What a Christmas!!

Well, I don't have pictures to post yet, but I wanted to share in our wonderful holiday season!  The week before Christmas, Lance, LJ and I met my family in Atlanta for a little Christmas dinner, (Yummmm, Maw-Maw!) before heading out to Cancun on Wednesday morning.  We spent a WONDERFUL week there, just enjoying the sun, the water and each other.  Kacy and Tomy, my nieces, were so much fun, and LJ still is asking where they are now!  The weather was AMAZING, and we can't thank Me-Maw enough for the week together - it was a blast!  I will post pictures very soon.

We returned to Atlanta on Christmas Eve night and drove to Tuscaloosa to await Santa's visit.  When we arrived home at about 11 p.m., Santa was just getting into Alabama.  After putting LJ down in his bed, we helped him put out all of the sweet gifts we would open in the morning.  When LJ woke up on Christmas morning, we filmed him as he went to the tree.  He is just a few months short of understanding it all, I think.  He loved opening his gifts, and was satisfied with just one, ready to play...LOL, I know that won't last much longer, huh?

My sweet brother's back is hurting so bad that he wasn't able to make the beach trip with us.  Because of that, ( and the fact that we had no groceries!), my grandma sent our Christmas dinner with my mom - chicken, roast, cream corn, black-eyed peas, cornbread...it was amazing!  Beason was only able to stay for a bit, but we enjoyed a good dinner together before he headed home to rest.  Please pray for him because school is just around the corner, (his last semester!), and he needs some relief so that he can finish up strong!

On the day following Christmas, we packed up again and headed to Mobile to spend time with Lance's family for a wedding.  We had SUCH a good time!  Uncle Dave made a gumbo for like 65 people, (some say it was his best ever!), and we got to spend some great time eating and visiting with family.  Little Addie is getting so big - she'll be walking any time, and she is so cute!  After the wedding, Lance and I danced the night away at the reception.  We were in pre-L.J. form as he slept peacefully next to Nana in the stroller.  Pops tried to hang, and he even made it through the whole "jump around" song and "shout" before saying he needed a break.  hahaha!

On Sunday, after visiting with family one more time and eating some wedding cake for breakfast, we headed back home.  It is so good to be back after a wonderful family holiday.  To top it all off, we just picked up "puppy" from the boarder -- now, we are complete!  I hope your Christmas was equally Blessed - how wonderful is time with family!?

I will post pics from Cancun and the wedding soon.  We have begun the countdown to Spring Training, (though which one, we don't know!).  We'll keep you posted - To our family - thanks for making this time so special.  We love you so much!