Look Who's Two!!!

Anna Kay Turns Two...

My sweet baby girl turned two on December 19th. We had her party on the the 19th at

our home. I figured there would not be many times her actual birthday would fall on a

Saturday. The party was small with lots of family. I think this was the first birthday

party I actually felt relaxed and enjoyed myself. Tim cooked a wonderful beef tenderloin

on the egg. The menu was rounded out with refrigerator mashed potatoes, sweet and sour

green beans and rolls.

The party stared off with the kids decorating Christmas cookies. I bought lots of icing

and sprinkles and let them go at it. Nick had a great time eating icing. We then ate

and opened presents. After all the presents were opened we had yummy cake and

ice cream. Anna Kay loved being sung to and blowing out her candles. A big thank

you to all of our family for coming and celebrating with us.

The cake.

Eating more icing.

Maddie sampling her work.

Grace decorating her cookie.

A purse!! AK loves to carry a purse.

More goodies.

Needing a little help.

My girl.

It's so hard to believe she is two. She is such a joy to us. We couldn't imagine

our lives without her. She has such a bubbly personality and we can't wait so see what

she'll say or do next. She is a special girl and we love her so much.

Happy Birthday Anna Kay!!

More Birthday Fun...

AK had a pink and green paisley cake. It was too, too, cute.

Her plate was a gift from us this year.

Family...

We had a wonderful time this Christmas with family. I am so glad

that my children will grow up and have 1st cousins. I missed out

on that growing up.

We had Rigby Christmas at our house this year the Monday

before Christmas. Bebe and Pawpaw Bo brought steaks and they

were delicious. Nick could hardly contain himself with all of his

excitement to open presents.

We celebrated with my family at Uncle B's house the Saturday

after Christmas with a shrimp boil. Tim did an excellent job on

the shrimp. The celebration also included Maddie's birthday.

Those 3 kids wanted to open presents as soon as dinner

was over.

We finished up the celebrating with Tim's mom and Steve

the Sunday after Christmas at Uncle Mike's house. Aunt Jess

cooked a wonderful lasagna and cheese cake. Enjoy the many

pictures below. We had a blessed and happy Christmas.

Our tree. I had a hard time keeping a certain new 2 year old

out of it!! Her b'day post is coming soon!!

Can you see the excitement!!


Helping Merrill to walk.

Aunt Jess and the girls.

Bebe helping AK with her new bitty. We have named her Lucy.

Drum sticks. What more can I say??

Lucy came with a bottle and a blanket.

What's in here?

The race track. It's on it's second set of batteries!!

Christmas at Uncle B's.

Oh the waiting!!

Two hams.

Looking for their names.

Pretty girls.

Happy Birthday Maddie!!

The bilibo.

Currently AK is using it for a doll bed.

Hamming it up again!!

Christmas at Uncle Mike's.

Nick and Mr. Steve checking out the Nascar.

AK checking out Merrill's activity table.

The three Rigby men.

Luvin him some more Nascar.

Santa Claus Came to Town...

I have one that's up at the crack of dawn and one that likes to sleep in.

Can you guess which is which? AK is always up first. She woke Nick up

Christmas morning. I mentioned Santa and he was up lickety split!!

We had a lazy morning in our pajamas just the four of us. It was great.

I cooked lunch and we didn't leave the house except for a run for batteries!!

AK got a stove with cookies. She says, "I cookin, I cookin".
Santa brought Nick some new boots to go hunting with his dad.
Sure wish Santa could find that Leapster he hid in the closet!!

The guitar. He has talked about this for months. Santa really came through.

The princess cooks.

Love it!!

I think this is Nick's favorite thing from Santa. It's a four dollar shaving kit from Target.

It's Lighting McQueen. He has wanted to shave like his daddy.

Love the tutu and boots!

Jimmy Johnson. Enough said.

Nascar underwear. This kid loves him some Nascar.

Not sure what I'm going to do about this.

My favorite gift from Santa.

We had a blessed and wonderful Christmas. Happy Birthday Jesus!!
Merry Christmas!

Christmas Eve Trip...

We took a little trip to Monroeville and to Beatrice on Christmas Eve.

Our first stop was at Mawmaw and Pawpaw Hutcherson's house.

Both kids were asleep when we got there, so I forgot to take my camera

in. Pawpaw gave both kids a football. Our next stop was at Uncle Danny and

Aunt Carolyn's house. The kids had a great time playing with the reindeer car

and the dancing Santa. Aunt Carolyn was great to give both kids popsicles and

suckers for the road. We also got to see Mack and Kim and took a quick peek

at baby Carter. Our trip then took us to Beatrice to see Aunt Ruby. I don't

think I have missed very many Christmas Eves in Beatrice except for being sick

or pregnant. This is such a tradition in my family. We made a quick stop at

Grandmama's house and headed home before the weather got bad.

AK with Aunt Ruvey as she calls her.
Nick checking out Uncle Marshall's fish.

Rearranging Aunt Ruby's magnets. She collects them from different places.

The cuzes posing for a picture.
Maddie was not feeling well and stayed at home.

Cheese!!!

When we got home we put out the reindeer food for Rudolf.

What a mess!!

Nick thought we needed more.

We then decorated a few cookies for Santa.

We usually leave carrots for Rudolf, but we had to improvise and leave him

some lettuce. Hope reindeer like salad mix!!