ole for new year's eve

new year's eve, the three of us went to eat dinner at our favorite mexican restaurant! last year, we all went to dinner together, too...i really like this little tradition...even if burt and i decide to actually go out sometime in the future for nye, i would love to continue eating our last meal of that year together!random pictures...this is mccoy's favorite spot to watch yo gabba gabba in...so far, the fire has totally uninterested him, which is great for me since i love them...burt's really good at building them by now!

where's mccoy? (in between the toy and elephant) we love hiding!

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hot springs bound

after christmas, mccoy and i headed to hot springs to see if santa made a stop there! here, he is testing out his new rain boots auntie b found for him...unfortunately, she had to head back to tulsa for work! gracie showing him a big ole bucket of goodies!

yay...bowling pins...let's beat on stuff!

next, working on his drawing skills...sometimes he still thinks that the crayons work better in his mouth!

we got to see uncle p too! we haven't seen him since last april, so we had lots of good playtime together!

new house shoes! everyone needs a good pair at christmas time!

another stuffed animal...mccoy still loves all of his "friends"

opening his stocking

visiting with his second cousin, miss indigo wren

hey gracie and grandaddymccoy loved looking at all of the lights

snuggle time!

bang, bang, bang

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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....