Merry Christmas from the Dixons!

Thank you Carmen for making crazy bird noises and getting Delia to look up and smile for our Christmas card pictures!

Delia spent her first Christmas Eve in Yazoo City visiting with the Nolans. Aunt Laurissa helped Delia play dress up.

"I pity the fool who has to get these off me for a diaper change."

Rachel, Nancy, and Joe had fun hanging out with Delia.

They even helped her open her presents!

After sleeping the entire 2-hr drive home, Delia got to stay up and play with Nana, Granddaddy, Gerald, Sarah, and Mammaw, who were patiently waiting for us to return...

...as were Buddy and Miller.

"I love my pups!"

"Hey Buddy! We need to set some boundaries!

4 generations!

In this picture, can you find:
-evidence of someone spending a lot of time around the turkey fryer "Turkey, pork, chicken - what else do we have?"
-a double case of pink eye

Uncle Gerald and Aunt Sarah helped Delia play with her new Leapfrog Learn & Groove.

"My first phone! Thank you Anna!"

xmas=awesome. call u latr.

This is by far our favorite picture from the day. Delia was having so much fun, she wouldn't even think about taking her morning nap. She finally went down right after lunch, but fought it all the way, finally falling asleep sitting up in her crib.

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

3 Days Until Christmas!

In the spirit of Christmas, we are giving and receiving pink eye at our house. Please stop by if you would like some. We caught Delia's pink eye really early, thanks to the sharp eyes of the day care workers, and the eye drops seem to be clearing it right up. My case is lingering, with lots of itching and watering. yuck.

Delia participated in her day care's Christmas program a few weeks ago. Her class's (The Turtles) role was to wear pajamas and listen to "Twas the Night Before Christmas." She did great. Grady took these pictures from the balcony. Delia is the 5th baby from the left. The scattered baby dolls are not being sacrificed, but are in place for the following number "Rock Baby Jesus," performed by the Ducks.

The two oldest classes, the Pandas and Lions, performed the Nativity story with lots of wiggly angels and wise men.

Delia in her Christmas PJs.

We enjoyed a quick visit with Wesley a few weeks ago as well.
"I think I can handle a present thiiiiiis big!"

"Let me show you how this is done."

New books!

What fun!

7 Days Til Christmas!

Delia turns 11 months old today! I can't believe that next month she will be ONE!

Santa came to visit her day care and, of course, there was an opportunity to purchase a photo package. What scrooge can resist 5x7's and wallets of this?? Here is a collection of pictures of babies w/Santa that I scammed off our friends' blogs. Why are the screaming pics so funny? I love them. Enjoy!

Only 13 Days Til Christmas!

Delia's Adventures

Delia was very busy last week. She attended a Blufish Client Appreciation Happy Hour, a GeoSciences Christmas party at Grady's building, and the GeoSciences Christmas dinner.

Saturday we went to our moms' group for yummy brunch and a fun gift exchange. What stinks Olivia? Hope it's not Delia.

That afternoon we bundled up and went for a walk around the neighborhood.

We visited Charlie, who is building a train out of old lawn mowers for his grandson, Little Charlie. The finished train should be ready for riders soon!

After Delia went down for her nap, we heard a commotion in the yard. It was our neighbors chasing after their new 10-week-old redbone puppy Copper.

Baby in a Basket

Video Updates.

This first video is a few weeks old, but we are just now getting around to posting it.




A friend of Delia's great-grandmother gave her this dancing bear. As you can see, she is a bit unsure of it.



Finally, Delia has started crawling. She has been crawling very short distances since Thanksgiving, but this was one of the first times it was caught on video.