Dasher and Dancer… I mean John and Noelle!

This weekend, Michele and Andy had a wedding in Ft. Worth. We got to babysit Drew and celebrate Christmas all together on Saturday night.

Andy, Drew, and Michele get ready to start the annual Secret Santa gift exchange!

Mom and Dad keeping the party going…

John drew my name and gave me the most ‘flippin sweet’ stocking I have ever seen!

John gets the royal holiday massage! (with everyone else’s presents… haha)

I love these pics – Drew and Grand Rosie are soooo cute!!!

Noelle wanted to touch Drew every chance she got!

Drew is just waking up from his first drive to Texas!

Proud Uncle Mike!

Amanda and Bailey with Drew…

Will poses for a photo with Drew and his mommy!

Texas Power had our company Christmas party at the Gaylord…

it is such an amazing place, and we had a great time…

Aren’t our girls so cute!!!

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Noelle loves Maggie!

Noelle stood for several seconds today leaning against this corner! We couldn’t believe it!

Noelle is always so interested in the world around her!

“I just got my flu shot and am feeling kind of sleepy!”

Aunt Joe and Noelle cuddle by the fire while Aunt Joe prepares the program for the HAPY Girls party.

Aunt Joe, Aunt Elsie, Melissa, Aunt Polly, Cousin Linda, Cousin Brittany, Noelle, and Rosie all together at the family center.

Aunt Polly and Noelle are two peas in a pod!

Noelle loves gold ball ornaments… and she LOVES her cousin Brittany even more!

One of the games at the party was to make an ornament out of pipe cleaners. I don’t know whose this ornament was, but Noelle picked her winner!

Aunt Elsie and Noelle had lots of FUN this weekend… Aunt Elsie is going to have her very first grandbaby in March!

The HAPY girls is the social organization my grandmother, Mary Arnett, founded along with three of her best friends (her last name, Arnett, is the A in HAPY), and although all the founding H.A.P.Y. girls have passed away, the group remains strong, meeting for lunch once a month to celebrate each other’s birthdays and precious lives.

Noelle was so intrigued by Santa…

… but was a little confused at the situation…

We love you baby Noelle!

Noelle is skeptical of her first snowball…

But the curiosity builds…

and she’s digging in…

We tried to go see Santa earlier this week, but he had the flu!

We’ll try again in the next few weeks – I wonder if she’ll love him or be totally freaked out!?!