Lots of cousin time and New Year's Eve 2010

We succeeded in our plan to spend every day with Dave, Stacy and Emma before they left for California. And although we're all so happy for them and all the wonderful things that are in store for them, I'd be lying through my teeth if I said that it wasn't tough saying goodbye.

Hope they're ready for some visitors in the not-so-distant future!

We're lucky enough to get to spend another week with little Ellison. She told her mom and dad that she would prefer to skip the long drive out west and fly with Nana next week. Can you blame her?

In the meantime, our new plan is to see the little munchkin at Gramps and Mimi's every day, of course.

These two...what can I say?

They found my old Cabbage Patch Kids' clothes...

Uncle Dan and Aunt Karen stopped by to wish them well...

Now, for the little party girl.

We stayed at my mom and dad's well past the girl's bedtime, so we ended up temporarily putting Bonnie to bed in the Pack 'n' Play until we were ready to leave.

Needless to say she wasn't interested in going back to sleep once we got home...

Oh yes, and George partied with us, too. And by "partied with us", I mean that Corey and I (and Bonnie) stayed up until 12:01am.

We're so fun.

So fun, in fact, that I probably don't even need to mention the bottle of champagne (that we had good intentions of drinking) we stuck in the freezer and forgot about until the next morning...

Happy New Year!

Sticking to our plan.

The plan this week has been to see Emma, Ellison, Dave and Stacy every day until they head out of town.

So far, so good.

The Fabulous Fox Theatre

We are not big spenders. At all. Corey and I typically set a $50 limit on our gifts for each other with the exception of this year. We upped our budget to $100.

I stuck to the plan (and thanks to some good deals, I came in a little under budget). If you've read my previous post, you'll note that Corey did not.

I don't know if he won the lottery and is keeping it a secret or if he was just feeling extra generous this year. My guess is the latter.

He surprised me (and my mom) yet again with tickets to the Nutcracker.

Aunt Stacy takes her mother and Emma to see the ballet every year at Christmas. Apparently Stacy and Corey have been in cahoots the last couple of weeks and they decided it would be fun if all the Losin/May girls went together.

They were right. We headed downtown for the Sunday matinee and we had the best time. And, although you can't really tell from the next picture (I'm still figuring out the new camera and its timing), Grace was on the edge of her seat for most of the first act.

We're going to continue to pack in all the fun we can before the end of the week!

Pretending to be "angry birds..."

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas.

I really can't believe we actually got snow on Christmas. In Georgia. It is just unreal.

My mom and dad tell me that it has, in fact, snowed in Georgia on Christmas day during my lifetime (in 1993), but I have absolutely no recollection of that.

Either way, it was beautiful and thanks to this blog, I have no excuse not to remember it this time!

We had a wonderful time celebrating Jesus's birthday with Mimi, Gramps, George May, Grandma E.J., Uncle Dave, Aunt Stacy, Emma, and Ellison. And nobody cried too hard at the mention of Dave and Stacy's big move to California next week. Not.

We've already assured them, however, that we will all be out to visit them very, very soon. Good thing they've found a nice big house to hold all of us! :-)

Christmas morning at home...Santa visited...

Christmas afternoon at Gramps and Mimi's...

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

**Photos are courtesy of my brand new Canon Powershot and my "old" Nikon DX. Blog post courtesy of my brand. new. MacBook Pro. Oh yeah. It was a very merry day full of surprises. And by surprises, I mean I was shocked with a capital S.