The Grommersch Family: 2012

Santa comes to Collierville!

Well Santa found us in our new house in Collierville. Bibby & Dee joined us on Christmas Eve night and stayed until mid afternoon on Christmas Day just lounging around. I cooked a big breakfast on Christmas morning and we all sat around in our PJ's watching "A Christmas Story" until at least lunch. I think I watched it 3 times at minimum. It was so nice to be in our own home and just sit around enjoying Christmas w/ Mom, Dad, Tim, & Ella. Ella woke up about 9:30 (she was tired from all of the traveling and being so off schedule!) and found what Santa had left her. Her fave gift was her art easel as expected. Picts below :)

Cookies for Santa

Ella decided to do a taste test to make sure those cookies were up to par for SC

Notice the half eaten cookies..... LOL

Loving on Bibby

Eating breakfast w/ a Christmas Story playing in the backround :)

Playing w/ her new train set

She loves her easel!

Ella & I opening our gift from Daddy...

Matching Ronaldo bracelets :)

She's a daddy's girl ;)

Christmas w/ Grandmama & Ella Meets Baby Warner

Since Grandmama is now 98 years old, we took Christmas to her house on Sunday afternoon and let her watch her great grandchildren open presents. She was all dressed up pretty and Nan cooked a wonderful lunch for us all to enjoy. It was a little mass mayhem w/ 4 kids opening all of their presents in one small room, but it put a smile on Grandmama's face and for that, it was worth it.

Pandemonium!

I know Betsy is a CC of Mama, and I of Daddy, but I like to think that in this picture we do resemble and you can at least tell we are sisters :)

Opening up her Minnie Mouse table from Grandmama (the girls each got one)....She loved it!

Even Tay Tay liked it!

Priss crossing her legs to read her book.

Someone gave her a sucker so she was a happy girl :)

But she DID NOT like sitting in Cousin Don's lap!

w/ Grandmama on Dec. 23, 2012

Later on that evening, Ginny and Chad brought Warner by so we could visit. Ella was smitten with him. This girl absolutely LOVES babies - it was so cute to see them interact w/ one another.

Asking him "U wanna see ABC's?"

Loving Warner

Poor Warner looks like "Please take me back Mommy!"

Showing Warner the ABC video on You Tube on the iPad- LOL

Ella - 23 Months

Warner - Almost 3 Months

LOVE this

Christmas @ Bibby & Dee's House

On Saturday December 22, we loaded up and headed to my parents house in Coffeeville for Christmas w/ my family. That evening we had a fun Christmas w/ my mom's brother and all of our cousins. Of course with all of the cousins now married and having kiddo's there were 6 kids in attendance this year--ranging in age 7 on down to Baby Charlie who is 13 months. They all had a blast opening up gifts from each other and just getting to play. The adults enjoyed visiting and catching up over food and Mrs. Bessie's yummy caramel cake for dessert! Enjoy some picts below from the Lowe Family Christmas :)

Mom & Dad's beautiful tree

Griffin cousins eating at their table....

Playing w/ Bubba

Ella helping Mama hand out Christmas gifts

Giving cousin Lisa her present...Such a good helper!

Opening one of her gifts!

Robbye got an ariel gown...

Tay Tay thought standing on the presents was more fun.

Cousin Chaos

Cousin Jim misbehaving

Jim & Charlie

The ANNOYING gift Jim gave Griffin!!!! A LOUD speaker and horn.....Payback is coming for COUSIN JIM!!!!

Baby Charlie @ 13 Months - Can you see his one precious dimple? :)

Afterwards that same night, the kids were anxious to open their presents from Bibby and Dee, so we kept on going. Bibby & Dee got all the kids some great toys and precious clothes. One of Ella's favorites though was her Dora kitchen! She loved it.