Wordlesss Wednesday

Gone,gone,gone! I am at my moms in SC and had my hair chopped off! Please ignore my awful frown lines, it has been a rough month;)

last week...

Hey there ladies! I am sorry I have been MIA, but I had to travel to Atlanta to watch my niece and nephews. I had 6 kids and 2 dogs from Wednesday to Friday. The kids were great, but the dogs nearly drove me to drink, and drink heavily. Neither dog has been fixed, and one is a boy and my Yorkie is a girl! Crazy days! These sweet little girls had a ball together! Ava, my niece is on the left, and of course you all know Madi on the right.

Not only did I have six kids, but before I left Florida, I wrecked my car(we are fine, but my car is not), I found out Mallory, my 2 yr old, has to have surgery to remove her tonsils because they are so enlarged and she has developed sleep apnea, and I found out we are moving to Tampa March 1! My husband has been in Tampa for 3 weeks now coming home on Fri and leaving on Sun.so, at least now, I will not be a single mom anymore! Wow, this last month has been insane! I am ready for a vacation! I love my kids, but I need a kid free vacation! I can not wait to catch up on all my favorite blogs tonight!

Baby Booty

It might be because I am a Mommy to all girls, but there is nothing cuter than a little girls booty! Especially when she has on her sweet bloomers!

Poor little girl, you got that "booty" from your Mommy! My dress wont go over mine either sweetie!

Allie Grace

This is about as close as we are going to get to any Snowman! Thank you Heather for the adorable outfit! I sure do miss our friends back home in Charlotte! We love our Sule girls! Check her out, she has 4 girls too!

Miss Allie Grace

10 months

Sisters

Madi is turning into such a great big sister! She loves to make Allie Grace laugh. I caught this moment yesterday morning before church.

I am starting my own blog mommy!

I have created monsters! Notice the little lap tops on the table?

Clothes

OMG- Ashlyn would say/text! Have you ladies seen the new Kelly's Kids catalog? I seriously need to become a rep so I can get the 40% off discount! Having 4 girls, this little addiction I have with the girls clothes can get really expensive. Maybe that is why my husband took my AMEX away from me! Poor me, he put me on restrictions! Oh well, check it out! The seersucker bathing suits are to die for! I will be purchasing those, not on my AMEX!

Do you think Mallory is taking after her big sister! I asked her to smile and this is what I got!

Happy New Year!

Guess who made it to midnight? We barely made it. We were baking brownies at 11:30, and then jumped in the car to go see the AWESOME fireworks downtown. It was the last snowfall of the year, and we had a ball! It was so sweet to ring it in with Ashlyn. As you can see below, Georgia and Bill were asleep on the couch, and Madi , Allie Grace and Mallory were also out cold! As you can see by my picture, I was ready for bed, but I really enjoyed the one on one time with Ashlyn. I hope you all had a great New Year!

See the snow falling?

Baby Jones

Congratulations to our friends Brian and Kristen! They just had baby BOY #4! Yes, we have plenty to talk about when we get together! She tells me everything I am missing out on with boys, and tell her all about the drama. She is so girlie herself, and loves playing with my southern belles .Her boys are the sweetest, and I am happy to welcome baby Jones Hamilton into the group! I joke with her and tell her that one of my girls will marry one of her sons and then she will have her girl and I will have my Merrill boy!

Better than any iv!

What a Christmas!

Sorry I have been MIA, but we went home for the Holidays! We spent 5 days with my mom in Greenville and although I would love to say we had a great Christmas, we were all sick! First it was Allie Grace, then Mallory and Madi and last it hit Bill, my sister then me! It was a nightmare! A yucky stomach bug. My poor Mother was in bed for 18 hrs. Needless to say, we did not get any pictures! I am glad to say that Santa was great to the girls, and we are all back in Florida , including Ashlyn, and bug free!

I did manage to get some pictures of the girls playing with their toys right before we all got so sick.

Yes, this is inside my house in the playroom!

This is at my moms right before the bug hit!
Madi on her way to lunch with her Daddy for the office Christmas party.

"Just chillin in my play house!"

Santa left the girls a sweet letter beside the cookies!

I hope you all had a great Christmas! I can't wait to see all the pictures! It is always so hard to leave. Even though we were all sick, it was the first time in a long time that I was able to spend time with my sister,mom, and my brother. I saw both sets of grandparents, my Daddy, and all of the 23 cousins! Aunts and uncles, I saw them all! Big family, I know! That is why I love going home! Despite the bug, I had a ball, and I miss them all so much already!

Biter biscuits

Those of you that have little ones, or have had little ones, can appreciate this! Allie Grace loves those biter biscuits by Gerber. I can put a bib on her, and in 2 seconds she has ripped it off. These things are so messy. She always ends up with a little nub that she can't even find in all this sticky mess!

I am off to find Madi a "jump-a-rope". The only thing she has asked for from Santa!

My bow addiction

I have had so many people ask me about my bows, so here is the place to go, and right now some are even 50% off! This is where I got all of Allie's bowbands, and her family is adorable.

Wordlesss Wednesday

Dada's duds

Christmas 2008

Merry Christmas

2008

Now for the ones I did not use...

"Mommy said to smile ALLIE GRACE"!
"Did you see that bird Sissy? Look, look Mommy"!

"I will make her smile Mommy,see!"

"Please Mallory, no tongue!"

We are missing one!

"Look at me girls, not Mimi"!

"I hope we got at least one. I'm done!"

Thankful Thursday

I am thankful that even though we live in FL, my kids still get to see "snow" ! They do this here every night in December at 6,7,8 and 9 o'clock! During the week it is not crowded, and we can just walk downtown and the kids don't get wet, or cold! I know, there is nothing like the real stuff, but give us a break, we are in FL!

Daddy even got some on his face.

Mallory wasn't so sure about this stuff. She kept licking her fingers! That child will eat anything!

The Nester is having another party!

I never do this, but what the heck, It sounds fun! I guess this also falls on Thankful Thursday , so I am just thankful that this is still in one piece. Allie Grace is worse than a cat when it comes to pulling and chewing on the lights! The cord was perfectly hidden the day I did this, but with a house full of kids, I quit worrying about it showing. Now I can see it, it is driving me crazy again! Off to fix~ enjoy the garland party! Check out the Nester for some awesome decorating ideas.

The wreath and the garland were plain, so I just kept sticking and gluing stuff in there until it looked full.

I love Christmas lights!

The girls and I had a ball driving around Celebration looking at Christmas lights. I think I enjoy this as much, if not more, than the girls! It is my favorite thing to do during the season! They had some that were unbelievable. I am talking all out Christmas vacation, Chevy Chase style.

My big girl Ashlyn. Can you tell I dressed up for the occasion!? We had a ball downtown watching the snow fall and seeing Santa. (from a distance, Madi was not too sure about him)
Mommy with all of her girls! Probably one of two pictures that I have of me with ALL of my girls. I am always behind the camera. My mom took this one, or I wouldn't have it! Thanks Mimi. I miss you already.

A fun night!
My beautiful first born! Definitely not a baby anymore.

Last, but not least, Mimi and her granddaughters! My Mommy. Mallory still wakes up and says,"Mimi, Mimi mommy?" They miss you very much. We all do.