Christmas Card, Wally, Cookie Exchange, and Santa

Here are just a few miscellaneous Christmas pics from the past few weeks.  I am in LOVE with our Christmas card this year!  My friend Erin did a little photo session with him at the end of November and I just loved all of the pictures!  My favorite is the one with his hands in his pocket, so that's what we used for our card.  I have a girl in Fayetteville, AR who does my cards for me and each time she designs one, I just love it! 

 

 

 

 
I have a mailing place I always go to because it is sooo much easier than going to the post office and there's a shop dog named, Wally there.  Pearce LOVES Wally!!  We decided to bring Wally a new bone for Christmas, so here are a few pics of Pearce giving the bone to Wally.  Wally and Pearce are buddies :)

Last week, our play group met for a Christmas cookie exchange.  The kids all came in their Christmas jammies.  They were adorable!  I made Mama Pearce's Special K cookies.  I think Pearce and I ate WAY too many cookies, but oh well!  Aubrey had a cute photo backdrop set up, so we took a little "selfie" together.

 

On Sunday, after Pearce's nap, we headed to the mall to see Santa!  Pearce was soooo excited to see him.  We practiced in the car what he was going to ask Santa for.  I told Pearce he needed to speak loud enough for Santa to hear him...so he yelled his 3 requests :)  Luckily, when he was talking to Santa, he used his normal voice :)  When it was Pearce's turn, Pearce ran right up and hopped onto Santa's lap and just started talking away.  His requests this year are a "Kenai stick" which is a walking stick from one of Pearce's favorite movies, "Brother Bear."  He also is asking for a "puter" and a basketball goal.  I bet Santa is busy making everything on Pearce's list!  After we saw Santa, we let Pearce ride a few rides at the mall and then we headed home.  It was so fun watching how excited Pearce was as well as all the other kids who were in line.  I just LOVE the magic of Christmas!!

Early Christmas with GG, Pops, and Mimi!

This past weekend, the Little Rock grandparents came to Austin for an early Christmas celebration.  We had so much fun!  Pearce went to school on Thursday and when I put him down for his nap, I told him that when he woke up, Pops and Mimi and GG would be here.  When Pearce woke up, he was so excited!  He just stood on the windowsill waiting for everyone to show up.  On Thursday, we just ordered Chinese food and had fun just playing and visiting.  Pearce really put on a show that night!  He LOVED wrestling with Pops and throwing pillows on him :)  That night, Pearce asked GG to read to him and rock him.  That was a nice break for me!  On Friday, Pops and Mimi came back over in the morning and we all went to the mall play area to play and ride the train since it was raining.  Then we ate lunch at Mighty Fine...yum!!  On Saturday, Chris started preparing our "Christmas" meal and we just hung out at home and played.  Pearce took a good nap and then it was time for his presents!  Oh my goodness, Pearce hit the jackpot with his gifts from his grandparents.  He got lots of fun toys which he loved and several cute outfits, which I loved!  Pearce played and played.  After I put him to bed for the night, we ate our gourmet dinner that Chris made.  It was sooooo good!  Then we all got to open our presents.  Chris and I are really excited because we got money to go towards new couches for us.  We are very much in need of new couches!  I also got some cute rain boots that I can't wait to wear....and have Pearce wear his, of course!  We had such a fun time with our family.  I love weekends like this because we didn't have a lot planned and just really enjoyed being together and loving on Pearce.  Pearce was sad when everyone left.  He is one lucky little guy!!  Thank you all for coming and celebrating Christmas with us.  We love you!!!!

GG brought lots of yummy treats, of course!

 

 

 

 

 

Spoiled???  No way!  Well....maybe a little :)

 

Georgetown Christmas Stroll

This afternoon, I took Pearce to the Georgetown square for their Christmas Stroll.  This was one of the things on my list of Christmas activities I wanted to do with Pearce, so I was excited to see what it was like.  We had so much fun!!  There were TONS of booths with jewelry, clothing, crafts, etc...  Plus several areas just for kids.  The first thing we wanted to do was go see Santa!  There wasn't a long line which was nice.  The kids in front of Pearce started crying right when it was their turn to sit on Santa's lap.  When it was Pearce's turn, Santa asked if he wanted to come sit on his lap.  Pearce hopped right out of his stroller and went right up and sat on Santa's lap.  He told him he wanted a "Kenai stick" (which is a walking stick from a movie he likes) a "puter", a basketball goal, and a candy cane.  Pearce talked and talked to Santa, it was so cute!  Then we went to a pizza stand and shared a piece of pizza.  Next, we went to an area that had all types of work trucks, a fire truck, police cars, and a school bus.  Pearce got up on every one to "drive" them.  He really loved the trash truck :)  He was also so excited to go on a real school bus, too.  We walked on and I told him to find a seat to sit down on.....he looked and looked for the perfect seat and then found a seat with a "boom" (broom) and thought that was the perfect seat!  Then he wanted to go see the police cars.  A policeman walked up to Pearce and said, "Hi my name is Officer (can't remember his name), what's your name?"  Pearce said, "Hi, my name is Pearce!"  And the police officer put out his hand and Pearce shook his hand!  Then he asked Pearce if he wanted to see his police car.  Pearce ran over and hopped right in.  Then Pearce saw the policeman's gun locked up in the back and asked if that's his gun.  The policeman said yes.  Then Pearce asked if he could hold his gun!  Thankfully, the policeman said no, but that he could drive the car....Pearce was pretty happy with that :)  He also got in the police ATV and loved that.  The last vehicle he wanted to go on was the fire truck.  He hopped right in and loved it.  BUT, he got totally shy when a fireman came up and started talking to him :)  I wanted to take his picture in front of the fire truck and the fireman asked if he wanted to sit with him.  Pearce always put his fingers in his mouth when he gets shy and those fingers had a hard time staying out of his mouth :)  I did get a cute picture though!  We walked around for a while after that and rode a train, got a balloon sword, and a funnel cake.  We were there for several hours and just had the best time.  Pearce cried when he realized we were going back to the car :(  We all slept in this morning so Pearce did not take a nap.  On the way home, he fell asleep and when we got back home, as I was taking him out of his car seat, he barely opened his eyes and said "I not ready to go night night."  I put his pajamas on him and put him in bed and he was out....at 6:30!