Merry Christmas

We hope everyone had a WONDERFUL Christmas! We sure did, it was the first year Keenan and I did not exchange a gift! I guess we still had the fun of opening because Miss Bailey has now decided she didn't want to open gifts! She just wanted to pass the gifts out then play with the toy once someone else opened it. Silly girl!
I'll try to get you caught up on the happenings for this month....
Bailey is now potty trained!!! She's been in undies only since a couple of weeks past her 2nd birthday. She is trained for pee only during the day and for naps. #2, well, she's afraid of the potty when it comes to that. Oh well, we are saving a ton on diapers! She has not had an accident since Thanksgiving! We are so very proud of her. We even took a trip to Nashville and went to Rainforest Cafe and Bass Pro Shops, dry the entire day! We just had to make a few pit stops along the way. She will NOT go potty in a public restroom, so we have to have her "pink potty" in the car or take it with us when we visit friends/family, she'll go on that only.
As of tonight (the day after Christmas) we've decided to take the front rail off of her crib and convert it to do a day bed. She was using it as a trampoline during her supposed nap time. We were a little afraid she would end up flipping out and getting hurt. She was thrilled to sleep in her big girl bed tonight. She did however, roll out of bed about 2 hours after falling asleep. The fall didn't even wake her up! However, when I went in to put her back in bed, that woke her up. :( Tomorrow we will be on a search to buy a twin bed with side rails. Our baby is growing up! :(

Bailey has spent the month of December "cooking" with mommy! This is one of her most favorite activities. We've baked lots of cookies and she helped me make lots of batches of snowman soup (hot chocolate). It's the best!
We've added a new addition to our Christmas decor this year. We've put up outdoor lights and a train under our tree. Huge hits! So glad we did it!
We've met several friends and their kiddos for little play dates and for lunch out the past few weeks, but I forgot my camera :(. She had a great time and is enjoying playing with the other kiddos!
Christmas Eve, daddy had to work, so Bailey, Nonny, Pawpaw & I went up to my grandparents first for a nice visit (finally got an updated generations picture!) Then we met Keenan over at Tracy & Dan's house for a wonderful dinner and gift exchange. After that (it was 6pm already) we headed back to the good ole west side to Keenan's parents for a visit and gift exchange with his family. We didn't leave there till about 8:15! That was an extremely late night for Bailey considering no nap that day (she's not been taking naps for the past couple of weeks :( Therefore we put her to bed about 7 or 7:15. She was so tired and even put up a good fight before bed, and was out cold within 5 min! :)
Christmas morning after opening the gifts that Santa brought we had Keenan's parents and Nonny & Pawpaw over for our annual brunch. This year I finally changed it up a bit and cooked an AWESOME Krispy Kreme Donut Bread Pudding and Sausage Gravy Biscuits. Delicious!
Bailey had a great Christmas a very "Leap Frog, Play Doh & Instruments Christmas" (to play along with Little Bear's Band)--her all time favorite show. Actually she's addicted. She also got a life like moon that you hang on the wall and it illuminates in a dark room all of the various stages of the moon. She is obsessed with the moon, has MANY space helmets (sock hats and bike helmets) and flies there often she'll tell you. :) Absolutely precious, her creativity, imagination---the way she reinacts her favorite little bear episodes. She is very theatrical!
Hopefully, i've got the blog caught up for the most part.
Again, I hope you all had a VERY Merry Christmas and hope you have a GREAT 2010!!!
Enjoy the slideshow from the month of December (minus our Nashville trip).