simply having a wonderful christmastime

*Camp's favorite Christmas song this year* :)

and speaking of Christmas songs, Camp requests Christmas music every time we get in the car...his favorite channel is Holly on xm radio. If I try to change the station, he makes sure to tell me to turn it back to Christmas music and to "turn it on louder".

A few days before Christmas, we had a family bbq at Yaya & Bop Bop's...Camp was one happy boy playing with his favorite friend, Barrett!

Bop Bop read us all a Christmas story...

Bebe was there too!!

Camp and Barrett got matching nerf guns...they had a blast shooting everyone in sight off of the balcony!

Nick and Carrie Anne

Our family after Christmas Eve service 

When we got home from church, Camp put Christmas Oreos and milk out for Santa!

Camp took one for himself and left two for the man in red...

Camp was a good boy this year!! Santa sure had fun setting everything out!

Woody!! 

Finn McMissile...the #1 gift on his Christmas list this year!

A surprise gift from Santa...the combat ship from Cars 2. Camp was pretty pleased!

Santa brought me two beautiful rocking chairs for the front porch...I was sooo excited and surprised!

Christmas morning breakfast...yummy!

After spending a relaxing morning at home, we headed to Yaya & Bop Bop's for more gifts!

Baby boy even got a few gifts!

Camp got an ezy roller from Mamaw, but Adam had to test it out first to make sure it was safe!

Dave got Adam and Camp a really cool duck hunting game...

Camp had the best time sitting in his duck blind while Dave flew the duck. Camp would shoot the duck down almost every single time...he's a good shot!

precious boy taking this whole duck hunting thing very seriously!!

the jasmine proved to be the perfect duck blind...smart boy!

Carrie Anne made the tastiest sausage balls for a Christmas dinner appetizer...oh my, these things were so gooood!!! 

Beautiful Christmas dinner table...

yum!

After dinner, we headed to Mamaw's for dessert and to open stockings.

What a wonderful Christmas filled with family and lots of fun. We thoroughly enjoyed experiencing the magic of Christmas through Camp's eyes. We are truly blessed. 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

merry christmas!!

Bebe and Chandler just left after spending four fabulous days with us in Tallahassee. It was such a special treat and we were sad to see them leave, but they're meeting Papa in ATL (he's flying home from work today) and heading to a tropical location for Christmas!! :) 

We've been busy little elves around here...

Camp's already put out food for the reindeer...two days early!

He was so cute setting it out.

I'm sure Santa's reindeer will be so happy to enjoy a special treat from the Gunters!

The breakfast casserole is prepared and in the fridge ready for Christmas morning breakfast!

And all the gifts are assembled and wrapped! This year, we were smart to assemble gifts before Christmas Eve night. Bebe and I were up until 11:30 last night attempting to assemble this garage for Camp. We got as far as we could until we realized we needed a smaller screwdriver. Thankfully, Trip brought one over this morning and it's completely assembled and ready to go!! :) I sure wish Santa would bring his gifts fully assembled...this garage was a doozy! 

 Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

christmastime and a pregnancy update

We saw Santa last week and Camp was about the cutest thing ever telling him what he wanted for Christmas. Lately, if we ask Camp to do something and he doesn't really feel like doing it he'll say "I can't want to get presents"  meaning the whole "Santa only brings presents to little boys that listen" phrase isn't going to work on him at the moment! 

We got the Target Christmas toy catalog in the mail over a month ago, but Camp has had the best time looking through it picking out his favorite toys. Every time he sees something he wants (which is pretty much every toy he sees) he'll say "I want that for my birthday!!" if it's a girly thing he'll say "Mommy, do you want that for your birthday?" 

Camp had his Christmas program at preschool on Wednesday...

Although he didn't really sing any songs, I was just thankful he didn't cry and run off stage when he saw his adoring fans out in the audience!! :) 

He looked so cute up there and even waved to Carrie Anne and Dave! :)

The child is almost a head taller than everyone in his class!! :) 

Back in his class after the great performance!! 

My dad and Meri came to town last week to bring lots of Christmas presents! Camp loved all of the goodies they brought!

He got a tool set with real tools! No plastic baby toys for this boy! The set included a pair of gloves just like Daddy and Bop Bop so Camp can help fill the fireplace with firewood. Camp has already filled our fireplace with wood and it's just ready for a roaring fire!! :)

Camp bustin' a move in the front yard after Daddy got home from work on Thursday! :)

He's such a silly boy!! 

I made Rudolph cookies for Camp's school snack on Friday...thank you to Pinterest for the inspiration!! :) If you're going to make these, make sure to put the pretzels in the cookie right after they get out of the oven. Don't waste any time! :) Put the m&m's in right after the pretzels...the cookies need to still be warm!

I used these pretzels because I knew they'd be smaller than the typical chocolate covered pretzels...they worked perfectly!

I also made these Santa hat pretzels and I thought they turned out pretty cute too! Camp was so excited for his Christmas snack and told his teachers as he walked into his class yesterday that he brought "reindeers cookies for snack!"

I'm 22.5 weeks pregnant...feeling great and surprised at how fast this pregnancy is flying by! I guess that's what happens when you have a three year old running around. I'm feeling baby boy move allll the time and I love it. Adam and Camp have gotten to feel him move too. We still don't have a name for him, but we have a few that we both like and I'm hoping we narrow it down soon! Camp thought that "sister" was a cute name and now when we ask what we should name the baby he'll say Hayes. :)

Camp has been enjoying my baby belly as a pillow. :)

Happy last weekend before Christmas!!

end of november

We're already in the Christmas spirit and having lots of fun!! Everything is so exciting for Camp...this is a fun age!

We decorated our Christmas tree and Camp put the star on top!

I bought a gingerbread man decorating kit and Camp thought it was pretty cool!

We made our annual trip to Dorothy B. Oven and I'm so glad we went early this year. We beat the crowds and that's one more thing checked off our tradition list!! There's always so much I want to do, but there never seems to be enough time to do it! 

Camp trying to ride the tractor. :)

This little boy was mesmerized the entire time and was in such a silly mood!

Daddy and Camp

My favorite...

On Wednesday we headed to lunch at 101 for Mamaw's birthday...this is Camp's lunchtime entertainment! :) A little Ratatouille on YouTube! 

It was a fun lunch and verrry tasty!!!

Camp excited to see what Mamaw got for her birthday!

After lunch we headed to Mary Brogan to see the Titanic exhibit...these were our boarding passes...

We were assigned real passengers and at the end of the exhibit, we got to see if we survived or not. Camp and I weren't so lucky, but Mamaw, Yaya, and Carrie Anne made it out alive!! :)

Camp's treat from the museum gift store thanks to Carrie Anne!