Happy New Year!

Yes, It's the 18th of the month and I'm just getting around to posting our New Year's Day pics. We spent our New Year's Day over at Grammy's house visiting with friends and munching on great food. The highlight of the day was Riley pushing Savannah around the kitchen table in her new little rolley chair. They were both having such a great time. I caught them between giggles in a few great snapshots. How Cute!!

Savvy Video ...

Savannah has learned to stand up in her crib all by herself. So, for the last few weeks whenever we lay her down for a nap, she thinks it's so funny to hop right up and hold on to the rail. She grins from ear to ear as if to say, 'look what I can do'. Needless to say, nap time has been interesting lately. Here's a cute video of our girl....

Christmas Eve ...

Our family friend Susan invited us all over for a lovely Christmas Eve dinner. The Padillas and 2 groups of McCollums loaded up and headed over. It was so great having everyone together. We enjoyed some very needed family time. Foodie Note: Susan introduced me to warm eggnog. It was soooo yummy - You've gotta try it!

LOVE these pics by the fire ....

What a great pic of Kim and Ash. I can't believe how grown Ashley is getting. (tear)
She's more beautiful than ever and has such a great personality. I feel the 'remember when's' coming on whenever we see them. It's wonderful to see what an amazing young woman she's becoming!



The Abq. McCollum's. Aw man - Is Brian blinking?

Misteltoe?

I love pics of couples kissing (within reason!). You just don't see it enough. I think it's so sweet. 'In Love' is always good in my book. Smooches!

Speakin' of Santa ....

Savannah and Grammy - so sweet!


Savannah and Auntie Kiki - Awww...



Baby Girl in her Red dress posing by the tree...

Here's some cute pics of our girl on her 1st Christmas ...

Busted ...

Savvy and I were playing with her new blocks from Santa and I left the room for just a minute and when I returned I found Savvy climbing into her empty laundry basket. It's the simplest toys that are the best! These pics are too cute. Enjoy!

"Nothing!"


Awwww Mom - You caught me!


Let's see if I can fit in here ....

Professional Photographs

We had our professional family pics done today and we had a lot of fun! Here are a few out of the 81 that were taken. We're looking forward to Christmas and we'll have lots more pics to share next week. Happy Holidays Everyone! - The McCollum Family

The best picture - I love this one of my two favorite people!


I could just eat her up with a spoon she's so cute!



This pose was Vanessa's idea and it came out smashingly well.


Aww... sweet family.

Savannah did so good throughout the photo session.

She looks so adorable! Our little Christmas angel.

8 months old ...

Savvy Kay turned 8 months old this week. She's growing so much and those 2 bottom teeth are expected to come in any day now. Here's some cute pics of our 8 month old. Adorable!

Click, click, click

Savvy has been practicing her clicking sounds. She was doing them before I turned the camera on and as soon as I called action, she was pretty much over it. Well, the video is still cute. Enjoy!

The Princess after her bath...

Savannah is doing so good at standing up. She's trying to walk when holding on to something. I can't believe our little love is going to be 8 months old next week. It's going by so fast. I'm loving every second!

Gitty Up ...

We saw this cute horse at Sam's and couldn't resist sitting Savvy on it.

I think we were way more amused than she was. Yep - Pretty Much!

Cute pics of our girl ...

Hey Family and Friends - I've been a little behind on updating the blog the last 2 weeks. Ooops! Sorry! I'm going to make up for it by putting lots of pics of our girl on and some cute video too.
We had a lovely Thanksgiving at Mom's, we ate lots of turkey and yummy stuff. The next morning I woke up (at 3 AM) and joined my girlfriend Stacey and the ladies in her family for their Black Friday Shopping Extravaganza. I've never gone out on Black Friday but, these ladies have made a tradition of it. They don't mess around! I've NEVER shopped like that! 10 hours of go, go, go. Shweeew. We did find some amazing deals! We were one of the first 50 people at Old Navy so, we got a free MP3 Player which is all my honey wanted from the shopping trip so, BONUS! Anyway, we had lots of fun. It required a day of recouping though. I'm definetely planning on going next year. I'm hooked. I hope everyone had a magnificent Thanksgiving.

Toast or Toy - That is the question

Which one will reign supreme? Watch and see ...

Savvy's New View ...

Auntie Kiki and Cousin Ashley sent an early Christmas gift for their little ladybug ... A highchair! When we got back from San Antonio, Daddy had his girls highchair all set up and ready to go. She loves her new viewing and playing spot. She's up and gets to see everything, which as most of you know, she loves to be in the middle of the action. I wonder who she gets that from?

7 months old

On our San Antonio Trip our little love turned 7 months old. Here she is with her new babydoll that her Great Aunt BB gave her. She loves the ribbon on her new doll. She especially loves to slurp on it. Too cute!

Savvy and her GG pa

We just took a spur of the moment trip out to San Antonio. My Grandma was in the hospital not doing so well. So, Mom, Savvy and I packed up and drove out. She's doing better now, she's out of the ICU and her surgery went well. YAY! Thanks to everyone for your prayers! While we were there we got some quality time with my Grandpa, Aunt, Uncle and Cousin. Here's Savvy with her GG pa snuggling in the rocking chair.

Little Pumpkin ...

Here's our little pumpkin sitting up so good. I'm very impressed with my kid if you can't tell.
We had such a full day. We went to visit Bri at work and to take all of the girls that he works with some halloween treats. They were so surprised. They love when Savannah comes to visit.

Those little fingers are always in her mouth. She's still teething but, nothing has poked through those gums just yet.

Her P-Pop and Auntie Vanessa got her this little pumpkin costume.
Her shirt says This is my costume! The little hat says Baby's First Halloween
and the socks have pumpkin faces on them. I put a little barrette on the hat to make it a bit more girly.

Savvy and her Grammy ...

Here's Grammy making her little 'grand girl' giggle. Savannah
adores her Grammy! She lights up every time she sees her.
Awwww...

Savvy helped hand out candy to the kids. Mom made a pot of Green Chile Stew and we hung out. It was fabulous! We had such a great time looking at all of the cute costumes that came by too. There are hundreds of kids in Moms neighborhood - No Exaggeration!
The cutest though, besides my little pumpkin was a little girl (20 months) wearing a Nemo costume. Her mom said 'wave your little tail' and she turned around and shook her little bum. How Cute! Mom and I have already cooked up a costume idea for next year for her and Savvy - You'll just have to wait and see what it is. Clue: Spots!

Tuckered Out ...

Our Little Pumpkin after a whole day of halloweening.
She was soooo sleepy.

Bundled Up ...

Savannah re-bundled herself up after her morning nap. I found her scooched to the side of her crib, laying the opposite way that I had put her down and with the big blanket bunched up over her little face. She had kicked off her blanket when I had checked on her a few minutes earlier. She's so funny. These pics are too cute. I thought you'd enjoy them.

Bunnies, Toesies and Chicks, Oh My!

Here's our girl in her little snuggle bunny outfit. (3 months size) She's still so tiny. Every week we go for a walk with a Mamas Group that I started. It's been pretty chilly so we get bundled up good. This is the perfect little outfit for Savvy to wear. I think I'll see if I can find one in my size - She looks so comfy!