We decided to head to Knoxville on Christmas day because VA was supposed to get tons of snow the day after Christmas and we wanted to miss it. We ended up driving in snow most of the way anyway, but it wasn't too bad. We caravanned with Gigi and Grandude to Knoxville and then they drove all the way back to Memphis. The girls did pretty good and were happy to have Gigi sit in the back and entertain them for most of the trip.
We recovered for a night and then got right back to opening presents the next morning. They basically got to have a whole month of present opening!
New food basket that they have been loving...
Dress up clothes for Caroline...
Taking a break to watch a show with Olivia
We were trying to get a picture of all the girls and everyone was cooperating....except Savannah. She was being a nut and flailing all over the couch!
Finally we decided to just lay her in everyones lap and hope they could hold on to her. She was still resisting at first and then she realized she was the center of attention and started being a ham and loving that she was in the middle. She is so bad!...in a cute/trick you sort of way...
Caroline and her "snowballs" from Mimi
Savannah loved this booster seat on the floor and was happy just getting in and out of it and playing with the buckles. All the new toys and she loved Caroline's booster seat the best.
While we were in Knoxville we celebrated Tyler's Grandma Carroll's 80th birthday. We had a yummy dinner at Litton's and lots of Tyler's family came in town for the occasion. Caroline was helping Grandma Carroll blow out the candles. The girls actually did really good for having to sit in their seats for two hours.
All the great-grandkids from Tyler's mom's side of the family...Seth, Olivia, Caroline, Skylar, Savannah...
A fun visit with Grandpa...
Caroline's playroom was by far Skylar's favorite part of the whole trip. She was loving every new toy and book and especially the kitchen and all the play food. They played so great and most importantly didn't make a peep! "Quiet" non-fighting/non-whining playing is a rare occurrence at our house and it was so nice! There were enough toys to share and they really only got into it over Caroline's comfy chair.
Busy girls...
This is the chair they both loved and Skylar was sitting in the chair drinking her milk and Savannah just pushed her tiny butt up on the chair right in Skylar's lap and sat down anyway.
Great picture of Grandpa and Sky! This is Savannah's I'm way to busy for a picture face....
It was a wonderful visit with good times with family, good food, and presents.
We were all really worn out when we got home and are glad we are staying put in VA for a little while....
The Children's Museum had another special night for families of children with special needs. This is the girls playing in the "arctic ocean". It was literally freezing cold water with polar bears and penguins to play with. They loved it!
There was a bell choir that came with lots of instruments for the kids. They got to play their own bells and pipe drum stick things which made lots of great loud noises.
Hugging Baby
One of Savannah's favorite past times...heading up the stairs. She goes to the baby gate in the hall where you can just see the bottom of the stairs and says "up!" She knows the sound of the gate coming down and wherever she is she drops everything and makes a run for the stairs.
Not sleepy!
Sassy face
