HO HO HO

So, Christmas with K's family is always crazy busy! His entire family lives in the same area, so we have lots of people to pack in in a few short days. We love it. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the trip:

Chamblee with all of most of her presents from Santa! 

Christmas Eve- Waiting for Santa & dreaming of a white Christmas

Merry Christmas Chamblee!!! 

Snowing Christmas Morning

Tasting the snow

Christmas breakfast @ Nannie's 

don't you love the decorated deer?!

Finally making the snow angel I talked about. All. Day. 

The best present of the year. BY FAR! 

I realize that she doesn't know what's going on...yet... but I felt like she did this year! Ha! We squeezed our little family Christmas in on Christmas Eve this year, upstairs, just the 3 of us. It was really fun because K and I did Santa separately... We set a budget for Chamblee's Christmas, split the budget between us and went out separately to Santa shop. That way Chamblee had presents and K and I were both surprised with what she got. It was awesome. She giggled and giggled with every present she opened- but the clear winner was the "wabbit" that her daddy Santa got her. Look how excited she is about Santa!

And her Wabbit!
Please excuse the baby talk and the boogers in her nose. Thanks. 

She just wouldn't let the thing go. It's her newest friend. Well, not her newest friend...

My sister had her baby!!! 

Which obviously means that Chamblee's newest friend is Margaret Natalie Covington. Born 12/27 weighing in at 9 pounds 10 ounces. That's right- it's a GIRL! We are so thrilled that she is here. Woohoo!!! Sorry K, that means there is a plane ticket -or 2- in the near future :) I was so shocked and honored that she shares a name with me- I just boo-hoo'd. The new baby girl will be known as Meg- sweet, precious, snuggly little Meg. I have GOT to get out there. Stat. 

This was the first year that I didn't spend Christmas at home, with my family. Which means I missed out on an age-old tradition: Monkey Bread. My mom makes it every year and we devour it. I thought I would bring that tradition with me to Chickamauga- here's how it went:

Chop up the biscuits into .25's

Shake 'em in a zippy with cinnamon and sugar

Load 'em in a bundt pan

Takes 3 cans of Homestyle Biscuits 

Contract out a cute dude to help you. 

It helps the flavor when you flirt with the help. 

 After it's all loaded in, pour a stick and a half of melted butter over the top. 

Bake at 350 for 45 minutes

Set off smoke alarms, wave kitchen towels 

DEVOUR. 

It was really yummy, and it was so nice to have a little piece of home. 

I hope your Christmas was as wonderful as ours! I can't believe the year is almost over. What are your New Year's plans? We are going to a nice dinner and then heading home for bubbly and pajamas at our new house. They say what you are doing on New Year's is a sign of what's to come the next year- and I hope that means staying home, spending a lot of quality time with my loves. And good food, of course. 

Until Next Time, 

The Guff