Baker’s 1st School Performance

Christmas Tour 2011

Yes!  The Williams Family is still alive and kickin’!  I’m into month 4 of my pregnancy and I have just started getting some of my energy back; morning sickness is still an issue.  Life has been extremely busy but with the new year approaching, I’m promising to update the blog more frequently!  I’ve already missed out on so much documenting…Colin and Mary’s wedding, Baker’s 3rd birthday, graduating from grad school and everything in between!  So…I’m just going to start fresh with Christmas.  We were so excited to see Baker’s 1st school performance.  Her class sang Jingle Bells.  As you can see from the 1st picture, Baker started off very well.     Then it went down hill.  She truly got a case of stage fright.  She was screaming so loudly, you couldn’t hear her class singing!  That weekend, we made our 1st stop of Christmas at my dad’s and step-mom’s in Gainesville, GA.   We enjoyed a nice dinner and visiting with the Baker side of the family. Baker had fun visiting with her Great Aunt Laura.  Grandpa is always good for a snuggle.   Baker was proud to sport her new suitcase from Grammy and Papa B.  We were excited to spend Christmas in Pinopolis with Lacy’s grandmother.   On Christmas Eve, Lacy and Baker both made their 1st gingerbread house!She was just a little proud! Baker helped Bebe and Gin-Gin prepare Christmas lunch. Baker slept until 8:30 Christmas morning! We think Santa was a little too nice to Baker.  She loves the doll house and art easel he left for her!Our next stop for Christmas was Williston.  We arrived at Gi-gi and Papi’s a little after lunch.   Baker enjoyed spending time with her uncles and grandparents.  It was our 1st Christmas without Colin.  We missed him, but are so happy he has a wonderful family in Arizona to celebrate Christmas with.  

We ended our Christmas Tour of 2011 at Granny’s and Bebe and GranDan’s.  It was so nice to be able to celebrate Christmas with everyone in our family!

Homecoming in Tiger Town!

Baker made it through her 1st Tiger Football game and loved it!  It was nice to see a game past half time!Baker loved going on the field after the game.  Check out the bare feet!     My 1st random girl picture!  Baker had to have her picture made with her!  Baker in the “eye of the tiger” with her cousin Elliot.  Before the game…we had to wake her up to go into the game and she woke up saying “Go Tigers!”. 

Baker’s 1st Hair Cut!

Baker will be 3 in November and last Friday we celebrated her 1st hair cut!  It’s amazing what a little trim will do!  She was such a big girl. Missy has been cutting my hair since college and she even made a trip to Williston to fix my hair for my wedding so it was only fitting that she’d give Baker her 1st hair cut!I think it was the stillest we’ve ever seen Baker!  

Catching Up!

The other evening I walked outside to find Baker taking care of her babies!  It  was so precious. She’s practicing to be a big sister in May! Baker loves her new car seat! (Can’t tell from the picture!)  It’s so much roomier and it transforms into a booster seat.

Baker’s favorite thing to do is play dress-up.  This is her “clown” costume. 

Dancing?

Baker decided to take a seat DURING her lesson!

I decided to take a few pictures and videos of Baker’s dance class.  Yes!  I was one of those mothers!  The next videos and pictures I plan to take will be of her last class.  I think it will be neat to see how much she’s improved. She still seemed to enjoy the ballet class a lot more than tap.

Dance Moves

Baker attended her 1st dance class this week!  The 1st half of the class is tap and the 2nd is ballet.  She was very nervous at first and wanted me to stay in the room with her.  Luckily her teacher is very understanding and does allow parents to stay.  It was the most precious thing to watch.  Lets just say that Baker has plenty of room for growth.  She was much more focused for the ballet portion of the class.  It’s going to be a great learning experience for her because she’s going to have to learn to pay attention to the teacher.  Baker was that child at the end of the line doing her own little dance. 

Little Dancer!

This weekend Gigi and I took Baker to pick out her 1st pair of dance shoes and all the necessities.  She was such a big girl waiting to be sized.  It was a little sad to see how much Baker has grown up.  Her 1st class, Creative Movement, is tomorrow.  I’ll keep you posted!

Fun with Friends

  I was so happy to finally make a trip to Charlotte to meet baby Ethan!  He is such a beautiful baby!  I even got to feed him!  It was wonderful to catch up with Len and Nicole.  We’ve been friends since high school and they’re Baker’s God Parents. 

They are doing a fantastic job parenting 2 young kids.  It made me feel bad when I complain about keeping up with just 1 kid! After spending hours in traffic, we were happy to make it home from Charlotte safely. We ended the day at the ball field.  Seneca is actually hosting the Dixie Boys World Series and last night they had several events to kick off the series. It was pretty neat to see the top 12 teams in the country…in Seneca, SC! Baker  enjoyed every last moment of daylight jumping in the bouncy house.  She was terrified of the fireworks and hid behind me or buried in my shoulder so there are no pictures of the spectacular fireworks.  Getting to see Jake made Baker’s night!  When I told her that we were not going to be able to see Jake the next day she cried and said “But I love him!  I so sad I can’t see him.”   Baker had a blast having Tessa and Addie over to play.  The moms spent hours learning to make hair bows and the girls did a wonderful job of entertaining themselves.  We were impressed with them and our ability to make cute bows!