Merry, Merry!!

'Twas the night before Christmas...

And all through the house,

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care.....

In hopes that St. Nicholas soon will be there.

Yeah yeah yeah, we've heard-

Mister Baby will not remember a single second

of his first Christmas.

That most certainly doesn't mean that we won't!!
DR & I are armed with blank video tape &

memory cards ready to record

what is sure to be a most exciting day!

Grandy & The Colonel (my parents) are both here

from Pennsylvania for the main event but

the rest of the family is scattered about back East. 

That said-

 UPS & FedEx have been frequenting our house with

presents for the last several weeks as if we were

getting married or having another baby!

As a result of everyones generosity

we have run out of room under the tree....

I am sure will have lots of fun with all of 

Mister Baby's new toys sometime

tomorrow afternoon...

once the excitement caused by alllll of the

fabulous, crinkly, crunchy wrapping & tissue paper

has died down!

In anticipation of the visit from the big man in red,

one little guy is already nestled snug in his bed

with visions of sugar plums

dancing in his head.....

This digital ecard made with Smilebox

Merry Christmas to all,

& to all a good night!

Bee good!

xox

Lilly Pulitzer acquired today for $60 million!

*****Newflash*****

Sugartown Worldwide Inc. was acquired today by Oxford Industries for $60 million!

Oxford also owns other upscale brands like- Ben Sherman & Tommy Bahama.

Every Lilly girl knows that real men wear oxfords...

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That said, I have faith that this is a match made in heaven!

Y'all bee good!

xox

Sassy Santa & a super sale!

We took Mister Baby to see Santa

for the first time last weekend.

Everyone's heard stories or even witnessed

children freaking out at Santa.

Crying hysterically & writhing to break free

from his white gloved grasp.

While there was some of that going on,

none of it was coming from Mister Baby.

(I hear next year could be bad...)

Santa seemed to be super into it-

getting on the floor to sit with groups of kids,

letting kids sit in his chair,

posing with the whole fam instead of just "Junior".

When it gets to be our turn,

Mister Baby happily perched on his knee,

the flash bulbs start going off,

we got tons of smiles!
YAY the picture is going to be

SOOO CUTE!!

When DR hands me the photo,

complete with festive candy border

I was a little shocked to see

THIS:

(you may need to zoom in....)

Please take note of Santas expression!!

I mean seriously!

it's like he's thinking-

It's definitely hilarious but

 unfortunate that Santa looks

so....

constipated

irritated.

This Santa event was at Vineyard Vines.
(I was very glad to avoid the local mall scene of

 kids dolled up in tartan and black velvet

at 10 AM.)

DR was a big fan of the donuts...

 I was most impressed with the pink VV whale donuts!

All of the Little English & Bella Bliss clad kiddos looked

super cute with donut all over their faces too.

SPEAKING of Bella Bliss!
They're having a great sale now

(50% off)

on all of their scarves, mittens & hats.

The appliqued navy blue frog stuff is definitely my favorite!

Well,

Happy Weekend y'all!

Bee good!

xox



Tis the season to.... BEE!

For as long as I can remember,

I would start making my Christmas list

at just about the same time 

Santa Claus

appeared on the television at the end of
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Until this year....

I can safely say, I have more important things to do!

(gasp!)

No, but seriously-
I used to do some pretty extravagant research

on fabulous & luxurious items

that I felt would be appropriate gifts for me.

(I may or may not have been one to

dog-ear pages of the

Tiffany & Co. catalog &

strategically place it in locations where

"someone" would be sure to notice it.)

This Christmas is most definitley going

to be different but the best yet because

we will be celebrating

Mr. Baby's 1st!

I think it's safe to say that theres going to be nothing

sparkly & no fine Italian leather prdoucts wrapped

under the tree for me.

Know what?
That's just fine with me!

I just can't wait to see how Mr Baby

reacts to all of the excitement.

(pretty sure that the wrapping paper

will actually be the biggest hit but we'll see...)

All of that said,

Here are some of the things I've seen

this holiday season that I think are pretty swell.
(I wouldn't mind receiving any of them.)

Scout Lil' Slim laptop sleeve

in pattern: Elvis Paisley

Bobble
Filtered water bottle

Wouldn't this be oh-so-cute with a monogram sticker or decal

from our fab friends over at 2 preppy girls!?

Vineyard Vines

Knot Charm Bracelet

Handpicked

Monogram cut out

pendant

I wouldn't turn my nose up these days at a

Target shopping spree either.

(That place is seriously the devil.)

Happy shopping &

stay warm!

Bee good!

xox

Bzzzzz!! Hey, remember me!?

Did you think I had thrown in the towel?

Cashed in my chips? Run away to join the circus?

Noooope...

(Can’t say that the circus idea

didn’t sound miiiighty tempting though)

I didn't give up.

Can't do it.

I DO

however,

need to make the time to blog.

I mean- I think about it all the time,

Of course it’s usually while I’m doing

20 other things at once

but nonetheless I think about it.

Apparently people enjoy reading my blog which
definitely makes me very happy.

When I started it, I had nothing else to do, at all.

(bed rest- remember?)

Now, with Mister Baby growing like crazy

&

new work opportunites

that have presented themselves,

I am busier than... well...

a bee!!

Therefore,

my New Year’s resolution

(or one of them)

will be:

"to blog more often!"

That said-

Here’s what’s you’ve been missing:

Halloween...

 6 month birthday...

The start of Santa season....

 

The final bath in the Tummy Tub :*(

 & TEEETH!!!

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Mister Baby is:

 sitting up, eating all sorts of yummy solid foods &

has graduated from his infant carseat!

He's gnawing on everything he can get

his slimy, yet oh-so-adorable, little hands on

&

as soon as we (I) can figure it out,

 the crib mattress needs to be lowered.

I've spied him reaching over the side on the video monitor

for what, I am not sure but

Tthe other day, I walked in to find him

sound asleep & a lonely pacifier sitting

on the edge of the crib rail...

 (fine motor skills?- "check!" ha)

He has started to "talk" to Hairy Winston

in a special voice that is

very hilarious!

I would describe it as:

part bark, part growl

while, at the same time

 making the cutest baby scowl face.

He only ever uses this voice to the dog.

If I can get a video, I will most definitley

share with you!

Ok so that's what's new in our zoo lately.

Tomorrow I shall discuss Holiday gifts.

Until then.....

Bee good!

xox