SANTA!

We hurried home after Mama's to get ready for Santa. Sidney Kate wanted to wear her new pjs, so we got her dressed, threw her into bed and...

...realized we FORGOT to put out cookies and milk for Santa! Even after Daddy and SKV spent a good part of the day making them. Soooo, we went back and pulled her out of bed to pour the milk and pick some some cookies.
Shew!

The next morning it approached 7:30 and we figured we needed to wake up some sleepy heads. I know soon and very soon they will be waking us up...so until then we'll enjoy this part.

GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE!

Look at that pout pout face!

Does it get any more precious?!

Maybe-crazy parents, don't you know NOT to wake a sleeping child?!

Onto the good stuff!

Morning What?

This is just about too funny..."Who's the morning person?"

Every time SKV moved ECV would just look at her-as if to say, "Wake up already! I want to play!" As soon as SKV woke up she cuddled over to ECV. So sweet!

Embree Claire's 1st Football Game!

Wolfpack in the house!!! (We're not actually sure if they are in the house this year...have you seen them play?)
Keeping our first game tradition-we took a family picture before the first game. Embree Claire has the idea down...just look at the camera. :)

It was a super hot day but she was a great sport, took a brief nap during the tailgating part and an even shorter one during the game...one that I don't know counted.

Papa and Gran Mary with 2 out of 4 grans.

That's one happy baby!

Another duplicate shot...see SKV's first game shot below.
Embree Claire's 1st Game-2011

As much as I love the Peanut Shell at times-both games were just too hot for it to last too long.
Sidney Kate's 1st Game-2008

Look how much this child has grown in 3 years! But let's not talk about it...she cheered like she had a purpose! She was hollering "Let's go NC State Wolfpack" when everyone else was wondering why they even came to the game. She was really excited to be there. She had her Howl Towel flying and her Wolfpack fingers going. She's quite the trooper!

This is the look of "Can you believe they are playing like this?!"

Things got so bad she figured she'd just so to sleep...for like seconds! Maybe 10-15 minutes...she did great too! Smiled at everyone and played the content baby!

Sleep

I can sleep here
I can sleep there
I can sleep anywhere!

I can sleep left
I can sleep right
I can sleep snug as a bug
That's right!

What?

Sound Sleeper

There's nothing like a sleeping toddler! This one happened to be buried under covers and a pillow.

Zzzzzzz

I woke up one morning to feet in my back and this....

KOed

"Worst parents ever!!"
So I was asleep on the couch and Kevin was trying to sleep too. Sidney Kate had been playing, crawling on top of me and just plain enjoying herself in the living room. Next thing Kevin knows she's asleep on the couch beside us.
I blame this early tiredness to the fact that she woke up mega early this Sunday morning! She was awake bright and early and ready to play. So she ate breakfast well before 8:00 and managed to wear herself by 10:00.

Don't worry folks; she wasn't there long! As soon as Kevin saw she was asleep on the floor he picked her up and let her finish her nap on our bed. Tough life!

So tired!

I haven't blogged since the day this happened (8-1-09) and I have heard that people have been having some withdrawals...hopefully this will help.
Two Saturdays ago Sidney Kate fell asleep, by 11:30 on her beanbag, after a morning of hanging around the house. One minute she was watching Noggin and the next she was sound asleep.