One of Millie's new dresses

For Christmas, Mops and Pops bought Millie two new dresses/outfits and they are so adorable. Here is one of them and I think Millie looks so grown up.

Millie's 1st sleepover party

On New Year's Day, Millie had her first-ever Sleepover Party. We invited Bonita and Jesse and their two kids, Sara and Will, over to eat New Year's Day dinner. We ate a delicious dinner cooked by Mawt Maw. Then when Bonita and Jesse left, Sara and Will spent the night.

They both played with Millie in her room. We then got them in their pj's and made a big pallet on the floor for the 3 kids to lie down to watch a movie. Mawt Maw rented a movie about a polar bear named Knut. They got a little restless during the movie but managed to watch the whole thing.

Then Mawt Maw made a pallet in her living room for them to sleep, including Millie. She then read some books and they went to bed. Millie was the last one asleep and the first one awake, but she didn't wake Sara or Will.

They then ate breakfast and played some more until it was time to go home. I think Millie really enjoyed it.

More Christmas pictures

Millie received a lot of special items from the whole family, as did her mommy and daddy! Here are some more pictures of Christmas morning and Christmas with Nana and Papa!

Christmas Morning

Jacade was sick over the Christmas holidays and so he was up super early on Christmas morning. I got up around 6:30 a.m. and we sat by the fire anxiously waiting for Millie to wake up.

She finally got up around 8 a.m. and came into the living room to see that Santa had come and gone, had eaten her chocolate chip cookies and drank the milk and had left presents. But she was a little disappointed because she wanted to see Santa for herself!

She then walked over to the tree and discovered something fun! It was her new tricycle with a helmet. She immediately put on the helmet and got on the bike and tried to ride it. It took her a few tries to get the hang of it; to figure out the pedals and to steer. But now she's a natural, riding all over the house.

Millie and Santa

Sitting by the tree

dancing with Santa

Decorated for Christmas

MiMi & PaPaw

MiMi & PaPaw came down for our annual Christmas party, to enjoy the awesome chili and desserts. This year, we had a Chili Cook-Off and it was so much fun. Uncle Eldon took top honors this year, with Rebecca coming in 2nd place and Caprice coming in 3rd place. It was a lot of fun to just get people involved and to try other people's creation.

The day that MiMi and PaPaw were supposed to go home, we got some pictures (or attempted) before they went home.

Christmas dress

This is one of the dresses that Millie wore for the Christmas season this year. And unfortunately, this is the only picture that I took.

Millie and the dogs

Now, don't be jumping to conclusions with this post, but I had to put it on here because it was so funny.

One evening we were sitting down for dinner and halfway through dinner, Millie got out of her chair and wouldn't eat. But Jacade started feeding her while she was standing beside him and then sat down with the rest of the dogs, "begging" for food. It was really funny, but I promise, we don't feed Millie on the floor.

Millie & Ryan

Jacade, Millie and I went to North Carolina in November to celebrate Thanksgiving with Mops and Pops, Aunt Lexi and Uncle Chris and Ryan. We all had a great time and it was nice to be able to spend time with my mom and sister as well as Ryan and Millie playing together.

Here are some Christmas pictures that we took of Ryan and Millie. They both look so grown up.

Trip to Savannah

I am backtracking a little because I am behind with posts and updates.

Back in November, Uncle Eldon and Aunt Rita treated us, as well as some other family members, to Savannah for Jacade's birthday. We had a great time, ate at Jacade's favorite restaurant - The Crab Shack, and went to the beach at Tybee Island. Millie had a great time playing with her cousin, Sara, and we even were able to sneak in a few minutes to visit with our friends, Kevin and Cassie.

Here are some photos from that trip.

Millie's 2nd day of school

Today, it was a little easier getting Millie up and ready this morning, although she did balk at putting on the uniform at first. But then I reminded her that she was going to be wearing a jumper today and she quickly changed her mind. She has to wear a uniform on Wednesdays because they have Chapel from 8:30-8:50 a.m.

On the breakfast menu was a Pop Tart and Milk and I didn't think Millie would eat that, nor did it seem very healthy, so I made her some oatmeal with honey and she ate it all up before we left.

And we dropped her off in the drop-off line and she went in with no problems.

Her teachers said that she did well yesterday, but Millie said, "Ms. Nicole said we weren't listening." So we explained to Millie that she needed to listen so she can learn more things. She came home with a stack of papers she had worked on, like coloring, tracing and letters.

Millie's 1st day of school

at the door, ready to go...

walking to the Butler building

having breakfast

Millie and her new friends

Tuesday, January 12, 2010, was Millie's first day of school at Rock Springs Academy in Milner, GA. She is attending the K2 program 3 days a week from 8-12.

We arrived this morning around 7:35 a.m. and were able to take Millie to breakfast. If she gets there at 7:30 then she can have breakfast. On the menu was buttered toast, cheese grits and milk or juice. She tried the grits but wasn't crazy about them so we got a banana for her so at least she would have something in her system. But she was just so preoccupied with watching all of the other kids there, that she couldn't focus to eat.

Then we walked her down to her classroom and all the kids were waiting in the hallway. We saw some kids that are there on Sunday mornings and some new ones too. Her teacher, Ms. Nicole, walked up and said good morning to her and then asked one of the little girls, Natalie, if Millie could sit with her, and Millie went right over and sat down. Nicole was impressed and excited about that (no whining or crying). Then we told her that she was potty-trained and she was excited about that too. We told her bye and gave her a kiss and as we were walking out, she yelled, "Bye."

It was very easy. I can't believe that she is starting to school. And we felt very welcome there. The good thing is that we already to go to church there so we know a lot of the people. But it was nice for people to walk up to Millie and say, "I heard that you are starting school here today. We are so glad to have you." It's just comforting for a parent, I think, knowing that so many people love your child.

On Wednesdays, Millie will have to wear a uniform because they go to Chapel. So we picked out a navy blue jumper to see if it will fit. If it won't, we will just have to get her one. And they said that she could just wear a white turtleneck tomorrow (which we already have). I will definitely take a picture and post it tomorrow.