Christmas 2009

We traveled to Dothan to celebrate Christmas this year. It was the 2nd Christmas without Dad, so that was hard, but we made the best of it. We went to the children's Christmas Eve service at First Methodist and Sipsey loved it! There was a live baby Jesus and Sipsey had her first Communion. We sang Silent Night in "candlelight," which was actually glowsticks, a feature very popular with the children (and some husbands). I was surprised at how well-behaved Sipsey was. She was enthralled with all the lights and children singing. We gathered with my dad's family at my sister's house on Christmas night and ate a delicious meal together. Then on Saturday, my mom's family had dinner together at my mom's house. Throughout the weekend, Sipsey was showered with gifts from friends and family. She had a blast playing with cousins who she does not see very often. However, as much as I love Christmas, I'm certainly glad it's over!! I love coming home from work and being able to relax with no presents to wrap, bags to pack, or last minute gift ideas to think of! Whew! Here are some pictures of the weekend. I got a new lens from Santa Ben and went camera crazy trying it out!

Sipsey and her first and only first cousin Mark (Mary Ashley's {my sister's} baby)

Sipsey and Sweet P. Perhaps my favorite picture from Christmas!

Can y'all please stop asking me to do all my tricks?

Sipsey never took a paci but is fascinated by them now. This is a fake baby doll paci if it looks a little funny.

Putting her to work early! Sipsey got a broom for Christmas and loves it!

Still in love with babies. This baby moves her mouth when you feed her the bottle.

Sipsey and her sweet cousin Carly.

Somebody's JEALOUS!!

We have some Miss Manners classes to sign up for.

Our family at my sister's for Christmas

If You Give a Cat a Cupcake. I can't wait to read this one. It is slowly becoming safe to leave Sipsey with a book with real pages.

Hey Mark!

Happy

Sad :(

Rock-a-bye baby!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Sipsey!

Today is Sipsey's 2nd birthday! She is such a sweet 2 year old, but definitely has her moments. She LOVES babies and baby dolls. I can't say that enough. I always ask her if she's a good mommy and she always nods her head. Sipsey will repeat anything we say and commits it to memory. She is learning her shapes, numbers and letters at school. It is hilarious to hear her say triangle. It's more like, "tri-a-guhlelululuuh." Once she gets stuck on a color, everything is that color. Lately it's been "Lellow." She's also very partial to "Booooo." I think she actually knows the color brown. One of my favorite phrases of hers is, "Hey! How you? I Sipsey!" She finally turned it into, "Hey! How you? I fine!" She can count to 10 (skipping eight), and it sounds like this, "One, two, pee, pour, pie, pix, seben, nie, ten!" She can say the alphabet (Skipping A LOT). It's usually some variation of "ABCDEF mumble LMNOP QRS mumble WXYZ Now I know my abcs, mumble mumble sing with me!" I love to hear her sing "twinkle twinkle little star" and her favorite for us to sing to her is "Baby treetop" (Rockabye baby). Sipsey also loves to help us (mainly Ben) cook. She always wants to stir and got a nice blister on her finger from the pot the other day! Maybe we'll stick to the play kitchen for awhile. We love you Sips!! Happy birthday! Here are some pictures I took of Sipsey this morning.

Adorable shirt courtesy of Layne James Embroidery and Designs

Attempting to hold up two fingers. We'll have to work on that.

Really trying hard to hold up those two fingers!

Christmas card and other funnies

Before I get to Sipsey's birthday and Ben's graduation, I must include some funny pictures of Sipsey I have taken lately. I took hundreds of her for our Christmas picture. Hundreds. She will. not. look. at. my. camera. Or if she does look, she is making some sort face like the one below.

Sipsey, whatcha eatin'? Ok, toasted pumpkin seeds...got it. Thanks for that.

Here, Sipsey is saying "toot." Please tell me your toddlers announce their bodily functions.

And here, Sipsey is demonstrating her bodily function. Again, thanks for the clarification.

Whew! We got a keeper! Not perfect, but it will do!

This child LOVES babies! She is always requesting to carry (at the same time) a baby, a diaper, a wipe, a baby blanket, and anything else the doll might need, except for clothes. All our babies are naked (this one's clothes are attached; I assure you they would be off if they could be - we have tried).



Putting pieces of tape all over her legs entertained her for a good half hour. Please take note of the one church shoe.

Merry Christmas, y'all!

The Becks come to town

I am very behind on my blogging, but I'm on time for Sipsey's birthday party and Christmas! I've already sent out our Christmas cards! A few weeks ago, Ben's parents came to visit. We had such a good time catching up. Sipsey showed off all her tricks and how well she can talk! She loved her Mimi and Papa. They are coming back for Sipsey's party next weekend and we can't wait to see them. Lots of other family members are coming too and I can't wait to see how Sipsey acts....hopefully good! Unfortunately, I wasn't a very good photog when Mimi and Papa came to visit, but you better believe the camera will be glued to my face at her bday party!

Sipsey playing in Papa's new truck. She's not as mad as she looks!