Mississippi Christmas 2018

It is almost Spring Break and I haven't posted anything since summer!  Life is busy busy but I seem to have slowed down a bit on my picture taking.  I don't know if this is because the kids are getting older or I am just tired of having of managing my photo library and don't want to add more the burdensome load.  Maybe I am being more minimalist in my approach to taking pictures preferring to be totally immersed in the special moments rather than behind a lens.  Or maybe it has just been rainy and cold most of the winter and that has not motivated me to take pictures.  We are going to head down to the beach in a couple of days, but it is nice to hit the pause button and regroup after a busy few weeks.  Yesterday we celebrated Meredith's 5th birthday!  She was in a gregarious, exuberant mood all day relishing all the birthday things.  Balloons, pancakes, cupcakes, candles, presents, new dresses, mermaid raincoat, marble runs, pizza, new beanie babies, washing her own hair in the shower, and finally sleep. I woke up early this morning (4:30) which is the only way I can have time to do things like make a blog post or put together a photo book on Shutterfly which I did this morning-  We had the best Mississippi Christmas.   Now we are just waiting on baby Frances Winn to get here!