CHRISTMAS DAY!

Well, I'm back! I haven't had a chance to catch up on my blogging lately! It's Christmas day and we are at Darby's Mom and Dad's house. Everyone is playing "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader". I feel I am much too smart to be a fair player, so I thought I'd sit this one out and work on my blog on Pops' computer because it's a lot faster than mine! Thanks so much Pops!

This month has been very busy around the Hambrick house. Blaire was in two Chrismas programs. One at church and one at school. She did awesome in both! She had a solo in each one of them and hit each note perfectly. She also went to a UIL competition in which she won a silver medal in Oral Reading. She was tickeled pink! She also had her birthday party on Dec. 20. It was a chocolate party and boy did we have fun, yes I said we because I had as much fun as the seven girls that were there! Thanks Nana for the use of the chocolate fountain! We also went to have Christmas with my 96 year-old grandmother in Boerne. It was nice to get all of my Mom's side of the family together to catch up.

Brayson also had an eventful December. He had his second visit with Santa and he tried to pull his beard off! He thought Santa was pretty cool when he gave him a candy cane! Then, at Blaire's birthday he had a chance to show off for the "babes" at the party! Boy did he show off! We got quite a dancing show! Then he got sick , but he's getting better now. Christmas morning was a blast! The look on his and Blaire's face was priceless! Brayson got a new Cozy Coupe car in which he is already obsessed with! He wouldn't look at anything else! Blaire got Guitar Hero Aerosmith. She's pretty obsessed with it already, too. Darby and her had a little competition after the unwrapping of gifts. I have to say, Blaire can beat her Dad pretty bad! As Darby puts it, she can wax him!

Darby and I bought each other a new Sleep Number bed and it will be in on Dec. 30. I can't wait for it to "fix" my back! I'll let you know how it works out. We will be spending tomorrow with my family in Spring Branch to celebrate the Waites' Christmas. We are looking forward to more fun! I'll post pics from tomorrow at a later date, hopefully! Overall, we have had a very blessed Christmas and 2008 and we have soooo much to be thankful for. We are looking forward to ringing in the new year! Here are some of the pics from the month!!

Brayson doing a little catalog shopping!

Blaire at her class Christmas party.

A little talk with Santa.

The whipping cream contest at the chocolate birthday party! She lost!

My grandmother, Noni, getting a hug from cousin Hadyn. Brayson is trying to push her walker!

Blaire and her many gifts from Santa

Brayson and the beloved Cozy Coupe!

Nana and Pops with the kids on Christmas day!

I've Been Tagged!!

Kelli Weakly Tagged me with this:

These are the Directions:
1) Choose the 4th Picture Folder on your Computer.
2) Choose the 4th Picture.
3) Explain the Picture.
4) Tag 4 More People to do the Same


This is what I found:

Apparantly my daughter got ahold of my camera and thought she'd take a self-portrait. Not really sure why, but it's kinda cute I think. It was taken on July 17, 2008. Other than that, I don't know how else to explain this picture. Hope you enjoy!

I tag Jodie Brown! Sorry, I only have one person to tag! I'll make more blogging friends later!

Hambrick Family!! We're BLOGGING!

Well, I thought I'd give this whole blogging thing a try. Since "everyone is doing it" I decided to conquer my fear of blogging and jump right in. I have to be honest, I was a little intimidated at first, but I think my confidence is improving. I'm not quite the computer geek, I mean genious, that my two sisters are, but I'm learning. My blog might not be fancy and pretty, but my family pics will surely make up for that! Bare with me as I figure this whole thing out! Here goes!

Passing the Time

I had to deliver a wedding cake on Sunday to Llano and I had to take both kids along. Fun, fun! Poor Blaire was left in charge of Brayson once we got there. I thought maybe they would just sit in the car and wait for me, but Brayson decided that was a bad idea. I told Blaire to let him run around bare footed on the church lawn since I didn't have time to put his shoes on. So she chased him all around the church grounds and even in the church a couple of times (real professional to have a bare-footed child following you into the beautifully decorated sanctuary screaming MaMa!) I threatened Blaire and told her to keep him outside. The grass appeared to be lush and sticker free, but after about 15 minutes I came out of the church to find Blaire sitting on a bench with Brayson sprawled out in her lap screaming. He had gotten into a batch of stickers with his little bare feet and Blaire being the good sister that she is, was trying desperately to remove them. She was not too happy with him. I picked him up and decided to let him sit in the driver seat of the car and "drive" while I continued to set up the cake. When I came back out about 20 minutes later this is what I found: