December iPhone dump

Here goes the tons of iPhone pictures that we took this past month: 

Josh when he was Alli's age...can we say TWINS!

poor baby's first fat lip :(

Lila and her boyfriend, Ethan after school one day

watching Wizard of Oz with my girls

she let me braid her hair :)

she loves drinks with straws

Lila's Christmas present to us

Christmas morning in the bouncy house

lining up their toys

watching the bouncy house blow up

playing at the airport

kisses from Lila

more kisses

hanging out together in the toy baby crib

Late Christmas in Atlanta

A few days after Christmas, we got on an airplane and headed to Atlanta to celebrate a late Christmas with our families. Once we got there, it was one festivity after another, but we all had a great time.

We visited with great grandmama, and the girls had a great time opening their gifts and pushing around their new big pink strollers. Alli loved her Little People Cinderella's Coach that great grandmama gave her. Later that night, we had our annual girls dinner, and Josh and Bryan crashed our party to make it even more fun!

On Saturday morning, Ralson had made the girls Mickey Mouse pancakes, and they LOVED them. He made the rest of us gourmet pancakes as well, and they were so good. Santa came to yeye and edaddy's house Friday night, so the morning was spent seeing everything that he brought for the girls.Alli loved her bouncy turtle and tigger the best, and Lila loved her pink baseball bat, Minnie Mouse vet hospital, and Leap Pad 2 the best. After we played for a while, we headed out to Josh's parent's house to celebrate Christmas with his family. All of the cousins had a great time playing with each other and opening their presents from Mamu and Big Pop.

I spent the morning on Sunday in Auburn photographing a cute little girl, and got back to Atlanta around lunchtime. The girls had been playing with Nana and Pop all morning, and they had a great time visiting. It was sad packing up to go back to Texas, but we are glad to be home. Next trip: DISNEY!!

Annual Girls' Dinner

Each year around Christmas, my high school girlfriends and I get together for dinner. It all started off with a family-style dinner at Cassie Martin's house around 11 years ago, where her mom would make us lasagne, and we would bring salad, appetizers, and dessert. These days we are shy a few members due to different locations, and we meet up at a fun restaurant instead of someone's house, but it's just as much fun. We are pretty good about getting our dinner within a few weeks of Christmas too, so that's impressive.

ready for dinner

Sally, Brittany, Jaime, and KB

This year we went to Salt in downtown Roswell, and it was also the first year that we had some party crashers too. Josh and Bryan joined us for dinner, and it was great! It was awesome trying the different appetizers (salmon tartare and springrolls), my she crab soup and grilled pear salad was amazing, and Bryan bought us a bottle of champagne for the table (he even paid for all of our meals secretly too!). It's always so refreshing to be around my best friends, and it was so much fun laughing and catching up. I can't wait until our now annual girls beach trip this summer :)

Cheers!

hanging out waiting for our table

Looking back at 2012 and Happy 2013!

2012 was a busy, eventful year, and one that we won't soon forget! I always like to look back at the most important things that happened each year, and this outline makes me smile. Here's what we were up to this past year: 

January: 
*had a late Christmas celebration in Atlanta with family and friends
*celebrated Alli's half birthday (6 months old)
*had Lila's 2nd birthday party (Minnie Mouse bday)
*Josh celebrated Alabama's National Championship win

February:
*celebrated Lila's second birthday on the 3rd
*Josh was in New Orleans with his boat all month (minus weekends)
*visited with the Allison's in Clarksville, Ga
*ate dinner with Winnie the Pooh at the River Club
*hosted Rachel's bridal shower at the Swan Coach House
*sold our Florida home

March:
*went strawberry picking and played in the bluebonnets
*celebrated Josh's 28th birthday
*hosted Rachel's bachelorette party at my parent's condo in Destin, Florida
*began celebrating Easter

April:
*Easter egg hunts and parties thanking Jesus
*Rachel's wedding in Auburn, Alabama
*showing the girls around the best school in the country, Auburn. :)
*visiting the Alpha Gam dorm
*celebrated my 28th birthday

May:
*Lila's friend's birthday party
*celebrated Mother's Day
*went to the Galveston Beach with playgroup friends
*Beach trip with my high school girlfriends
*neighborhood pool opened

June:
*HOT HOT weather
*went swimming a TON
*Kimberly's wedding showers
*Played with family and cousins in Atlanta
*celebrated Father's Day in Atlanta
*finished getting ready for Alli's birthday party

July: 
*Fun 4th of July in Texas with friends
*celebrated Alli's first birthday on the 13th and had a party in Atlanta on the 15th
*went to the circus and Lila had an awesome time
*celebrated our 4th anniversary on the 26th
*Started a business, KBG Photography, www.kbgphotography.org

August: 
*celebrated Kimberly's bachelorette party in Destin, Florida
*Josh and I went to our 10-year high school reunion in Atlanta
*Lila met her new teachers for preschool

September:
*The girls started school and they love their new classes
*celebrated Kimberly and Ralson's wedding on the 8th

October: 
*had fun at Halloween parties and festivals
*visited the pumpkin patch and Dewberry farm.
*dressed up like pirates for Halloween and loved it
*started potty-training Lila

November:
*busiest month yet for KBG Photography
*Lila became fully potty trained
*had a great Thanksgiving with the Braseltons

December:
*visited with Santa
*found out we were pregnant, then a week later we weren't
*had a blast at Junior League Holiday ball
*Lila sang in her school's Christmas performance
*hosted a baby shower for Monica at the Swan Coach House
*saw Mickey Live!
*celebrated Christmas in Texas and a late Christmas in Atlanta


What a busy 2012, and we are looking forward to a GREAT 2013!!