anxiety

honey and i leave for the airport in about 10 minutes and i'm freaking out about leaving my baby.  i cried about it for quite a while last night and i expect that'll happen at least once more while i'm away but please please please pray from me and cross your fingers too.  don't bother praying for my baby though, she'll be fine.

ps- we're going to dubai.

the day of almost no pictures

i didn't even start taking pictures today until after dark.  whoops. 

a bit different

today was a bit different.  morning got a slow start.  our water got cut off for a couple hours and then came back dirty.  we got delicious takeout mexican from los bravos.  during nap time honey worked and i went to sarah's house to play.  came home at 6 for family dinner and party prep.  people came over to visit and play.  at 11, i went back to sarah's house and helped her clean and organize.  i am obsessed and i may have gotten a bit pushy and carried away but we got a lot done.  then i came home at 2:30 and got ready for bed and whatnot and now it's 3 and i still need to read scriptures and pray.  yikes.  maybe my sleep deprivation will help me sleep on our flight saturday night.  i don't think i've mentioned it before but we're going on a trip.  anyways, the biggest difference about today?  i only took 18 pictures.  the other days?  i've been averaging about 150.  per day.  

more shoes!

and walking in the shoes

ha

she was so proud of herself.  and clapping.

the most beautiful and delicious mint brownie bites.  made by my sister emmy.

sara snow!

this is such a non flattering picture of us.  we're actually both drop dead gorgeous in person.

and that's all folks!

games, lights, and monkeys

today was packed.

 1988 home videos

more shoes

carrie elise maycock hillier age 2.5

granny and papa 25 years ago

reorganizing entire cabinets of candles

playing horse.  i lost.

my honey

more horse.

loooove this loveseat

playing sequence

all of us playing sequence

baby loooooves this hoodie

christmas lights at the atlanta botanical gardens

i swear my honey isn't really that big or burly looking

see?  no hat = looks normal

i was all about our couples photos today

cousins!

matching pjs... appropriately, they are monkeys.

because these kids spent forever tonight jumping on the bed.  for-ev-er.  like the action shot?

and now it's time for bed.  this will be my third time since i've arrived in atlanta that i'll be getting to sleep before 2:30.  i haven't gone with so little sleep since before baby was born.  it's taking a toll on me.

so i'll have to revisit today with more stories and pictures and videos.  ;-)

dinner and games

putting that hat on the caroler.  again.  while wearing cousin will's shoes. again.

just one method for getting your shoes on

the more successful method

sister emmy

sister liza

homemade egg nog ice cream

other dessert options: frosted christmas sugar cookies (we're pretending that ghost is really an angel), ferrero rochers, and peppermint bark.  not pictured: root beer floats, and later, freshly made homemade milky way ice cream 

we love each other.  to prove it, i sat in his lap and we showed our affection at the dinner table.

successfully wearing cousin skye's shoes

walter is not smelling my baby.  although that's what it sure looks like.

this is how we make milkyway ice cream.  we melt a bunch of milkyways.

and then hang out and play games while our amazing parents do the hard part.

dad is churning the ice cream in the den again.

ticket to ride (europe)!

i told you the rest of us were quirky and it's true.  liza and jeff had to stand up every round to strategize.

and we laughed at them every time too.

my parents are adorable.

look at them dishing up ice cream for us while we're super absorbed in our game.  they're so selfless.  and that ice cream is so amazing.  i had three bowls and would have had a fourth if i wasn't feeling so sick from all the sugar and cream in it.

tonight was so much fun.

and we don't often get the chance to laugh at emmy, but tonigh, through no fault of her own, she got a bowl full of ice cream on her bum.  and it was hilarious.

strategizing again.  standing up of course.

emmy and me

watching 3d.  everything is more fun with colorful plastic glasses!

times four

never a dull moment around here.