World From Boob Level

Christmas brought many smiles and squeals of laughter for Mister Grant. Heres a video of his new camera... lets just say like mother like son... HE LOVES IT!

All of his pictures come out of peoples chests but hes getting the hang of it slowly but surely

Christmas Videos

We're back from our Christmas Cross Country tour and Katie and Jim reminded us that videos are the way to go so untill I can get the whole mamma-jamma update up, here is a video to tide you over... ENJOY!

CHRISTMAS SPIRIT (aka "falalalala lala lala")

Early Christmas

We pack the car to the hilt tonight and hit the road on our cross-country Christmas tour so a little early celebrating was in order. We opened gifts here last night and Grant was one excited little boy! Trains, Winnie Pooh and ABCs galore! The best part? He wasn't selfishly grabbing and saying "mine" to everything and ended the evening saying "Happy Birthday Jesus"! I love this kid~

We love the Snow!

...and by that I mean we love that OTHER people have the snow and we just reap the rewards....
Thanks to the snow and the Eagles game being delayed, we get to see the Falcons verses the Jets~
(we're festively cheering on the Red AND Green!)

Santa? Not So Much

JiNgLe BeLLs

PRESENTING: the Cutest Little Reindeer EVER

http://picasaweb.google.com/laurabchilds/ChristmasShow#

The Hunt Is On

Its official; House Hunt 2010 is ON!
We booked tickets to fly to NC in January to start the house hunt for Fayetteville. I've had SO much fun pouring over MLS listings, crunching the numbers and discussing "wants" with Geoff (him, some brick; me, great room, great kitchen, great dining room, etc.) Our real estate agent is going to make a mad dash to try and show me as many things as possibly in a few days, I'm stressed out and excited about it already!
So if anyone knows anything about Fayetteville NC neighborhoods and school districts, PLEASE share away!

Happy Birthday Grandma Childs

We hope you have a WONDERFUL and super special Big Day!

Stealing Victoria's Secret

Last week I was browsing the mall and was totally inspired for Christmas when I walked into Victoria's Secret. No, it wasn't some naughty Santa set or even winter smelly body spray, it was this beauty of a ribbon tree! I loved it so much I had Geoff take a picture (some of the workers gave him a strange look for being the man who was snapping pictures in the store) but I knew I had to recreate it. So heres my version of the ribbon tree in all of its blue and silver glory!

First It Was Apricots...

I'm sure most people remember the Apricots, and now I win the "cruel mom of the year" award because I tortured Grant during a melt down by acting like I was going to take his picture. I never did take his picture but was video taping the whole scene with the camera so that we could all get a good laugh...

Calling Dr. Orin

This morning I was transported back to Riverside seeing Brian in Little Shop of Horrors as a song kept playing in my head...

She said, "My boy, I think someday You'll find a way

To make your natural tendencies pay

You'll be a dentist You have a talent for causin' things pain

Son, be a dentist People will pay you to be inhumane

Your temperament's wrong for the priesthood

And teaching would suit you still less

Son, be a dentist You'll be a success

Yes, we braved Grant's first trip to the dentist this morning. Lets just say its 10am and I'm contemplating heading to Olive Garden alone for lunch so I can get my fill of Strawberry-Mango Margaritas. I had noticed a while back that his teeth were yellowing and it wasn't something you could brush or scrub off, and after this morning I now know that his saliva is chopped full of extra calcium. Apparently any little piece of plaque that is left on his teeth after brushing just feeds this calcium so he gets hard deposits on his chompers. JOY! So we (you know, the dentist, 2 technicians and I) held him down, got it all scrapped off and tried to make up for it with a few Diego stickers. The dentist asked if we had a family history of dental work and I felt Dad laugh as I responded that if he has my mouth (i.e. my Dad's) Grant is probably doomed for Orthodontia. Friendly doctor told me, yes Grant has an overbite and will need braces at 11 or 12.... so I'll wrap it up by saying, Now accepting Donations to the Grant Childs Oral Health Foundation!

Brown Paper Packages Tied up with String

These are a few of my favorite things
Cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things

As holiday preparations begin and we look forward to traveling to Richmond for Thanksgiving I realized that I need to kick it into high gear in terms of gift searchings. While not all of these are "gifts" per say, they are all things that I wanted to share with at least one person who reads the blog so I thought I'd just post all of these fun finds and favorite things.
the newest addition to our living room, oh the joy of "terrible twos"
Rory, the chalk board fabric arrived, I'll start sewing in 2010!

and I can't say it enough... check out Etsy.com! You can find EVERYTHING and ANYTHING, including these lovelies!