Sickness and sweetness

Today we got up and headed down to Peachtree City to visit Grandma Phyllis or as James calls her "Gr-Gma." we had a wonderful visit and as always Phyllis looked beautiful! Of course Ansley did not waste time making herself at home in Grandma's bed. James was determined to master her electric wheel chair. I think he was secretively hoping to race some of the other wheel chair residents. We did manage to have a nice visit without getting put on the "watch out for that family" list!!
So far this Christmas season both of my kids have visited pediatrician. Yes James has his seventh ear infection of the year. The Monday before Christmas they both got a cold. I had s brilliant idea to call the pediatricians office and get an appointment for Thursday. Yes I made them question why I was making a sick appointment that far in advance. I was hoping to cancel this appointment on Wednesday. Thursday we headed in because Ansley was complaining of her ear hurting. As the nurse is taking down notes in why we are here she is smiling ( probably laughing inside thinking what a hypocondriac I am). Dr. Wilburn comes in giggling a little. I run her through the scenario. I tell her James is fine just check out Ansley. Ansley's ears are red but fine. She suggest we just check James out since we are here. Yep,leave it to James to prove me wrong. He has an ear infection. Now I know what some of you are thinking...time for tubes. We chatted about when it is needed. I have been hoping he would out grow this. Luckily Dr. Wilburn is on the same page as me. Since the ear infections rarely bring any kind of pain or fever to James we are going to hold off to the new year hoping that he will not get anymore. If he gets one more we are in tube talk. I know tubes aren't bad and they do good but that is one thing I am hoping to not put on the to do list for the New Year!! However, I have made a new friend at CVS.. The pharmacists knows me by name !!! As I was getting my Thyroid medicine (which was increased a bit) today the pharmacists said "see you soon!" I reminded her not for at least 10 days!!
Now on to the sweet part of this post. James loves to take one toy to bed every night. It is not the same toy. For a while it was a different toy car, then it was a toy store figurine..buzz or bullseye. He even took a soccer ball my brother gave him. Tonight it was a phone. Yes, his thrift store cordless phone was glued to his hand tonight. I went into his room to check on him before getting into bed. He woke up in a daze. The one thing he said to me was phone. I pulled it out from under the covers and gave it to him. He placed it next to his ear and said thank you. I told him nigh night and I love you. He replied back " nigh nigh..I loll ew." What a great way to tuck mommy into bed.

Ice, snow, and smores

What better to do when you are snowed in than to make smores. This was the first time my kids had made smores. They loved them!! Talk about messy! Ansley was the first to give up. She ate about 70% of her smore. James on the other hand hung in there and finished every last drop of his smore.









Snow and ice= Beautiful white Christmas+ a messy mountain
I finally got the nerve to step outside and get some pictures.

Crutchfield Family Christmas

We rushed out of my parents house to head up to the cabin before the ice and snow set in! The closer we got to Lake Burton the lower the temperature got.






We arrived just in time for the roads to start accumulating snow! We immediately took a family picture and began opening presents.








Now it is time to open more presents!
















Great Grandma knows what I like!!


Of course we can't forget the big kids presents!

Money Family Christmas

After enjoying Christmas at our house we packed up the car and headed to my parents house! My sister and her kids were with us this year. Of course my dad had yummy omlets waiting for us. After full bellies we began the madness of opening presents. I actually loved every minute of it!



I am waiting for Caroline to send me some of the pictures she took of the kids in the outfits!! So stay tuned for more pajama pictures.





Yes that is my pregnant sister in the background. I think Hannah was enjoying Christmas too. She was full of movement!!


Now he has a backpack like sister!!


Checking out Grandmas calendar.


Always helping Grandaddy.


The Boys playing together!!


Showing Grandaddy how it works!!





Can't get enough of trains!!


Thanks Grandma and Grandaddy for my cool leap pad set!!

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning started off with us having to wake up our kids!









James was not sure he liked getting woken up. Once. He made it down stairs he realized this was a good thing. Santa had eaten all of his cookies and drank his milk..the best part was he left presents!



Ansley got her cardboard castle which she began coloring immediately. Mommy and Daddy gave her caboodle full of art supplies.









James got a truck from Santa and some building magnets from mommy and daddy! His first word into the room was "car!" He didn't get out of the car until it was time to head to Grandma and Grandaddy's.

Christmas Eve'

Christmas Eve was full of new traditions and old ones!!! Bob spent most of the day with my dad shopping for a new TV. After about 5 hours my parents have a new TV to hang over the mantle. I am pretty sure my husband had more fun than my dad!!
The kids and I delivered presents and had a quiet lunch with my mom. The rest of the day consisted of cleaning up the house and preparing for Santa and Jesus birthday!!!
One tradition we started this year was making Christmas stockings!! I wasn't sure how well this would work but the kids really enjoyed it and made really cute stockings!!


I am hoping to have the kids make one each Christmas Eve!! When Bob got home from shopping we made some yummy cookies for Santa in our newly renovated kitchen!!!!











Once we finished up making cookies we got in our Sunday best and headed to church to celebrate baby Jesus!! The kids service is special to my heart since two years ago my eight day old baby got to play baby Jesus in the service. This year James was a sheep and Ansley was an Angel. They both sat so nicely on the stage and listened to Rev. Shannon tell the story!! After a beautiful service we came home and the kids went right to bed. I think it was an all time record on the fasted bedtime and sleep time!!!

Cute Pictures

I was able to bribe the kids into the chapel at church on Sunday to get some Christmas pictures. I think this is as good as it will get this year. Next year the goal will be to get them looking at the camera at the same time.

Excuse the powdered donut lips