Camp's First Christmas

Camp's First Christmas! Wow. What a full year it has been. Last year this time I wasn't pregnant and thought I had my hands full with just having Emma Claire. BUT, what an amazing adventure it has been. This Christmas we not only got to share it with one child, but two. Camp was such a joy over the holidays and his sweet smile sure would light up a room! At 3 months he wasn't quite old enough to get into the spirit of things, but 'sissy' sure enjoyed opening all of his gifts for him. Watch out next year because I can see some sibling arguments coming!!! : 0 I can't wait to see the joy on his face next year when he learns the real reason we celebrate Christmas and the joy of giving gifts to others. Merry First Christmas, Camp!

Alabama Family Christmas 2009

Left: Benjamin telling the story of Christmas. Right: Emma Claire & Porter

Left: Uncle Wayne

 Left: Nanny & Poppa




 Right: Aubrey Rose




 Camp slept while we were opening presents.

Sample Family Christmas 2009

Right: Audrey Ann

Left: Emma Claire, Branna, & Porter. Right: Camp & Grandaddy

 Right: Grandmother & Audrey Ann

Left: Benjamin telling the Christmas Story. Right: Branna joining in on the prayer.

Left: Emily & Porter

 Left: She was so excited she got a coat just like mommy's! Right: Rick

Left: Grandmother & Grandaddy and all the Great Grandkids. Right: Camp & Aunt Hannah

Quinn Family Christmas 2009

Left: Listening to Benjamin explain why we celebrate Christmas.




 Left: Branna, Emma Claire, & Aunt Hannah. Right: Camp & Poppa


 Left: Emma Claire and GG




 Left: Can you see the excitment on her face!?1?! The present was as big as she was. Right: She LOVES her brother!!

Anniversary Trip to New York City

Mommy & Daddy went to New York for their 5 Year Anniversary. 12/18/2009

We went to Radio City to see the Radio City Christmas Spectacular by the Rockettes.

Left: Inside the Radio City Music Hall. Right: We weren't suppose to be taking pictures so this is the best we could do. This is a picture of the live Nativity they had.

Left: Times Square!

Left: Look who we saw while we were there! Not really.... we just walked into the entrance of a Wax Museum.

Left: Grand Central Station. Right: He looked like he was proposing so I thought the picture would be appropriate for our anniversary. : )

Left: These clocks were the center piece of Grand Central Station. Each face was made out of Opal and is worth 33 million dollars!

Left: The ball that drops on New Years.

Left: The view from our hotel room. We stayed on the 29th floor of the Holiday Inn on Times Square. Right: I got pretty good at taking our picture. : ) We are on top of an open top bus in front of Times Square.

Left: Madison Square Gardens. Right: New York City Post Office.

Right: This 'Believe' sign was on the side of the Macy's Building.

Right: Empire State Building.

 Left: The Original Macy's Building. Right: All of these tiles were painted by children in memory of those lost in 9-11.

Left: China Town. I LOVED It!!! If I lived there I would already be speaking Chinese because I would be there all the time! Right: I just wanted to get a picture of some of the snow we saw while we were there. The city kept most of it cleaned up.

 Left: Ground Zero. The red steal is the beginning framework for the new buildings. Right: This was the church in movie 'National Treasure'.

Left: Love this picture of the Wall Street Sign. Right: Brooklyn Bridge.

Left: Long Island. Right: At the base of that glass building in the Chapel they still have pieces of remains from 9-11 that they haven't identified who they are.

Left: This huge building is a Homeless Shelter. Right: United Nations.

Left: Rockefeller Plaza!!! Right: The famous Christmas Tree at Rockefeller.

Right: We watched Phantom of the Opera at the Majestic Theater.

Left: Inside the Majestic getting ready for The Phantom of the Opera to start. Right: We ate at this Italian Restaurant before we went to see The Phantom.

Left: The inside of Macy's was beautiful! The store is so big it's a whole city block. It has 8 floors, 3 Starbucks, McDonalds, Auntie Anns, and several other Restaurants. It was crazy. Right: Macy's still had some of the old wooden escalators.

Macy's Famous Window Decorations.