McClenahans 2008

Hangin' in my crib

Look at me!!!

Friends

My friend Jennifer came over with her kiddos last weekend. Alexia, Marcus and Nicolas. They are such sweet kids. A couple of nights ago they came over with homemade Christmas cards and a Christmas gift for Drew: stacking blocks and a book. Drew loves both! Jennifer and I worked together at the ALS Association and we became really good friends. I'm glad we are staying in touch even though we don't work together anymore.

And the winner is...

THE TREE!
After we picked out our tree, the tree men(don't know what else you call them), drug the tree through the mud and put it in the back of the truck. I was adjusting Drew's hood, not looking where I was going and ran smack dab into the part of the tree that was hanging out the back. It hurt a little bit, but I was totally unaware that it left it's mark on my face...until Jamie kindly pointed it out. And then took this lovely picture to commemorate the occasion.

"I'll have a Blue Christmas without you"....a Blue Devil Christmas that is!!

"Aunt Beff, Thanks fo my Boo Debbles shirt!"

Baby's First Christmas Tree

Drew LOVES the tree. The lights, the ornaments, the green branches, the presents.

Going in to investigate.

Can you tell what this little boy has in his hand? Yes, it is a piece of our Christmas tree. Don't ask:-)

Oh Christmas Tree

Last weekend, before we left the mountains, we stopped to pick up our Christmas tree. Coming from the land of fields and farming, I find Christmas tree farms to be quite intriguing. Andy told me it takes eight years for a Christmas tree to grow tall enough to be deemed worthy of adorning the top of someone's car. The last few times we have gone to western NC to get our tree, we play a game similar to "count the windmills"....Nebraskans know what I'm talking about. Anyway, as we head west, if you see a Christmas tree tied down to someones car, or in the back of a truck, you get a "point". However, if you call out "Christmas Tree!" only to find out what you thought was a tree was really a luggage rack, etc....you lose all of your points! It's really fun and we get quite competitive. As you can see, it was kind of a cruddy day for tree picking, but the frozen rain made everything look beautiful!

Thanksgiving in the Mountains

We were able to spend Thanksgiving with Andy's family in the mountains this year. We rented a big house on the top of a mountains and spent Wednesday to Sunday in Fleetwood, NC.

Drew and I in Blowing Rock, NC. We went to Christmas in the park.

Lillie was in awe of the big Christmas tree.

Our Family

The candy store. The fudge was sooooo good!

Our snuggled up baby!

At the cabin.

Drew with Granddaddy and Grandmama.

The view

Drew and Daddy on Thanksgiving.

7 Months Old

Drew is 7 months old now! We have been so busy and out of town that I haven't been able to post a 7 month picture. I promise that this was taken on November 22nd. Just took me a while to put it up. Now that Drew is 7 months old, alot has happened. He is learning how to crawl. It's the cross between a scoot and a caterpillar crawl. But it gets him from point A to point B:-) AND he also got his two bottom front teeth in. He was pretty cranky the days before they showed up, but now he is proud of his pearly whites. We even brushed them before bed tonight. AND (nope, not done) he has learned how to say "DaDa"! Andy is so proud of him every time he says it. He has a limit of 3 to 4 "dada"s a day:-) It is so cute to hear him say it. Now we need to work on "MaMa".