Harry's new drink of choice....

**DON'T WORRY, THE BOTTLE WAS EMPTY AND HE NEVER TILTED IT UP! I JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE THE CAMERA AND SNAP A SHOT RIGHT AS WE GOT IT FROM HIM! STILL REALLY FUNNY!!**

Christmas 2008

We had an excellent Christmas this year and we celebrated at our house! Mimi, Papa, Grandma Betty & all the kids had a great day and we had a fantastic dinner!

Of course, the kids got tons of gifts and played until they were exhausted! Santa knew Rhapsody & Harry had been good kids and left them lots of goodies!!

Please check out our Christmas 2008 photo album here.

Santa's offering

Rhapsody was so excited to make cookies for Santa this year... so excited that she had to take the time to make him a Christmas card too! Bub helped her get Santa some milk.... and this is the offering she left him this year....

Too dang cute!!!

Sugar Cookies

This was the first year that Rhapsody was able to help with making sugar cookies for Santa and she thought it was the coolest!! She had the best time helping me cut the dough and bake the cookies.... but she REALLY liked decorating them.


We made lots of cookies and even Tiffany, Tori, Mimi & Daddy all helped decorate!


More cookie photos here...

Christmas with the Gulley's (Bub's)

We spent Christmas Eve with Bub's family out at his Grandparent's house. Although Grandpa Junior (Bub's Dad) had to work and couldn't be there we had lots of fun! We were able to get lots of great photos of the family and enjoyed some AWESOME food!

Harry absolutely loved it because he had sooo many people to mooch from! He definitely made the rounds!!

Be sure to check out all of the photos here.

Decorating the tree

We actually put our tree up & decorated it on December 12, but I failed to post the photos...

You have to understand that our tree this year was a little barren and had only 'baby friendly' items on it! With a crawling, standing & nearly walking 9 month old... you understand. We also didn't put all of the presents under the tree right away because Harry's favorite toy is paper.

Rhapsody also has her very own little tree that she decorates and she wanted to put it by the big tree this year.... too cute!!

Even though the tree looks quite empty to me - the kids loved it & it does look beautiful when it is all lit up!

You can see all of the Christmas Tree Pictures here.

Santa comes to school!!

Santa made a very special visit to the kids' school today to bring some cool gifts and hang out with the kids!!

A member of the church (that the owners of the daycare attend) volunteered his time to dress up like Santa and come to the school. It was so sweet!! The kids absolutely loved it and Rhapsody even had to go give Santa a hug goodbye before we could go home. She thanked him for coming to see her & her friends!!

Rhapsody got a new baby doll & the board game Chutes & Ladders. She also got some candy and a cool picture frame. Harry got an awesome fire truck & a set of Tonka cars that are just his size!! He played with that fire truck all night long!

You can check out all of the Santa Pictures here.

Sleeping beauties...

Rhapsody & Trey have Christmas together

Last night, Trey & Rhapsody had a Christmas party at our house to exchange gifts. Trey's older siblings (Kayla & Dylan) also came over for dinner & fun. We all had a great time and enjoyed great food.

Click here to see more pics of the party.

Congratulations, Ashley!!!

Today marked a very special day in the life of our best friends.... Ashley (Trey's Mom) graduated from Nursing School!! She has worked so hard over the last few years and we are all so very proud of her! Bub & I were honored to attend the pinning ceremony over the weekend and we all went out to eat afterwards. Ashley has accepted a job at TMC here in the metro and she will begin working in January.

This isn't the best picture, but it was really dark and hard to get a good shot....

WE LOVE YOU ASHLEY!!!

Snow Shoveling

Bub has a new helper this year shoveling snow....and what a cute helper!!

Winter wonderland...

Now that it is winter here in KC and the ground is completely covered with snow & ice (actually an ice/sleet storm is moving through as I type) the kids have taken to spending most of their time staring out the front door wishing they could go outside. I snapped a couple of really cute pictures of them the past few days and had to share.

Harry is now able to stand up and pull up to anything, even just the wall! He wants to walk like his big sister! Rhapsody just tells him how much fun it will be when it gets warm again and they can go play outside together!

Matt & Cade in their hats

I absolutely LOVE these pictures of my brother, Matt, and my nephew, Cade, in their Hurley hats!! I had to post them because they really make me smile!

Baby Giggles

Elf Dance

This is absolutely hysterical!!

Click this link and enjoy: Gulley Elves

To make your own, Click here: Elf Me

More Fun with Mimi & Papa

The kids spent the night on Saturday with Mimi & Papa. Now that Harry is getting so strong, he is able to pull up and stand up to anything... including the pack-n-play & his crib! No sooner do you lay him down for a nap and he stands up and hollers 'MaMa'. His other new favorite thing is to pull his socks off and chew on them...must feel really good when you are cutting teeth!?!?!

Rhapsody absolutely loves to play doctor and she decided that Harry needed his shots on Saturday night...and got in the pack-n-play with him!!!

For a few laughs, click here.

Santa At Crown Center

We took the kids to see Santa today at Crown Center. We picked up Grandma Betty on the way and since Mom works right across the street, she met us there.

Both children did so well - neither one of them cried or got scared at all! Rhapsody told Santa she wanted a bouncy ball & a doll and that he could get Harry a balloon! It was so sweet.

Crown Center also had a really neat Gingerbread Village set up that Rhapsody really enjoyed. It had trains going through the village!

You can see all of the Santa Photos here.

Harry is 9 months old!!

Today, Harry is 9 months old! Can you believe it??

He weighs a little under 30 pounds and is right at 31 inches tall!