Christmas Bunko!

We had our Christmas bunko this past Thursday night at Laurie's house. We played Dirty Santa instead of bunko. It was so much fun! Thanks Laurie for hosting. Here are a few pics of the bunko girls!

Tonya and Jeana

Laurie and Olivia

Angie, Carri and Amy

Shea, Ashley and Cami

Happy 3rd Birthday Elle Elise!!!

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday Elle Elise, happy birthday to you!
Elle Elise turned 3 yesterday and we celebrated with a Cinderella party. She had a surprise visit from Cinderella. Cinderella danced and made bracelets with the kids. Everyone had so much fun!

Elle Elise with her Cinderella cake made by Dreamcakes.

This is the pettiskirt that Raylin, Gunnar, Ben, Seger, Duke and Creed gave Elle. She loved it and had to put it on immediately.

Blowing out her candles with Cinderella!

All of Elle's cousins from the Fulton side and Gran and Gramp!

Welcome to this world Sweet Baby Nash!!!

Nashton Fox "Nash" Segrest
8 lbs, 6 oz
20 3/4 inches
Yeah! Nash is here. He is absolutely gorgeous and Mama and baby are both doing great! I took this picture today about 12:00 when they were taking Nash to MK's room. He is just so cute! Look at those perfect features! And the bottom pic is Mommy and Big Brother Camp. How can MK look so great after just having a baby???? WOW!!!
CONGRATS TO THE SEGREST FAMILY!
We love ya'll!!!

One Year Checkup and Pictures with Santa Again!!!

Thursday, Raylin had her one year checkup. Dr. Joe said she looked perfect! Then he asked if I had any concerns and of course I did. I expressed my concern that she is only babbling vowels, no consonant sounds yet. He kind of laughed and asked me if I was wanting her to be bilingual at one. I said, "No, I just want her to say Mama!" :) He told me to quit worrying and said I would be telling her to sit down and hush in a few months and said "SHE IS PERFECT, CHRISTIE"! She is not quite to the 20 pound mark yet. I even followed Andrea's advice and left her in a WET, WET diaper so that she would weigh more. Then I told on myself. Dr. Joe just laughed and asked Brigg where did he find me. Sweet, I know! Well Raylin weighs 19 pounds, 7 ounces and is in the 25th percentile for her weight and is 30 inches tall and in the 75th percentile for her height. Just a little change from her 9 month checkup when she was in the 50th percentile for weight and over the 90th percentile for height. She is now crawling everywhere and pulling up on everything. She is starting to cruise, mostly just around her leapfrog table, but a little bit on the coffee table. Every day she does something new and we are having so much fun! Bathtime is her favorite time. She laughs nonstop while she is in the bathtub. She is babbling VOWELS all the time so there is hardly ever a quiet moment in our house unless Raylin is sleeping. We are loving every minute of it. I am so thankful for my precious daughter and wonderful husband. This has been an amazing year.

At the doctor's office before her FOUR shots

With Santa at Winner's Circle Park Thursday night (Notice Santa is holding her hand - That is because she kept pulling on and trying to eat his REAL beard!)

With a white bear at Winner's Circle - She loved this bear more than Santa. She was cracking up while he was holding her!

At home after pictures with Santa - Notice her two bandaids. She also had one on her leg. She got four shots at her checkup, but she was a trooper the rest of the day and the entire night.

Raylin's Birthday

Raylin had a busy day for her birthday. She started the day with balloons in her room and her mommy singing Happy Birthday. What a way to start the day! Then we went to Daddy's office. We all went to Shoney's for lunch. I can just hear Raylin asking me one day when she is older "Mama, WHY WOULD YA'LL TAKE ME TO SHONEY'S FOR MY FIRST BIRTHDAY? COULDN'T YOU THINK OF SOMEWHERE A LITTLE BIT NICER?" But I really wanted her to have a hot fudge cake because I loved those when I was little. And she loved it too! Then we came home for a nap. When Brigg got home from work, we went to Build a Bear to build a Rudolph thats nose lights up. We did this because Hank had one and she loved it. She had so much fun at Build a Bear. We built a Rudolph that sings Happy Birthday and has a beating heart. Brigg wouldn't let us dress him like a girl! :) After the lady stuffed Chewy (that is what we named him), she would not let go of him. Then we went to the book store and bought two books for her. Thank you to Aunt Linda and Uncle Harry for the gift certificate!!! We ate dinner at O'Charley's because Raylin loves the rolls and potato soup. I think she had a great birthday! We sure had lots of fun!

Pictures with Santa and Friends!

Saturday after Raylin's party we went to Magnolia Marketplace to have pictures with Santa. The Edwards' and the Sharpe's went with us. This picture cracks me up for several reasons. First, my baby is having her picture made with Santa in bare legs and bare feet during December. Second, this guy definitely did not look like Santa. A friend of mine that works for Flowood said that the Santa they intended on being there called in that morning and said he had a rash. Not really great to have when you will be holding children all day. So this is the Santa they could find at the last minute. Dark eyebrows and white beard :) But he served his purpose. Raylin loved him. She was not scared a bit. As you can see by the picture below, Caroline was scared to death. She screamed bloody murder the entire time she was in his lap. Hank also screamed until Andrea gave him his pacifier. Then she was able to take it away to get a few pictures. Tonight we went to Winner's Circle Park for pictures with Santa. Much better I must say. The Santa looked a lot more like what I would think a Santa would look like, but what do I know! Also, it was cold like it should be in December. We were all bundled up and everybody was drinking hot chocolate or coffee. I will post those pictures as soon as I download them.

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Raylin's First Birthday Celebration!!!

Today, we celebrated Raylin's first birthday with family and friends. This is her cute invitation to her pink chocolate party by Peepeye Designs.

Raylin's Pink Chocolate Party!!!

The Birthday Girl

Sweetest pictures of the day!!! I know it looks like they are holding hands, but they are really playing tug of war with Caroline's toy. :)

Mary Bratton and Raylin - Such a sweet picture!

SMASH CAKE!!!

Raylin didn't waste any time getting into her smash cake. She dove right in with both hands the moment we sat it in front of her. As you can see by the pictures, she completely demolished it. There wasn't much cake left when she was done. I don't know how much she actually ate because cake was everywhere. But it looked like she had a lot of fun and enjoyed every minute of it!!!

Sweet Family and Friends

Here is a collage of pictures of our precious family and friends that helped us celebrate today! We had so much fun and are so glad that each of you were there. Thank you so much for celebrating with us. Also many thanks to Keri, Gran, Gramp, Julz and Pops for your help before and after the party! We love you!

Raylin's pink chocolate cake by Dream Cakes

Thank you Keri!

Keri came from Birmingham for Raylin's birthday party. She spent the night and helped me so much getting things together for Raylin's big celebration today. Thank you so much Keri. It was wonderful seeing you!