Allie's first haircut

Allie had her first haircut last night by Neannie Hinkle.  Allie LOVES to play dress up/fix my hair, but isn't a fan of sitting still.  All in all, she did great!

Luke's first pulled tooth!!

Luke pulled his first tooth tonight....just about all by himself!  (The hygienist in me had to step in and aid just a little bit!)  Such a big boy!

Happy Valentine's day 2012

Well, February is upon us....my first post of the month comes on the 15th.  EEEKKK!!  Where is this year going?
So, we celebrated Valentine's Day yesterday.  Luke had his party at school.  We did ice cream sundaes for the kids.  Yes, they were FULL of sugar by the time we got home.  Oh, well...ice cream for lunch every now and then is ok in my opinion!

 Allie had the joy of getting to go to Luke's party.  She also got to partake of the ice cream for lunch!

All in all it was an awesome Valentine's day.  The kids got cards and money from Grammy and Papaw and goodies from Grammy and Poppy.  We got Allie a new Repunzel doll and Luke got the Batcopter.  Cory got me a few gift cards.  Perfect.  Also, yesterday Sydney got a wonderful report from her 21 month MRI and CAT scans.  Cancer free!  Love it!

Luke made his bed

Yes, Luke made his bed up ALL by himself....without us asking him to!

Now that he just proved he can do it....I think he'll be in charge of making up his own bed from now on!

We have PIGTAILS!

She's such a big girl now....95% pottytrained AND pigtails!  Where oh where does the time go.  (trust me, I'm not going to miss buying diapers!)

Potty Training....take 1

Yes, we have started potty training Allie.  She's all excited about "big girl panties".  This one will be different...I am soooo not going to stress over this child being potty trained.  If I think she's not getting it in a couple of weeks, we will try again later.  We will see.....

Luke's new room

We decided to get rid of the 'ol racecar bed and get Luke in big boy bed.  Well, we just remodeled the entire room.  Batman.  Yes, Batman.  Pottery Barn Kids had it all!

National BCS Championship game

Bama won ANOTHER National Championship on Monday night.  The Tide won 21-0 over LSU.  Man, what a game.  Pure domination!  It was so nice to see the coaches trophy head back to Tuscaloosa.  ROLL TIDE!

By, By Buddy

Buddy (or Elf on the Shelf) left us Christmas Eve night.  This is what he did the day before his trip back to the North Pole...

Luke was actually very sad to see Buddy go.  Who knows, Buddy just may appear in the summer to see how the kids are doing......

Christmas morning at the McElyea's

It was a wonderful Christmas morning!  The kids were so excited to see what Santa had left.  Cory and I were excited to see their faces.  I think Luke and Allie give Santa 2 (or 3, or 4) thumbs up this year!

 Allie's stash...

 Luke's stash...

 PRICELESS!

By the way, the day after Christmas, Luke asked when Santa was going to come again......yes, 2012 is going to be a long year!