, is the little boy in Taylor's class who received a smack in the face from Taylor a couple months back - I guess it was a way of saying "I like you" because they're really the best of friends!)

Gina was so gracious to take some cute pictures of the crew while Eric's parents were in town. Here are a few:

The infamous "fish face." She does it without even being prompted!

WKU

We had an awesome time visiting with some of my old volleyball teammates from Western Kentucky last weekend at Homecoming/Alumni weekend! It was the perfect way to celebrate my XX birthday!! :-)

Here are some pictures from the weekend:

Eric got to hold Beth's little boy, Jack, while we went down on the court at half time to be honored at the volleyball game! (they actually had a great time, despite the look of panic on both the boy's faces!)

Me, giving a shout-out to the fans behind me!!

Can you believe I played middle blocker??!! I felt sooo short out there! (Plus I didn't have my heels on like everyone else - that would have given me the extra height, right??)

Beth & Jack (Who we've nick-named Jack-Jack... sorry Beth!!) He just celebrated his first birthday - He's SO cute!!

Taylor & Mommy! On the court I used to call home!

Testing out her skills - a future Lady Topper??!!!

My teammates and all the kids!

Botanical Gardens with Mimi & PopPop

Mimi & PopPop are still here for a few more days - and we're trying to get out and enjoy every last minute! Today we spent the better part of the day at the Botanical Gardens - one of our favorite places to get out and enjoy God's beauty!! Mommy got the chance to snap some great pictures of the group! Enjoy...