November and December

I am still catching up, so I have this post and a post about Christmas and then I will be caught up-WHEW! 

Ryleigh and Aubrey came over at the beginning of November and it actually was a really warm day. So, we let them play with water in their swimsuits. 

Nana holding Claire at Chuck E. Cheese for Isabelle's birthday party the first weekend in November.

Kate and I apparently need to play the lotto. This is the second time that one of us have won the jackpot at an arcade type place without even trying. 

Claire is just like her sleeper says "Sweet."

The yummy Thanksgiving Feast at Kate's preschool and our church.

Claire was sleeping, so she was in the stroller behind us.

What a beautiful Indian Princess!

Claire loves to look up at her mobile in her crib.

Every year my parent's take their annual Christmas card picture with the grandchildren. I loved how Kate was hooking arms with Kale. Uncle Michael and Uncle Chad were trying really hard to make the kids laugh and it was working!

However, it was not working too well on Carly. She fell and scraped her knee right before this picture was taken and all she wanted was for me to hold her. The photographer managed to get a picture of her not crying, but she did not have her normal big smile. This is what we saw most of the time. Poor thing!

This is more of the Carly that we know. She is so silly! I look over and see her with sunglasses on while watching TV.

Daddy and Claire time. Poor Claire having hand me down clothes. Look at that hole by her big toe. Don't feel bad, I have bought a lot of new clothes for Claire. She was born at a totally different season than Kate and Carly, so I have had to buy some new clothes for her. 

Kamara and Rod had a balloon release for Marabeth on Sunday, November 18.  We all wrote sweet messages on the balloons to her. She was born on November 19 a year ago.

Laci

Aunt Lori and Carly

Lot of balloons of love lifted up for Marabeth Renee.

Kamara and Chelsea. God has blessed these wonderful women with a wonderful friendship through their tragedies. 

Sweet message from Zack

Zack holding Mark and Chelsea's adopted son, Gabe. So precious!

It's time to decorate the Christmas tree!  The girls basically put up all the ornaments themselves this year. It was so nice!

We had a girl's night the first weekend in December to celebrate Hannah Beth and Kamara. The sisters all stayed at Embassy Suites in Grapevine for a night, too. Claire also joined us. Lori was attempting to file down her nails, which is not an easy task.

We ordered room service for dessert. Yum!

Nana holding Claire. I love these pajamas with the angel wings on the back. She is our little angel!

Grapevine goes all out with their Christmas decorations on Main Street and with their Christmas Parade. We enjoyed walking down Main Street and checking out all the decorations before their annual Christmas Parade.

Love, love this picture of the sweet sisters! Zack had this idea and I loved it! This was one of our Christmas Card pictures this year.

Another one of our Christmas card pictures.

Uncle Rod holding Claire during the parade.

Seriously? There is a wonderful parade outside and these three cousins would rather be inside playing on their Mommy's Iphones. This is their generation though, right?

I love this picture of Carly watching the parade with her Daddy.

I just love the rolls on baby's legs. Sweet Claire.

Kate really enjoyed helping wrap presents this year.

Carly enjoyed picking out the paper to wrap the presents.

I let the girls do the gingerbread house all by themselves this year. I helped out with the icing and then put their candy in a bowl and let them go to town!

One of Zack's best friends, James meeting Claire for the first time.

The week before Kamara had Hannah we went to Safari Park to have a fun outing for all the girls. I was so proud of Carly. The last time we went there she did not want to ride one of the robotic animals, but this time she did and had a blast!

All the girls riding the train together.

Here is some of the Pruett family at Hillcrest Church of Christ after Lindsey's funeral. Even though it was sad circumstances, it was nice to see everybody.

We went from the funeral on Saturday to Hannah's birth on Monday. Here Will is holding Claire in the waiting room. Claire was kind of having a difficult day with all the craziness that had been going on, but she hung in there.

Kam and me before Hannah was born.

Ryleigh coloring in the waiting room.

Aunt Lori seemed to have the bag of fun. She was good at passing out stuff for the girls.

Laci and Claire

All of us waiting for Hannah to arrive.

She is here! Kamara had a really smooth delivery and everything worked out according to what she desired. It was a special day. Hannah is so adorable!

Uncle Zack and Hannah

Kate and Carly looking at their newest baby cousin.

Claire has started sitting in her bumbo chair now. 

Kate at her Christmas party at school. They made reindeer cupcakes.

They let Carly have a cupcake, too. What a mess!

Then came the book exchange with the story "The Night Before Christmas." They passed a book every time a page was turned.

This is the book that Kate received.



We had lots of things going on in the months of November and December.  Stay tuned for my Christmas post next.