Christmas

Merry Christmas! Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend - and has a great new year ahead in 2011!!! The McCully family had a wonderful holiday weekend! We had lots of grandparents (and Uncle Michael) visiting Emma - and she just soaked up all the attention! She got up around 7:30 am on Christmas Day and we headed downstairs to an audience! She loved it - but tired of opening presents quickly and just wanted to play. After a while, we took a break and just played with her new toys, and then resumed presents later. It turned out to be a beautiful day - so we got to spend some time outside {Emma's favorite thing} with some new "toys!" We also had a fabulous meal - prepared by the grandmothers {even better}! Enjoy a few of our favorite pics, or check out the slideshow below for many more!

Love,

The McCully's

Christmas in Alabama

We visited Granny & Gramps last weekend in Alabama - and celebrated an early Christmas. Emma, Daddy, Mommy, & Casey drove up in the RV (aka "Arrr Beee") on Thursday night. We had a great visit! Emma especially loved the trampoline, and helping Granny to make biscuits! Casey was awesome...and enjoyed his time with Angel (Granny's dog). He loaded up in the RV Thursday afternoon and didn't budge until at least Gainesville...he wasn't going

to miss this opportunity to travel! Emma did well...loved the cool weather and playing with some new toys. Every time I asked her if she was cold...she would say, "jacket Mommy" - and point to her jacket. Oh well - I try!

Enjoy some pictures of our trip!

{Daddy & Emma installing a new dishwasher for Granny!}

{Making biscuits!}

Christmas Decorating!

We decorated for Christmas last night! What fun! We put on some Christmas music, and started our tradition of decorating the house and tree. Emma thought it was quite interesting! She tried to help Daddy. She really liked Daddy's train that goes around the bottom of the tree. "Choo choo!" Enjoy a few pictures!

Vacation

We are finally back home from our 10 day North Carolina Vacation over Thanksgiving! We had a wonderful time, and made it to see many friends that we have wanted to visit for a long time! We started off to Asheville, NC - and spent a couple of days just the 3 of us! We visited the Biltmore House - which was a lot of fun. They have some new areas...including a farm

with a petting zoo - so Emma had a blast. Mommy & Daddy enjoyed the winery as well!

We then headed up to Charlotte to visit our college friends JP & Jeff, and their son Connor - who is Emma's age! We had a great time - Emma had fun flirting with Connor and we had a great dinner out! Enjoy a few pictures!

{giving each other knuckles!}

Then we headed up to Wake Forest to visit more college friends, Amy & Seth, and their daughter Lena who turned 2 while we were there! Emma and Lena got along great! Lena taught Emma how to jump on a trampoline - and Emma [well Daddy] taught Lena how to throw rocks!

We then headed to Yadkinville to visit some family from my grandmother's side (Aunt Ruth, & Cousins Paul & Vance), as well as visit the cemetery. It was a nice visit, and Emma loved playing in the leaves at their house. We then hopped in the RV {"arrr beee" according to Emma}, and headed to Hayesville to visit MeMe and Pop Pop for Thanksgiving.

{walking our land}

{sleeping on Grandad}

We had a wonderful time in Hayesville...Daddy and Uncle Michael and Pop Pop got to play some golf, Emma got to ride the golf cart and find golf balls, and the girls got to spend some quality time by the fire and relaxing on the porch! A slideshow of more favorites and of our time in Hayesville will be added shortly!

Next stop...Christmas!!!!

Ladybug

Halloween has come and gone - and Emma for one had a blast! She was a ladybug this year - and actually put on her costume to go trick or treating! We had a Halloween party for Mommy's work on Friday night, and Emma refused to wear her ladybug gear! So - she went as a Gator Tutu Princess...and loved it {she twirled all night!}! But she did wear the Ladybug for us on Halloween and was adorable! She got the hang of trick or treating pretty quickly - watching the many kids around her chant "trick or treat" and get

to pick out candy to fill up her bag {and learned to say "trick or treat by the end of the night}! Too cute! Enjoy some pictures of our fun evening!

Butterfly Pumpkin!

So we carved our pumpkin tonight! What fun! Emma didn't really pay too much attention...until the finished product! She did like her butterfly pumpkin - and is now saying butterfly over and over! Enjoy some cute pics of pumpkin carving with Dada, Emma, Grandma, Grandpa, and Mama! Happy Halloween!

{best part = candy!}

{Yes, Dada is using a router to carve our pumpkin :-)}

{"what are you doing daddy...I don't like that noise!"}

Pumpkins

We made it to the pumpkin patch! What a fun adventure for a 19 month old! We got a few good photos - but had more fun chasing Emma around the maze of pumpkins. We finally settled on 3 - one big, one medium, and 1 small pumpkin. While here, Emma learned to say "pumpkin" as well. That's how it is these days...she tries to say EVERYTHING! Basically, one of the last words you say in every sentence will be repeated!!! So cute.

We also went to Emma's first Gator Game this weekend! We decided to head up to Gainesville - even though the game was at 7 pm, and stayed through half time. Emma was a trooper and had a great time. She even learned how to sell tickets!!! She got to eat a burrito at Burrito Brothers (and has a shirt to prove it!)! She touched a real alligator too! Oh, and she loved watching Albert and Alberta on the field! What a weekend!

{selling a ticket}

{enjoying a treat!}