Who doesn't love a parade?

To ring in the Holiday season, Rock Hill hosts a 4-day event called ChristmasVille. It was even listed in the Southern Living magazine! I put on some of my holiday best to attend the parade, however you won't be able to see it since it was so COLD. I had to wear my hat, gloves, & jacket the entire time. So, here's what I looked like before going out- Mommy & Daddy think I look very grown up.

My friend, Kate, and I shared a granola bar while we waited and waited...
I think I see something coming!!
"Merry Christmas!"
Both Georgies wanted to see the parade (that is, yellow shirt George & red shirt George to those who didn't know)
I kept the smile on my face even though it was cold..
...until the end of the parade and I got sad. (Daddy says I take after my Mommy with the bottom lip!)
Trains have always been one of my favorite things:

I loved waving back and saying "Merry Christmas" to all the floats & people:

Music from a band can always light up my face:

Happy Turkey day or...

...just cracker & cranberry day here! I am not interested in a lot of foods, so I keep it simple and stick with my favorites. We headed down to Conway/Myrtle Beach for the holiday and had a great, busy time. First, we went to the country house where Grand Daddy was building a tree house for his grandchildren. It's awesome because I got to help. Grand Daddy even had a hammer just my size:The trees were shedding, so I helped clean it up a little.

I even climbed the tall ladder to reach the higher nails (don't worry, Mommy was right behind me!)

Check out the work in progress!

The downstairs is perfect for cuddling!

I enjoyed exploring the woods with Grand Daddy & Samantha.

Daddy helped me drive the tractor (not really, it was parked the entire time)

These wheels are BIGGER than me!

Ready for a drive in Grand Daddy's pick-up truck (again, don't worry- it was parked the entire time too!)

I think I am a country girl :)

We stayed with Cousin Memphis as always and we had to have a picture time with all the animals.

This looks like it could be my Christmas card with my "family".

I even got to go for a ride on the tractor by myself!

Mommy was playing with black & white pictures, but it was also this dreary.

I can be your special helper, Grand Daddy...

...but I think we both need naps first.

On to Mimsi's house next for our first meal, where I played with cousin Cody (or really just told him what to do or not to do.)
Tigger went for a ride in this cool jeep!
We ended the day at Memphis' grandma's house where I had a blast on the sit & spin (of course, it was Dora) and all her other cool toys.
The day would not be complete though unless you heard my singing of "Mr. Turkey" that I learned at school for our Thanksgiving feast. (The camera batteries died on the day of the presentation, so we had to re-enact it at home.)

Mommy's big run

On November 14th, my Mommy did an amazing thing- she ran her first 1/2 marathon (13.1 miles) and finished it in 2 hours & 8 minutes. Daddy and I are very proud of her. She trained for over 4 months! She initially got the idea to do it from her older sister, Jennifer, who is not a runner, but was going to run it with her.... until she got pregnant. We'll give her that one, but can't wait until she joins Mommy for the next one! Maybe in 2011 for Aunt Jen's big birthday :)

This is before the race started and Mommy needed some moral support

She also needed a jogging partner to warm up

My happy Mommy showing off her medal

I was happy to give her big hugs at the finish line!

I also got to hang out with Great-Grandma Azile and give her big hugs too!

Thanks to Mimsi (aka, Daddy's mom) for being there at the finish line to congratulate my Mommy. She really appreciated it. And to Grand Daddy Pope, who couldn't make the trip from Tennessee but called Mommy to wish her luck and tell her how proud he was of her. She couldn't have done it without all the support! (But, Daddy and I are still her biggest fans.)
It was great to see cousin Memphis' smiling face too!

Plus, cousin Cody is now 1 year old already! He makes Mimsi smile.

Stopping for a push-up is one of my favorite things to do, although it is quite messy.

Let's hit the road! I'm driving :)

My recent creations

Play-doh is one of the most versatile toys I have- you can make anything you want! Here I have made an ice cream cone:

But it doesn't taste very well so don't eat this ice cream cone. (Yes, that is a wine cork that Mommy lets me use to roll out my play-doh :)

Cookie cutters also help you make great shapes out of play-doh. Here are a few of my favorite things- a star, gingerbread man, and candy cane.

Another great versatile toy is these blocks. Here I have made a museum for my animals & myself. (I wasn't feeling very well here so sorry for the sad face.)

Trick-or-Treat!

I wonder what I could be for Halloween- really is there any doubt about it?! Of course, I am going to be Curious George!! He is my best friend!

Can my cheese be any bigger?

See, George is on my head

Of course, Curious George would not be complete without his Man in the Yellow Hat. Thanks to Daddy for being an awesome Daddy!

To start the Halloween festivities, I got to go trick-or-treating in the Winthrop dorms.

The students were so nice and gave me lots of candy!

Then, we visited Daddy at work to see some of favorite people, including Liz and Kimberly (who is also my best babysitter!!)

"Hello? Dr. Pope's office- he's not in right now because he is being the Man in the Yellow Hat"

At school, we had a parade in our costumes- I am very good at holding onto my ring.

Little George came along for the festivities at school

This is Mommy's favorite face!

Finally, on Halloween day, we attended our friend, Campbell's Halloween party.

I had fun playing on their water table, but my Georgie costume got a little wet.

Then, I found the sand box- so much fun!

Mommy joined in the costume fun by being Professor Wiseman (see her name tag?)

Grand Daddy Pope was here too for the trick-or-treating, plus he wore yellow! I only made it to 5 houses because of the rain, but I was so good at saying thank you for the treats!

"Can I have this lollipop now, Mommy?" They are my favorite and I share my M&Ms with Grand Daddy because I don't really like them.

Two of my favorite guys and me

Since Samantha is a princess, I gave her my crown to wear.

Baby Luke's Baptism

October 17th was a special day for the Tieman family and my mommy. Luke Edward was baptized at his church in Hendersonville, TN (outside of Nashville) and my mommy is the very proud godmother.We were so happy to make the drive there through the beautiful mountains with some amazing fall colors.

Check out the beautiful scenery we had when we arrived:

Matthew, Luke's older brother, and I had a blast playing together. We never argued or fought and he taught me all about "Lightning the Queen, aka KaPow": translation, Lightning McQueen from the movie Cars.

Beautiful Mommy Erin, also my godmother, and happy Luke

He really did pose well for his pictures

Mommy with Godfather Richard, plus baby Luke

The happy Tieman family

Maybe a future couple...

Very proud Godparents with Josh, Erin & Luke Tieman

There is so much joy on my face!

Mommy said she could hold baby Luke all day long!

Pumpkin Picking

Every year, I go to the Woodlands United Methodist church to pick out some pumpkins. I'm always on a mission to find a "cute, little baby" one. How's this one?

I'm not going to let go of it so that I make sure it comes home with me.

But, maybe one of these other ones would be better...

Don't I have a "cheesy" smile? It's hard to keep my eyes open when my smile is so big!

Here is a star shaped one- pretty cool, huh?

I think we did pretty well for taking this picture ourselves:

Time to pose with all of our pumpkin friends

Daddy joined me in the fun- see the awesome jack-o-lantern my Mommy carved?

Texas & Aunt Leanna's 30th birthday

So, now that it's been almost a month since I went to Texas, I thought it would be nice to show you some pictures from it. It went too fast as always, but I had a great time!

I took lots of books for the plane ride since this was the first time with my very own seat! I enjoyed it, but Mommy says it would have been better if I didn't wait until 30 minutes before we landed to take a nap (on a 2 hour flight!).

Cousin Mikayla came from Baltimore with my Aunt Jen (plus baby Barry in her belly, yes, it's going to be a BOY & Barry was Cherry, named by Mikayla- Grandpa Gette is thrilled to have a boy on the way!) We helped Grandma Gette, aka MaGa, make cupcakes for Aunt Leanna's class. They turned out so good, although I only like to eat the cake, not the frosting, & Mikayla was eating the batter!

We celebrated Aunt Leanna's birthday dinner at a mexican restaurant, of course, and we entertained the people below us.

I'm getting really good at taking pictures now, plus Uncle Bobby & Aunt Leanna are just too cute!

Cool hat, Aunt Leanna!

How does it look on me?

What a bunch of pretty ladies!

This was after my fist bump and blow it up

I love my cousin Mikayla!

Mommy invited our Dallas area friends to meet us at Crystal's Pizza where she used to go when she was a kid. Ainsley and I had a blast on the mini carousel (although you wouldn't think it by my face!)

Aunt Leanna sure does look good with baby Amelia in her arms!

Cousin Katylyn and I had a blast watching a magician (again, my face just indicates that I had no nap on this day)

Grandparents and a strawberry ice cream cone works great to lift your spirits

It was hard fun to hug with Grandpa

I thought if I held onto Mikayla that she wouldn't have to leave me