Perfect December weather!

We headed to the playground this morning with a few of our neighborhood friends.  The weather was absolutely perfect.  Then we walked on over to Aunt Natalie's house to eat lunch prepared by Grammy.  Layla then went down for her nap and I got to spend the rest of the afternoon with baby Annie!

Christmas Eve & Christmas Day 2011

Meet Anna Gail Rudd
"Annie"
Born Dec 24th @10:20pm
8pds 1 ounce 21.5 inches

Momma and Baby are great!

The Rudd Family around 12:30am on Christmas Day!

My New Niece!

Granddaddy is smitten with his newest granddaughter!

Layla Christmas morning with her Princess rings

She wanted this jewelry box the whole time we were at Disney.  we bought it and surprised her.

Notice the blockbuster sticker on Ariel. The one we bought STILL hasn't come in!

Her first cabbage patch doll! Thanks aunt ashly and uncle noah!

Sleeping "Dooty" from Granna and Papa

Meeting baby Annie on Christmas night

Layla gave Annie her first Minnie for Christmas

Annie meets Uncle Lucas:)

We weren't really sure how we were going to be celebrating Christmas this year.  It was all depending on when Annie arrived.  All we knew was we were going to be HOME!  This was the first Christmas since we have been married that we got to be at our own house.  We prepared Christmas lunch by frying 2 turkeys and invited over a couple of friends.  Since Annie came on the 24th, Grammy and Granddaddy were in town to celebrate Christmas day with us.  Layla got too many presents but has loved playing with them all.  She took a long nap Christmas day and then got to meet her newest cousin.  It was a great Christmas.  It was so good that we are leaving up all the decorations until this weekend:)  Layla walked around singing "Happy Birthday" to jesus all day which was perfect.

Before Christmas

Since we put the tree up, Layla wanted a picture with an ornament everyday!

Riding the Macy's Pink Pig

More ornament pictures

Lights at the Botanical Gardens

Lunch with Katie and Lucy

Layla had to use a napkin as a burp cloth like Mrs. Katie:)

Posing in her Christmas Pjs from Granna and Papa

we are not sure where this posing thing came from...maybe the princesses at Disney??

Picture with some of her church friends

My little cookie monster...She was definitely on sugar overload throughout the holidays!

Thanks everyone for your Christmas cards!

Why are they so cute when they sleep??

All her babies...

Chris and Natalie with us at the gardens.  Baby Annie, still in the oven!

She is posing again in this pic

More posing...

America's Next Top Model

Opening an Early Christmas present from granna and papa...Her pjs

Disney Day 8

This was our last day at Disney.  As far as vacations go, it definitely ranked pretty high.  As a parent, it priceless to watch your kid at such a magical place.  A couple of days after we got home, Layla told me that she "had a wish in her heart".  We can't wait to go back in a couple of more years to relive the experience in a different way.  We had a great time with our family from Baton Rouge.  Not once with 4 kids did we have to break up any fights.  They all loved each other and had a great time.  Even as an adult, I have to say, it was magical.

Disney Day 7

We spent the last day back at Magic Kingdom from open to close.  Well, they closed at 1am and we didn't quite make it that long.  More on that later... As if every other day was not, this day was all about the kids.  We made sure to hit all their favorites.  First, we had lunch with the Pooh characters!

Layla waiting for the tea cups.  It was her favorite ride and she is still talking about it!

I almost puked trying to catch this next series of pictures but it was worth it.  They kept yelling, "Faster, Faster!".

After a quick nap and wardrobe change we headed back to the park.  We saw the cars while we were riding the train and that is all Layla wanted to do.  When we got there we were hoping she was tall enough.

Yay! She was tall enough!

Love these two people!

This day at Magic Kingdom they were shooting the ABC Disney Christmas parade.  Since we have been home, we have watched the parade over and over.  Layla loves seeing all the places and characters that she recognizes.

We didn't end the last day without a little incident.  It was about 10:30pm, and because it was way past bedtime, we had put a diaper on Layla just in case she fell asleep.  We decided to take a joy ride around on the People Mover.  After being stuck for about 30 mins on a broken ride, Layla's tummy started cramping and she kept telling us that she needed to poop.  When she could not hold it any longer, she had to go in her diaper.  Then she had to sit in it for about another 15 mins.  She was so distraught about being dirty!  We eventually had to walk off the ride because they couldn't get it started.  I quickly found a bathroom and got her cleaned up.  Thank God she had that diaper on!  After that, we decided that we were border-lining on child abuse so we decided to call it a night.