Christmas at the Overton House

Christmas was just so much fun this year. Bowen left a key at the front door for Santa (a way to get in to the house w/out a chimney!!)and he also left a cookie for the big guy. Bowen woke up and ran to our room around 2:45am ready to start his Christmas morning. He NEVER wakes up in the middle of the night. His wee hours excitement came to an end as we made him go back to sleep in our room.

So we kicked off the day around 7AM with Bowen finding his scary dinosaur under the tree. ROAR!!!!!!! STOMP! STOMP! Okay, stop the dinosaur....Bowen is scared! Yes, scared of the scary dinosaur that he talked about for months!!!! He uses the remote for the dino when the dino is behind glass on the back porch. Scary dinosaur is not so scary when he's behind glass. When Caroline finally woke up in the morning (at a reasonable time:)) she was all smiles over all of the Christmas commotion.

Mimi, Papa, Uncle Matt, and Barbie (Matt's girlfriend) shared Christmas morning with us in Windermere. Granddaddy Jack came over in the evening to celebrate both Christmas and his birthday with us. Uncle John, Aunt Lori, cousins Reagan and Weston headed to our house the day after Christmas to share in the fun.

Santa's key to the house...

Early bird (dog) gets the worm (bone).

The super scary dinosaur!

Me and the munchkins!
All this for little old me?

I don't know why I'm smiling in this picture. Caroline looks like she's almost walking? I'm not ready to have kids going in different directions!


I love this stroller! It's holding me up!

Mimi and Papa made me a fireman for Christmas!

Mimi & Caroline

Barbie and Caroline

Uncle Matt and our sweetie pie

Granddaddy blows out his birthday candle

I think Bowen's favorite part of the holidays was heading outside to play with his cousins.

A stroll through the mall before Christmas.

It's been quite a while since I've posted any photos. The kids have been keeping us busy with the excitement that surrounds the holidays. I wish we could do it all again. The 2009 holidays were so extra special this year. Bowen really began to understand the magic of Christmas (and...you better be a good boy or Santa won't stop at our house) and Caroline experienced her first Christmas.

I had to place a post for our trip to the mall a few days prior to Christmas. Our shopping was complete and we could just take all of the holiday spirit in. We took a trip to the mall with the kids, listened to the holiday music, looked at all of the decorations, and ate lunch. We REALLY enjoyed Brantley's 2 weeks off of work!!!! Again, I wish we could do it all again.

OUR PHOTOS AT THE MALL...

Shopping makes me thirsty!!!!!!!!!


Daddy and Caroline (Brantley is smiling because we AREN'T purchasing a thing today:))
OKAY...will someone tell Mommy that this bow is bigger than my head!???!!!!!!!!!!

Who needs a babysitter when you've got Leroy?!?

Arrrrrgh!!!! A pirate party!!!!!

Yesterday afternoon we celebrated Evan Neville's 3rd birthday. The kids had so much fun outdoors. Bowen spent most of his time in the pirate bounce house, but took time to make a telescope and go on the treasure hunt. Kristy Neville (Evan's mommy) is so super creative.

Caroline has her pacifier and is ready for the pirate party!

Bowen with his telescope

Bowen and Brantley down on the beach waiting for ye treasure hunt.

Each little pirate received their very own treasure map.

The treasure has been found!

Evan's got his loot!!!!

Ellie watching on wearing her pigtails!!!!

Happy 3rd Birthday Evan!

Some pin the parrot on the pirate...

Bouncing like a pirate

Caroline's Photo Shoot

My friend Abby took a ton of photos of Caroline for her 8 month photos. Abby is a genious behind the camera. Here are just few of her photos...

Bowen's Very First Christmas Program

We could not have been more excited and curious about Bowen's 2 1/2 year old preschool Christmas program. His teachers sent home a list of songs in hopes that their little students would be more pollished come December 17th. At home, Bowen hummed the songs with which words he struggled and belted out songs he knew and loved. He even combined his singing talents with his guitar skills and drumming act. I LOVE IT!!!!

When I heard that the kids would be standing on stage for 10 songs my stomach turned. I could not imagine Bowen standing in front of a large crowd (not at all his thing) and singing for others' entertainment for that time spand. Well, we could not have been more impressed with his performance. No smile, no singing, but our little man stood still for a total of 10 minutes. We were blown away!!!!

Following the performance Bowen melted down in tears and stated, "that was so scary"!!!!

A Disney Christmas

Saturday we headed to Magic Kingdom to enjoy a park filled with Christmas music and decorations. Mimi and Papa joined us for a very long day with Mickey Mouse. Bowen and Caroline were angels as they barely napped the entire day. Right when Caroline would close her eyes, another parade would come by and she wouldn't miss a party for the world. We then headed over to Hollywood Studios to catch the Osborne Family Light Show. This was Bowen's third year at the light show. It's amazing that this will be Bowen's third Christmas. Boy, time flies!!!

We stopped in for a quick haircut at Magic Kingdom's barber shop.

Hollywood Studios Light Show