Better late than never, I suppose!

Christmas around our house was...WONDERFUL, EXCITING, LOUD, HAPPY, SWEET, AND oh so memorable because of our precious little boys!!!!

Making cookies for Santa...yes - they are break and bake!!! :)

The loot left by Santa!

Walking in to see if Santa made a stop at our house.

A police car!!!! YEAH!!!!!!

Later Christmas day we made it over to Mimi and Papa's for MORE presents!

And this cute little hiney shot...well, I just couldn't resist putting it in here. This was several days before Christmas!!! :)

Twas the Night Before Christmas...

and all through the house not a creature was stirring...not even Georgia!

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,

while visions of SCHOOL BUSES danced in their heads...

Merry Christmas to all...and to all a GOOD NIGHT!!!!!

Christmas is...

BUSY!!!! Can I use that as my reason for not blogging in so long???? ha! Meredith and I started a tradition of taking all four boys to see Santa and have their pictures taken when John McLean was born. It has been lots of fun and the Reilly boys have been VERY patient with the Wood boys! This year was not too bad! All boys jumped right up, although the Wood boys were slightly reluctant - as you can see on their faces!

This past weekend was full of excitement too! On Friday afternoon, we had our Christmas party at Ms. Wanna's house! We had soooooo much fun and all the children were SPOILED by Ms. Wanna - as usual! She is soooooooo good to all of us and we absolutely LOVE her! Thanks for EVERYTHING, Ms. Wanna!

 Baylor was ALL over the place! He LOVED all the excitement!

 John McLean loved every minute as well. He got a tractor set from his friend Cameron and he was THRILLED!

John McLean showing Baylor his tractor set!

Bay would have been just as happy with bows and boxes! :)

John McLean had to check out Baylor's Mickey Mouse helicopter that Ms. Wanna gave him! They BOTH love it!

Later, we headed to Mimi and Papa's house for Mama's birthday dinner. Mimi and Papa made the most delicious chicken and spinach lasagna...no small chore with Mimi still on a walker from her knee surgery!!!! Thanks so much Mimi and Papa for all the hard work - it was sooooooo yummy!!!! The boys got my FAVORITE ice cream cake from Dairy Queen and were more than happy to help blow out the candles...not sure anyone wanted a piece after they were done!! :)

The Reilly-Wood's getting the candles on the cake with Mere-Mere!

John McLean blowing out the candles...can you see the drool coming off his bottom lip???? Who wants this piece???  Tee hee hee!!!! :)

Baylor just LOVES the lights on the house next door...he goes straight to them as soon as he gets to Mimi and Papa's house each time! They really are FANTASTIC!!!!!! I just LOVE this picture of him...

And finally...The Wood Family wishes you and yours a

Two CUTE little TURKEYS!!!!

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Double Date Friday Night!!!!

What a fun, fun afternoon/night with two of my favorite boys!!!! We went by to see Pop and Peggy - the boys LOVE going to their house. They had Trick-or-Treat bags for them and they were soooooo excited. As we were leaving, the McCallar girls called and we decided to meet them for the Downtown Hinesville Scarecrow Crawl. The kids had a SPOOK-tacular time!!!!

John McLean was just getting into the whole Trick-or-Treat thing.

 Baylor was cruisin the strip with some cuties!!

 Melissa didn't know what she was in for...she did a SUPER job keeping up the the Wood Boys!!!

 Baylor loved riding along and watching all the people.

 John McLean found these cats and wanted to stay.

 John McLean LOVED the grassy area. We looked one time and he was laid out on his back in it!! :)

Baylor did want out in the grass area...so we decided to keep moving! :)

John McLean wanted NOTHING to do with anyone except Dayle...he does have GREAT taste - she is such a beauty!!!

 Baylor got a balloon - and had fun!

Of all the fun places we saw, John McLean was THRILLED in the alley we cut through...

Time to go home...

 Still holding on to that balloon!

Baylor REALLY wanted to share his "pop" with Dayle, but when he got it close, he decided "no" and laughed...:)

Then Melissa slipped up and asked us to come with them to eat some Mexican...we said YES...AHAHAHAHA - she didn't know what she had done!!!

 I LOVE this picture...Bay kept trying to share his tea with her...



Thanks McCallar's...we had a FANTASTIC time!!! And thanks to my boys for our double date...I love you both all the way to the moon and back!!!! :)