Merry Christmas!!!

Wow! Look at all the presents!

Cool kitchen!! Now I can make my own food!

She loves the "binky" so much that she even steals them from her dolls! Kate's 1st hot rod!

She loves driving her car!
And talking on her "cell phone"

Oh, the difference a year makes!

Last year...

This year...

The Munchkin's ready for Christmas!

Here are some new Christmas pictures... ... and a few from last year that I can't resist posting!

Kate's Big Adventure

So here is Kate- in the midst of her mini- breakdown in the plane on the way to El Paso. Luckily things got better...

She had a great time playing with her cousins and seeing her Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle.

Mommy's trip to Deliverance

The munchkin made it through the flights to and from El Paso with flying colors! And only one brief melt down. I'm so proud. I will post pictures as soon as I get home. I planned on updating my blog with all the awesome Thanksgiving pictures of Kate and her cousins, but I forgot to bring the cable with me- so I can't download the pictures from my camera yet.

You may be wondering where I am. I am in Alabama. Why, you may ask? I have been asking myself the same question. Work, of course. No one comes here of their own volition. Alabama is a different place. I am taking a deposition in Linden, Alabama- population just under 2500 people. The best place in town to have this meeting is at the National Guard Armory. Its quite an experience. On the drive from Tuscaloosa to Linden this morning, I passed an odd site. Apparently very large lawn art is at a premium in ALA ~f-ing~BAMA. I told Chris about it and he actually found pictures of this place on the Internet.

Apparently, the guy who owns this land thought people driving by needed something to look at, so he made these items, mainly out of hay bales. WTF?

If I didn't know better I would think my bi-polar cousin designed this stuff! I hope he doesn't read my blog-- not because I might hurt his feelings, but because I don't want to give him any ideas! He has littered my grandmother's yard with lots of lawn art, but luckily its not quite this big. And~ if that doesn't call enough attention to himself, he puts Christmas lights on his pickup-truck!

I'm at a loss...