New Year, more fun!

Loralei would like to share her 2014 New Year Resolutions with you, in pictures.....

Spend more time in the great outdoors

Spend more time with friends

get lots of exercise

eat more vegetables 

Read more books with mommy and daddy

Christmas picture wrap-up

Christmas has come and gone :(  We had a wonderful time celebrating and spending time with family. It came and went too quickly as always.  It took Loralei until yesterday to ask me "mommy, where did the decorations go?"  LOL

opening gifts with Ry Ry

napping in her new Sophia sleeping bad

introducing the Hoolihan family to "Cards against Humanity" 

Loving her Rapunzel Ballerina doll

Working her Ariel dress

She has a "plush" problem

working on her self defense skills

and to wrap up the year. Date night NYE style

Typhoid Mary

I had to take my last work trip the week leading up to Christmas.  I ran by Loralei's school for a lunch date on my way to the airport. We had a nice chat, and shared some pretzels. This was Tuesday.  On Wednesday night during FaceTime I could tell something wasn't right. My usual spunky girl looked peaked and very tired.  Wouldn't you know it, she was sick. Like really sick. Thank God for modern technology because the pitiful face I saw on Thursday let this mama know 1000+ miles away she needed some medical attention.  She looked awful, I am glad I don't have a picture of that. It literally broke my heart.  Super Dad took LL to the doctor and they diagnosed her with a double ear infection and the FLU!!!  So much for the flu mist we got. :(

I was able to fly home a little bit early and get to my girl, but by the time I landed at 11pm on Thursday her fever had broken and she was running around the house like the flu had never been there.  I stripped the beds and Lysol'd the house down and prayed we didn't share our germs with any our of friends and family. So far, so good.

On a side note. Thank you so much for everyone who pitched in and helped with LL this year while I traveled. I pray 2014 is less eventful in that department.

Eating lunch with my main girl!

24 hours later, disaster strikes. Flu and ear infection positive. 

24 hours later. What flu?!?!

We got to keep our Rocketts date with Nanna and Bianca!

WORE OUT! 

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was a little different this year.  Mommy had an amazing opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City over the Holiday.  So Loralei made the trip to Kentucky with Uncle Lee, Riggs, and Daddy to celebrate Turkey Day with the DeForest/Staton families.  She had a big time, was spoiled rotten and didn't miss me one bit. ;)  

Uncle Lee made it to my pie party at school!

So sweet!

She can even be a princess while she eats wings! LOL

Times Square

Surreal!

Christmas is coming.....

Christmas is coming. So we are doing all we can to cram all the cheer we have into 20 some odd days.  We have started off with a bang.  Loralei had her very first Christmas program on Friday night where she and classmates performed "Frosty the Snowman" it was as precious as it sounds. It warmed this mama's heart.

On Saturday we had breakfast with Santa. Loralei loved ALL of that except the Grinch and Santa.  She gave Santa a high five and "knucks" but she wasn't going to get to close without a fight. LOL  During the excitement of the breakfast LL took up with Rudolph and didn't want to leave him with his rightful owner. Mommy rectified that situation with a trip to "Build a Bear" to help wash away the trauma from sitting in Santa's lap. What can I say mommy is a push over. ;)

My buddy Jack and I after out first school Christmas Program

Rylan didn't like Santa. So I decided I didn't like him either. :(

I did like the Snow Princess and Rudolph. 

Giving our new "pet" a fresh bath. 

Kissing Clarice's heart before she was sown up!

CLARICE!!!!!

Perfection!

Randoms

I am WAAAAAAY behind on blogging so here ya go. Fill your heart with this cutie and her super cuteness! 

First Christmas parade of the season!

Spiders jumping on a mirror with Pa!

mmmmm cupcakes!

Dress up parties are my favorite!

The fall heard around the world.

Last Friday Loralei and I decided to have a "fun" day.  I had been out of town all week for work and wanted to spend some QT with my main girl. We showed up at Hoppity Hop right at 10. 15 minutes into our play.....Disaster Struck.

We are now rehabbing a bad ankle sprain/strain.  Thank goodness there are no broken bones, but she is still limping and in lots of pain the poor girl :)

This is fun, but I am ready to scale the mountain!

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

Toddler Wheelchair. She came up with this on her own. LOL

At Vandy kids for a follow up xray and test.