December has been a busy month!! Having a 16 month old at Christmastime has been such fun. Molly LOVES Christmas lights & Christmas trees, Christmas music & Christmas cookies!! She “shows” us the Christmas lights out front and our Christmas tree several times a night. The only thing she wasn’t a big fan of was Santa….. She would NOT sit on his lap! She did want to give him a high five though!! Here are some recent photos of our December adventures so far. More to come!!

Zoo lights!!!

More Zoo lights!

In front of our Christmas tree

Not a fan of Santa...

Maybe a high five, though!!

Maybe I'll stand by Santa, but i WON'T smile.

One more high five though!!

We hope you had a great Thanksgiving with your families.We have so much to be Thankful for this year. It is wonderful to have a day to count our blessings and be with the ones we love. We also spent this Thanksgiving thinking of our family & friends who are far away, but always in our hearts. We love you guys!

We had a great Thanksgiving here at our house. Brian, Sabrina, Mom & Dad came over, so it was just a small group this year. We had lots of good food and football, though! Molly actually fell asleep while eating Thanksgiving dinner!! We got it on video! So cute! I guess Turkey does make you sleepy!!

Here is the video & some pictures!

Our turkey!! Yum!!

Dinner time!

Sleepy girl!

What a little ham!

Enjoying Thanksgiving cookies from Grandma!! Can't you just see her say "Are you sure I can eat this?!" Then the licking began!

I have been meaning to share these photos for awhile now. Here are a few I have taken over the past month or so:

This is usually where you will find Molly & Cassie around 6 PM every night. Waiting for Daddy at the window!! So cute!

Gig 'em Aggies!!

Cassie begging for Molly's cracker!

Wearing Daddy's shoes

Saying "up"! Her favorite word right now!

Daddy's girl!! Click on this one for more on Picasa.

And last night Molly thought it was hysterically funny that Cassie wanted her cookie! She was laughing uncontrollably when Cassie would sit pretty or move her head up for the cookie! It was so cute, I just had to get my camera!! Enjoy the giggles!!

We had a fun Halloween around the Hughart household!! It was a relaxing day full of college football victories (Yay Beavers & Aggies!!). Then we had a night full of Halloween fun! Molly Trick-Or-Treated a few neighbor houses. She was a puppy dog this year! Since that is the only word she will say, we thought it seemed fitting. I don’t think she knew quite what to think, but she LOVED to walk up to the porches!! After we got home, our house was bombarded with Trick-Or-Treaters. We even had to dig into the “Back Up” bag of candy! Molly really liked to watch out the window for the kids, the she would squeal to let us know they were there. She would stand behind me and wave to all the kids. We gave out a LOT of candy! Here are a few pictures and a video. More on Picasa: click on the last photo. We hope you had a very Happy Halloween!!

Happy Halloween!!

It is hard work to walk in this costume!!

So cute from the back!

Trick-Or-Treating with Daddy!

Waiting for the Trick-or-Treaters!!

Janet’s birthday was last Friday, and Matt, Molly and I had been cooking up a great surprise since this past summer. I was able to get Friday and Monday off (I finished all my parent teacher conferences on Thursday), so we told Jim we were going to fly to Houston for the weekend! We just didn’t tell Janet!! Jim was able to (secretly) get us a Pack N Play and highchair to use while we were there (thanks Cindy!), find us a ride from the airport (thanks John!). So at about 7PM on Janet’s birthday, we knocked on the door…..

Do you think she was surprised??!!

We had a great weekend with Grammy & Grandpa in Texas. Molly was such a good girl on the plane. We all got upgraded to first class on the way there! She didn’t sleep at all, but she made lots of friends and was very happy the whole way. Saturday, we went to a Texas pumpkin patch, celebrated Grammy’s birthday, and went out to dinner at the Aquarium in downtown Houston. You eat right next to the giant tanks of fish & sharks!! Molly loved it! We also celebrated an AGGIE win over Texas Tech!!  Crazy!! On Sunday we visited some college friends of Matt’s, Bill & Courtney and their 4 month old son Will. We had a great time with them and found out Molly loves great Tex-Mex! When we got back from lunch, The Burgraffs and the Meers came over to visit (lets face it, they came to see Molly!) It was great to see them too. On Monday, Molly got to see a little Texas rain. Like 2 inches in a hour!! Thunder and lightning too! Grammy took Molly on a little shopping trip and then we found Matt’s favorite food in Texas– Freebirds!! Known for their giant burritos! We ordered Molly a cheese quesadilla, but Molly was much more interested in her dad’s burrito….much to his delight!! She is a little Texas girl!!

All in all, it was a great trip! We were so glad we were able to surprise Janet. Thanks everyone who helped us out with the big surprise!! Here are some photos and videos of our trip. More on Picasa! (Click the last photo)

On the plane!!

Molly & Grammy

Molly & Grandpa

At a Texas Pumpkin Patch!

First bite of Freebirds!

3 Generations!