christmas day 2010

somebody was good this year!

he thought the elephant was hilarious

he also got this little radio flyer wagon that he can pull his toys in

one of the nights in dallas, we headed over to some of burt's high school friends' house to catch up! it's been awhile since all seven of them have been together!

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christmas eve 2010

getting ready for all of the christmas eve activities...he loved sitting in this little chair...thought he was such a big boy!

hanging out on papa before dinner while waiting for the cousins to arrive

aunt mandy

family picture...last christmas picture with just the three of us!

dinner time...the big boy table

each christmas, papa and lucky give the boys nutcrackers...this year, mccoy got the original nutcracker! he loved trying to get his fingers in the mouth

he also got this fun pirates ship that drew helped him with

hurry to bed...santa's coming soon!

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on our way!

early, early morning drive heading to dallas for christmas...going to dinner for lucky's birthday...

christmas eve day, we went to northpark mall where they have this incredible train display set up...mccoy was fasinated by all the moving choo choos...it was also neat to hang out with his cousins

aunt mandy, mccoy and dada

austin 9, drew 6 and mccoy 1.5

more choo choos

burt's and mccoy's mouths are too cute here:)

such a fun day!

fun at the house

in between all of the hustle and bustle of xmas, mccoy found a new obsession...dada's shoes! unfortunately, he's not too hot walking in them...they are some big shoes to fill!

mommy's helper...hooking up the new dvd player, so we can watch xmas specials!
our little artist...painting some xmas presents!

at one point, he thought the paint looked tasty and tried it...gross!

up next...heading to dallas for xmas!

a little belated...but here we go!

so christmas has come and gone, but this blog has sat untouched for a month at least! it is now time to get back in the swing of things and show off some pics of our holidays...

at mccoy's new preschool, they had a xmas party with lots of goodies and a visit from santa claus

mccoy testing liam's cupcake to make sure it is good!

lily, mccoy and liam

saving that blue icing for later
liam and chris with santa

this is as close as mccoy would get to santa!

a couple of days later, he had his first christmas program with the school...liam and mccoy clapping but not much singing...

i love this little smile or maybe it's his sly grin like he is about to do something bad....

like taking the hay out from under baby Jesus!

plenty more holiday pictures to come....

thanksgiving 2010

running, running, running...mccoy loves to run, especially around and around my parents porch. this year, we headed down to hot springs for thanksgiving and had such a wonderful time. i love thanksgiving every year, getting to spend time with family, but now, it is especially fun with mccoy...as parents, you can't help but love to show off your little ones. he is doing so much now and each day gets busier and busier. we are so thankful he is in our lives...God has truly blessed us!

learning to play the piano with gracie...in every picture i got of him and gracie, his tongue is out in all of them...concentrating hard!

gracie and grandaddy

posing on the steps

our little family...goofy boy

hey auntie b!

now onto christmas fun!

sweet madeline!

the box family was finally able to make a trip down to little rock to see baby madeline grace and the rest of the piechocki family...we had such a great time, and she is such an angel...not once did she put up a fuss! it was fun to hang out with friends, watch the hogs beat south carolina and play with babies! mccoy did so good with her...at first, he didn't really notice her, but the next morning, he kept wanting to play with her....

checking each other out in the chair...

"where's her toesies?"