Waiting for Santa...

After a pancake breakfast, Ben decided to check outside to see if Santa was there...

No Santa outside, so Ben settled for this one!

I always said that if Ben was a girl and had this much hair, I'd have bows in it 24/7 - I guess I got to try it out! Ben took this box off his present and stuck it on his head by himself! We've been working on the word "hat" and putting things on our heads to look like hats, so I'm guessing that's where he got the idea...?

No Christmas Eve would be complete without milk and cookies for Santa!

I must say that Santa requested diet Coke instead of milk but Mrs. Claus said no way (and Santa dumped that whole milk down the drain!)!

SANTA!!!!

Success! I was so worried that Ben would cry when he met Santa, but he LOVED him! We had spent a lot of time reading Santa books and playing with Santa toys, so I thought we had prepared Ben well. While we were waiting in line, the little girl in front of us was screaming but Ben was unfazed! He was so excited. When it was our turn, we walked over and Ben reached his arms out and smiled and sat right down on Santa's lap! Eddie and I were so happy that he did so well! AND we got a great picture to prove it!

Here is Ben waiting in line to see the big guy!

Just doing a little reading to kill some time... :)

Hooray for Eddie!

HOORAY! After 2.5 years of hard work, Eddie received his MBA on December 19! I am so proud of him! He and I, along with my parents and Eddie's mom and stepdad, traveled to Auburn, AL for the occassion. Although Eddie completed his masters' online, he really wanted to go to the actual graduation. We had a great weekend!

Now I can't say I'm the most educated one in our relationship! ;) Haha!

A rain-soaked graduate!

Waaaaay back in November, we celebrated Eddie's 29th birthday! We had a fun day hanging out as a family, complete with a Bengal tiger cake. And no... I didn't make it!

Ben and I got Eddie some Bengals and Auburn stuff for the man cave!