Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas! Little Dallas loves all of his gifts and boy did he get lots of them! We spent time in Greenville with Bebe, PawPaw, MawMaw Reeves and Justin and Kellee. Then we headed to Columbia to see Noah, Poppy, and Uncle Whit. Thanks to everyone for all of the wonderful food and gifts we received! We had a great 2007 and we can't wait to see what 2008 will bring. We already know of lots of babies that will be arriving, including our newest Reeves addition, Brianne. We made it back to the South also and we know we will be sitting right here in Asheville, NC for not only 2008 but many more years after that. Ear Me Dallas Sr.??? We are staying put for a long while!! ( The "Ear Me" is a joke because when big Dallas has to discipline little Dallas he sometimes says" Do you hear me?" at the end. Well little Dallas picked up on that really quickly and now says that to us when he gets upset. It usually goes something like this: "Dallas please don't throw your toys at Harley". Daddy----No-----EAR ME!!! He says ear instead of hear. Of course we don't like for him to say that to us as it is not approprite for him to speak to us like that but I have to cover my mouth everytime so he doesn't see me laughing.)

Merry Christmas!

We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas! We were all busy little elves today getting last minute things ready for Christmas. Santa is downstairs now putting together the last of the Christmas gifts. I spent the day baking and preparing our Christmas Eve dinner. We have had a wonderful day together and look forward to sharing the next few days with friends and family. We took lots of pictures today and wanted to share them with you all. Little Dallas has become quite independent and likes to dress himself. I was able to get him in a Christmas outfit instead of his usual request of "football shirt" (which is his USC football jersey). But I did give in on his pick for shoes. He LOVES these black and white saddle oxfords. They have no laces and they are too big but he adores them. I baked a coffee cake to go with our big Christmas breakfast tomorrow and he had a great time licking the batter off of the mixers and the bowl. After dinner, he and I made chocolate chip cookies for Santa. I have been telling him for several days that we would do this and he was so excited! We had a great time and both enjoyed eating the dough! We put the freshly baked cookies out for Santa with milk, of course, and little Dallas helped himself to them both. I think he is finally asleep from all of the excitement (and SUGAR) and we are looking forward to another wonderful day tomorrow.

We had to do it!

I know everyone has seen this before but it is so funny!
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Forgot to include the photo with Santa!

Polar Express Train Ride

Last night we took little to Bryson City, NC to ride a train on The Great Smoky Mountain Railroad. Every year they do a Christmas ride centered around the movie "The Polar Express." Dallas Jr. just discovered the movie while at Bebe and PawPaw's house over Thanksgiving and I think we have watched it everyday since! They encourage all the children to wear their pajamas, just like in the movie. Little Dallas was so excited when he spotted the train. They served hot chocolate, chocolate marshmellow santas, and read The Polar Express book on our way to pick up Santa Claus at the North Pole. Little Dallas spent most of the ride standing in his seat looking out the window so most of my pictures are of the back of him! He spotted Santa out the window and his face just lit up. We stopped so Santa could get on and make his way through all of the train cars to pass out bells to each of the children. We were not supposed to take pictures of him with the flash on our camera so I moved to get an angle where it would not be in his face and blind him with the flash and red eye reduction for the rest of his visits! On our return trip we sang Christmas carols. It was quite an experience and little Dallas really enjoyed it. Santa Claus will most definately be bringing Dallas a train table, train, and all of the accessories for Christmas!

Volvo Christmas Party

Last night Dallas and I attended his company Christmas party. Bebe was SOOO Nice to drive all the way from the beach to stay with little Dallas. It was alot of fun to have a date night and get all dressed up. The party was held at the Grove Park Inn. It is such a beautiful place. There were several hundred people there and we had great time meeting people and dancing. Thanks again Bebe!!! Grandmothers are the best babysitters and we had more fun knowing he was in great hands!! Also thanks for all of your help today hanging pictures and picking out the new colors that will cover some of these quite bright ones we have right now.

Too Cute!

Just thought I would share this adorable picture of our little man! We finally got our new computer and Dallas got it all set up today. It is nice to be back online. Maybe I can get some Christmas shopping done now!

Ice Cream Sundae

It has been so long since I have been able to blog. We completely missed Thanksgiving but we had a wonderful time and hope everyone else did as well. We have been so busy trying to settle into our new home. We absolutely love it and we adore Asheville. We have already had lots of visitors and lots of help from them as well. Little Dallas had a little bit of a rough time for the first week but seems to be getting back to normal now. I know it was a huge change for him with the new house, new room, and new big boy bed! The first few nights he kept getting out and it took several times to get him put back in before he would finally fall asleep. Then he would wake up at around 3:oo am and call for me. Now he is sleeping through and we are so proud of him for adjusting pretty quickly. He loves his new room and he now has his own playroom which is great for all of his toys. I am stressing about Christmas. We don't have our tree yet but I hope to get it by this weekend. I don't know how much decorating I will do other than the tree this year but I at least want that up. Big Dallas has been very busy with his new job and is currently traveling. He is really enjoying it even though it is quite stressful right now. Of course that is pretty normal when starting any new job. I have every bit of confidence in him though and I know he will excel at his new position. We are already enjoying being closer to family as we have visited Columbia and are currently in Greenville. We have still not had a chance to buy a computer so I am using Bebe and PawPaw's right now. I know everyone has been anxious for more current photos of Dallas. He will start in his new school in January and until then we get to spend lots of quality time together. He is just so sweet and learning so many new words each day. It seems as though there is an echo in the room everyday. Here are a few pictures of Dallas enjoying an ice cream sundae and playing in the guest bed at Bebe and PawPaw's.