Happy New Year!

We are enjoying a quite New Year's Eve at home with this sweet little girl!

Happy New Year to all of my lovely blog friends!  I wish you all lots of happiness, laughter, peace and good health for the New Year!

Bring it on 2013!!!

Christmas 2012

What a wonderful Christmas we had this year.  We spent Christmas Eve at my brother's house in Blowing Rock and enjoyed a yummy dinner.

My sweet family!

Love this photo with my brother!

Charlotte posing by the pretty tree.

The three of us!

My sister-in-law always has the most beautiful table settings!

And this one in the dining room.

My mom, brother and Charlotte.

I love the look of excitement on Charlotte's face as she opened her ballerina jewelry box.  It was a big hit!

And this sweet one of her wearing her new apron...so cute!

A sleepy Charlotte on Christmas morning loving on her new piglet doll and wearing her new Angelina Ballerina pajamas brought by Santa!

She absolutely loves this doll.  She sleeps with it and takes it everywhere we go.

Uncle John and Aunt Dana simply adore Charlotte!

It was a wonderful Christmas with family!

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas to all of my lovely blog friends!  I hope each and every one of you have a wonderful Christmas with family and friends!

We spent Saturday in Asheville finishing up some last minute shopping at Biltmore Village and enjoyed a yummy dinner at Neo Cantina our favorite mexican restaurant.  It was cold, but sunny and all the shops were decorated so pretty and festive for Christmas.  Charlotte loved all the lights!

We visited Charlotte's favorite toy shop and picked up a bottle of bubbles.

Dad was blowing bubbles for Charlotte in this photo...always a favorite!

Now I am off to bake this cheesecake for Christmas Eve!

Gift Wrapping...

I am loving my fun, polka-dot gift wrap this year!  It's just so happy!  I hope our friends and family like it, too!  

Ok, now back to wrapping.

This Moment

A moment from the week.

Joining in on Amanda's this moment project.

Christmas Snapshots...around the house

Finally...a few bits of Christmas from our house.  My christmas decorating is very similar to last year with just a few changes.

Last year I used a red tree skirt and this year I decided to change it up a bit and used leftover fabric from my dining chairs...it's perfect!

A few new ornaments, like this sweet little felt bird.

The fabric garland is new this year and I love it!  This photo was taken about a week ago.  Our mantle is now full of Christmas cards from family and friends.

I always fill the silver platter on my dining table with lots of shiny ornaments...fun fun!!

I love this ornament wreath on my black door!

And of course my fairy lights which I absolutely love!  I think these will stay up for a while.  They are just so fun!

Are you ready for Christmas?  I have finished my shopping, but have lots of wrapping to do.

Christmas Cookies

We've been baking...yummy sugar cookies!  Ok, I cheated and used store bought sugar cookie dough, but I made the glaze and we added the fun sprinkles.  

So pretty and festive and delicious, too!

Charlotte did a great job decorating the cookies.

Easy Cookie Glaze:

1 cup confectioners sugar

2 tbsp water

1/4 tsp vanilla

Mix well until smooth!

The Nutcracker

We have been busy and I haven't had much time to get a post together, but here is a short update on our weekend.  We took Charlotte to see the Nutcracker on Saturday.  She was so excited and really enjoyed it.  I am already looking forward to seeing it again next year and so is Charlotte.

Waiting patiently next to dad.  We had awesome seats in the balcony!

Posing in front of one of the many gorgeous Christmas trees.

Love this photo.  I think this one will make it on our Christmas card this year!

I'll be back soon with a few snapshots of Christmas around our house.  We've been busy decorating!

Now off to bed!  Charlotte is a very early riser.