Tons of friends and family stopped by to meet me at my Mama B's and Grandpa Phil's house. I finally got to meet John and Yvonne (too bad we missed Amy) and my mom's BFF from childhood Karen and her daughter Kendall. My mom has known Karen since she was 6 years old, just before she started first grade. I overheard Mommy talking to Karen about all sorts of trouble they used to get in to. Hee-hee, I have leverage for later!!!!!

More friends I met were Kay and Janice from Mama B's work. Janice is my very own personal artist. She painted the beautiful work on the letters of my name above my crib, among many other super cool stuff. Some long time friends, Mony and Jay stopped by, along with CRAZY Vincette. Talk about a small world, Vincette is my Aunt Debbie's (Grandpa Phil's daughter) best friend, and my Mommy used to work with Vincette at The Limited ages ago. Cool huh??!! Oh my gosh, I just realized, I have two Aunt Debbie's!!!!! I was so pleased to finally meet Ronnie and Patty. My Mommy has known them since she was an infant in Ft. Worth, Tx and grew up with their two daughter's Laura and Tara who I unfortunately was not able to meet yet, but next time!!!!!!

Boy am I lucky to have soooo many friends and family that love me and traveled from afar just to meet me!!! (You know how big Texas is, it is it's own country!!!) One of the SoTS (Sisters of The South--Mama B's version of the Ya-Ya's), Jan, stopped by SEVERAL TIMES to meet me. I guess she likes me alright!!! My sweet Great Aunt Anna, "The Aunt between the H's" met us for dinner (she is one of Grandpa Phil's sisters). I was soooooo sad that my Great Aunt Ditsey (the other sister) and Great Uncle Wilfrid couldn't make it out to meet me. Dang that freezing rain storm!!! (Next time for sure!!!) I had fun with my Uncle Philip (Grandpa Phil's son)!! I hope I can meet his kids someday soon. More cousins!!!! Jan's mom Martha stopped by too, she was a hoot. One of my Mom's and Mama B's favorite people, the Great Charlie Pence met us for lunch. He and his wife Patsy are some of the finest souls on this planet. I may not know much now, but I know that for sure!!!

Christmas came early when we went to visit Mama B and Grandpa Phil in Houston!!!! During his trial run, Santa dropped off this crazy ball that gyrates all by itself all over the floor and makes funny sounds (kinda like me!!!!) He also gave me this funny looking pink and purple horse. They told me it's called a Unicorn???? Come on ya'll, it looks like a horse, you can't fool me. I guess I don't have the whole magical thinking concept down yet. Somehow Santa knew I wanted my very own swing. Wow, look at me go!!! I know I'm not old enough yet for potty training, but Santa could not pass up this awesome potty chair. It has a toilet paper roll and a magazine rack on it. Is that cooool or what?? Ya'll know how much I love to play with toilet paper!!!!! Check out my new back-pack too!!!! Thanks Santa!!!

Papa II and Mama II had a huge party for me with some family and friends I finally got to meet for the first time!!! My Great Aunt Karen (and Great Uncle Kenneth and Dave not pictured), cousin Jennifer and her to kids Jared and Nathan and the "New Neighbor's" (Dave and Dana not pictured) with their kids Vince and Nick. And I can't forget about the ever sooooo famous original "Neighbor" Jim and Rebecca. Did you notice I was surrounded by boys again. Is there a pattern here??????

We went to visit Papa II and Mama II in Houston just before Christmas!!! Beware, my newest fascination is chewing on my elder's reading glasses!!! I had so much fun out in their garden, learning about flowers, butterflies and different types of birds. I even got to taste some mint for the first time, straight out of the garden. Oh!!!! and I can't forget to tell you about the fishies and froggies in the pond, those frogs sit on lily pads. Wow!!!!

Can you believe it took 9 months for me to finally get my wings???? We flew to Houston just before Christmas!!!! Don't let this picture fool you.....this was the calm before the storm!!!! On the flight out, I screamed for about 2 of the 3 hours. It wasn't my fault though!!! I had a raging cold and for some reason, Mommy thought it was a good idea to give me Baby Benadryl to knock me out. Ha!!!!! It made me extremely tired and that made me excessively cranky!!!! NEVER AGAIN!!!! Thankfully, the flight home was perfect. That's because Mommy and Daddy told me if I wasn't a perfect angel, Santa would not come visit me!!!! We don't want that to happen now do we???