Christmas take 3...

So we were able to spend over a week in Orlando over the holidays! It was great... so relaxing... no cooking, no cleaning, no bill-paying, and about a million available babysitters! Clay and I were able to go to Universal/Islands of Adventure with free passes, out to see Sherlock Holmes and to a few get-togethers with friends... it was nice as we haven't done anything alone in quite sometime... We also got to spend a lot of time with our families and Kennon was able to hang with his cousins, aunts and uncles and grandparents. He loved all of his Christmas presents (only one from us - a soccer ball - as he is obsessed with them) and got used to going to bed an hour later and letting Mommy and Daddy sleep in!!! Back to reality now... He also has been talking like crazy. Some of the more impressive attempts - peanut butter, dumptruck, firetruck, Granddad and Papa - sorry Mimi and Grandbee, I'm sure he is working on it!









Baxter at the end of a very exciting day...

Christmas 2009 celebrations, take 1 and take 2...

Kennon got to visit the lake and the farm over the holidays! Here are some pictures of Christmas in Tampa (Saturday before Christmas for the Smith extended family) and Christmas Eve in Ocala (Taylor extended family)...

The cutest face in the world...

Checking out some pond dwellers...

Enjoying a stroll on the dock...

Hugging Mimi...

Mooing at the cows with Papa...

Reading his favorite book with Uncle Jeremy and trying to stay awake!

I love spaghetti!

Kennon enjoying his dinner... and his new fork! And he actually uses it pretty well...

Kennon at the Christmas tree farm...

Kennon helped us pick out our Christmas tree and watched Daddy cut it down... now he is enjoying it at home and loving the Christmas lights. We go on nightly walks around the neighborhood where he oohs and aahs at all of the lights. Then we go home to read his very favorite Christmas book, Merry Christmas Big Hungry Bear (he smiles through the whole book!).

Could Kennon be any cuter?

Just a few pictures of Kennon looking really cute... in pjs and in his fancy duds!

Cousins and cookies...

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, Grandbee and I had the opportunity to have all of the cousins together for a few hours. We decided to make cookies, wearing aprons and everything. Super cute! Here are Ellison, Noah and Kennon making cookies with Grandbee...

Noah and Kennon at the playground...

Noah and Kennon had a great time at the park over Thanksgiving. It is so fun to see them playing together... I guess the 6 month age gap is not as big of a deal anymore.. they can actually be playmates!

Noah loved Waylon and was really gentle with him!





Just for a laugh... I promise we didn't walk the neighborhood like this...