{"id":6289,"date":"2013-01-02T15:56:58","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T20:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=6289"},"modified":"2013-01-02T15:56:58","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T20:56:58","slug":"emma-december-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=6289","title":{"rendered":"Emma: December 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

December is always such a fun, crazy, and exciting month and this year held true to that reputation!\u00a0 We started December 1 very early in a caravan of vehicles heading to Auburn University to cheer on the NCCS Robotics team all day Saturday and Sunday.\u00a0 We were so proud of our team and all of their hard work.\u00a0 Emma had a blast hanging out with all the kids and parents\u2026and especially at the hotel.\u00a0 Our girl loves hotels and loves to travel!\u00a0 We drove our own car and took advantage of the chance to sleep a little later than usual and then we stopped for a great dinner at Cracker Barrel on the way home.<\/p>\n

Clint’s mom came down to spend the day and night with Emma so that we could run some errands, go out to dinner, and catch a movie.\u00a0 It was fun and Emma had a great time with Granna!\u00a0 We took advantage of lots of naps and fun Christmas activities all month\u2026including the warm Christmas blankets and Santa pillow!\u00a0 Emma and I had a blast with several of the senior girls from school, their moms, and a lot of Emma’s friends, and my friends at the senior Mother-Daughter Christmas tea.\u00a0 What a fun tradition and special friendship these girls and their moms share!<\/p>\n

Emma’s class did a great job singing in their Christmas program.\u00a0 Each group sang a song or two and there was a live nativity with the 4th graders.\u00a0 At the end\u2026all of the Lower School kids sang “Joy to the World”.\u00a0 As the song ended, Emma (on the front row) punctuated her enthusiasm for the holidays with a very loud “Woohoo”.\u00a0 Fortunately we got it on video!<\/p>\n

We spent several evenings with friends and family leading up to Christmas and also had several relaxed evenings at home watching Christmas movies and getting ourselves ready for a two week break from school.\u00a0 Emma’s class had a “Happy Birthday Jesus” party which was a lot of fun.\u00a0 She has great kids in her class and her teacher and parapro are the BEST!<\/p>\n

Our official Christmas celebration kicked off Saturday, December 22 when we had a ton of friends over for our traditional “Christmas Eve Eve Eve” dinner.\u00a0 Lots of fun to catch up and just enjoy each other’s company.\u00a0 We spent Sunday morning at church for the candlelight service and really enjoyed that time of worship.\u00a0 Sunday afternoon was our trip to Summerville to celebrate with Clint’s family and we had a great time with all of them.\u00a0 We got up early Christmas Eve morning and hit the road to Memphis to stay with my sister and her husband for the week.\u00a0 We had a great week in Memphis hanging with family and catching up with friends.\u00a0 We always have awesome meals at my sister’s and my mom’s and this year was no different. We are all so excited that my sister and her husband are expecting their first child in March.\u00a0 Emma is extremely excited…she has enjoyed being the only child in our extended family, but she is ready for a cousin in Germantown to play with (boss around).\u00a0 Katie and JD are so awesome to Emma and they are going to be amazing parents!<\/p>\n

We drove back to Georgia on Sunday, December 30th and began cleaning out and organizing for the New Year.\u00a0 We spent New Year’s Eve at the hibachi place by our house with a good friend celebrating all the great things God has done for us in 2012.\u00a0 We look forward to 2013 with great faith, hope, and love!<\/p>\n

Here are some pictures of our sweet girl from this past month\u2026
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