Savannah Brooke Lee

Yesterday my sister had her baby and I was sooooooooooooooo excited. I am now Aunt Shelley. She is absolutely beautiful and perfect. She weighed 7lbs 15 oz and she was 20 inches long. Here are a few pictures of the special day!

Snow Day!!

While we were snowed in at mom and dads, we got to have lots of fun in the snow. We built a cute snowman, sledded behind the four wheeler, and ate some really good snowcream. I love these times that we can share with our children and family!!!
Sorry for the loudness of my mouth on the videos.....

Christmas Recap!

We had a wonderful holiday with family and friends. Here are some picture slideshow's to explain it all.....
Christmas Eve:

Christmas Morning

Christmas Parade!!!

Yesterday we went to the Farmville Christmas Parade! We had a wonderful time although it was very cold and got very wet! It was nice having PAPA with us!!!

He's growing up!

Dakota is now 10 months old! I can't believe how fast the time is going by! He is really starting to leap and progress in so many ways. He is saying, "mama", "dada", "hey", and "bye". Then of course his temper tantrum sounds. He has learned what no means and is starting to reap the benefits of that lesson (yes, popping has begun). His personality is very laid back. He loves to play with lots of toys now. Of course he wants to do everything standing up now. He can stand up and walk from toy to toy. It won't be long and he'll be walking around here. He is crawling everywhere. He is eating some solids, but mostly baby food. We are trying to transition him, but his stomach doesn't seem to be agreeing with us. One of his favorite things to eat are definitely marshmallows. Most recently he has really enjoyed the gingerbread flavored ones. He loves going to Nana and Papa's and really knows who they are now. Just tonight, nana was on the phone and I was trying to get him to say nana and he opened his mouth and kissed the phone, as if she could get it. It was just too cute! I can't wait to see how he is going to react at Christmas! We are very blessed to have him as a part of our family and love him so very much! Hopefully I can start blogging more and so that we don't forget all of Dakota's milestones!

Shop till you drop!!!

Since I can remember, my family has always dove into the crowd for the day after Thanksgiving rush! We always find good deals and it's just really exciting. This year I was really brave and decided to go to the Smithfield Outlets at midnight! I actually ended up getting there around 11:30 and it really wasn't that bad! I got a lot of really good deals and some cute clothes for Dakota at a very cheap price. I got back to mom and dad's around 3:30. That was fun! Then Dakota of course woke me up at 7:30 for his normal morning rituals. I really wasn't even that tired. I got up and played with him for a while and then decided to go and shop in Raleigh. I began around 10:30 and I had Dakota with me. I just knew this was going to be a short day and the worst mistake I had ever made. Boy, was I wrong! Dakota was AWESOME!!!! We were at Triangle Towne Center FOREVER. He just rode around in his stroller (double stroller.. one side for him and other side for bags:):)!! He never cried or wimpered the first time. We were there for 5 hours. I just took my time and enjoyed it all. I think he liked shopping with mommy all day. Did I mention that I found some awesome deals. I can't possibly tell you about them all, but the one that I was most excited about was a set of stainless steel pots and pans that were $130. With early bird discounts and coupons, I paid a whopping $15 for them. I have used them and can't believe how much better cooking is! What a great day this was and I loved having Dakota with me!!!!!!!!!!!

Dakota's First Haircut!

Dakota had his first haircut a couple of weeks ago. Aunt Carolyn trimmed around the ears so that there is no question to him being a girl or boy!!!

Thanksgiving!

What a wonderful Thanksgiving! We had a blast with family and friends. We were very fortunate to spend time with JJ's family and mine. It was nice seeing people and spending time together. Here are a few pictures:

At the Johnston's:

At the Barbour's:

Amanda's Last Shower

Here are some pictures from the shower that we hosted. Amanda and Thomas received some great fellowship and lot's of needed things for Savannah!