Ornaments 2010

 These are our new ornament for 2010. I love our little snowman family ornament. It's perfect since we are "Proud New Parents". I had Brantley Rae's Baby's 1st Christmas ornament made at the Christmas Village a few months ago and I love the way it turned out. So sweet!

And lastly, I found our Little Tiger Fan ornament at the Auburn store in the Galleria. I was so excited when I found it there. It was actually cheaper in the store than online so that was great.

These are our past yearly ornaments. The top one is from our first Christmas before we got married. We received it as a wedding gift from my friend Ashley. The Snowman ornament we bought on our honeymoon to Gatlinburg, TN back in 2009. And lastly, our 2009 family ornament is still my favorite one so far. The expectant bear family! Adorable! It was perfect. There was even a bear for Marley!

I hope everyone is ready for Christmas because it's next weekend! Yay! I'm so pumped! I love Christmas because we get to spend so much time with family and friends. Tis the season for fun!

This is How We Celebrated

Auburn won the SEC Championship this year! It's great to be an Auburn Tiger!

 War Eagle!

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This is our Christmas card for this year. I can't wait to get them and send them out. If you don't get one in the mail it's because I didn't have enough.Merry Christmas from the Williamsons!

Christmas Card Photo Shoot 2010

Today we took our Christmas pictures for this years Christmas card. It was really overcast and Brantley was really tired, so they didn't turn out quite as well as I had hoped but we're still going to use them. Merry Christmas everyone!

BR and Chase HATED the hats and antlers. I thought it was going to be perfect but neither of them were really in the mood. Darn!

I wrapped this box to use as a prop in the pictures and I think it turned out to be pretty cute!

We were really unsure about how this picture was going to turn out but I think it's pretty cute! I really wish BR had been in a better mood but she was exhausted!

Even though they aren't perfect I'm still calling this a success!

This Month's Recipe: Chai Tea Mix

I was so excited to see that the recipe this month was for this Chai Tea Mix. I love Chai Tea Lattes so this is perfect! I'm thinking I might make some for the holidays and give it to some friends and family members. If you decide to try it out I hope you enjoy it very much!

Chai Tea Mix
For optimal enjoyment of this trendy flavor-packed drink, be sure your spices are fresh.

Prep: 14 min
Yield: 5 1/2 cups mix

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 teaspoons ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cardamom (optional)
• 1 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 1/2 cups unsweetened instant tea or decaffeinated instant tea
• 1 1/2 to 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup nonfat dry milk powder
• 1 cup powdered nondairy creamer
• 1 cup French vanilla-flavored powdered nondairy creamer

Preparation
Combine spices and tea in a food processor or blender. Blend 1 to 2 minutes or until mixture becomes a fine powder. Pour into a large bowl. Add sugar to food processor or blender (without cleaning it), and process until superfine, about 30 seconds. Add sugar to bowl of spices. Stir in milk powder and creamers; blend well. Spoon mix into gift jars, if desired.

To serve, stir 2 heaping Tbsp. Chai Tea Mix into a mug of hot milk or boiling water.

Chocolate Chai Mix: Add 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa along with dry milk powder to the blend above. Follow serving directions above. (We recommend milk here.)

Chai Shake: Blend 1/4 cup Chai Tea Mix, 1 cup milk, and 3 1/2 cups vanilla ice cream in a blender.

White Chocolate Chai: Add 1/4 cup finely chopped premium white chocolate (such as Lindt or Ghirardelli) to 1 cup Chai Tea Mix. Stir well. Follow serving directions above with 2 heaping Tbsp. per cup of hot milk or boiling water.

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BR at 10 Months Old

This sweet pea turned 10 months old yesterday and I can hardly believe it! The time is flying by way to fast. Yikes! I'm so glad we have all these adorable pictures to document her as she grows.

This is going to be a short BR monthly update because she's got a cold again and I'm sure she'll wake up a bunch of times tonight. So I need to get in the bed.

Weight: I'm not exactly sure how much she weighs but I think she's around 16 pounds. She was 16.5 with clothes on the last time we were at the doctor, which was about a week and a half ago.

Diapers: still in 2's

Clothes: 6-9 months and 9 months

At 10 months, Brantley Rae...

-cut her first tooth last week

-has started walking between Chase and I

-loves green beans, mandarin oranges and cheese

-she has gotten very good at eating table food

-really likes looking at touch & feel books. The one in the pictures is her new Christmas book.

-her hair keeps growing

-she has the cutest scrunchy nose smiley face. It's so cute!

-is starting to figure out that I'm Ma-Ma and Chase is Da-Da. Yay!

Brantley Rae is the sweetest, most adorable baby I've ever seen! I know I'm partial, but really she is adorable! I have no idea what I would do without her. I thank the Lord daily for this sweet gift he gave Chase and I. I'm so thankful! She has come down with a cold so I'm praying that she can get a good nights sleep and we're probably going to the doctor tomorrow morning because I'm afraid she's getting an ear infection. She was totally pitiful tonight. Thankfully, I finally got her to sleep a little while ago. (ahh the power just flickered! Yikes!!)  Gotta go!

Iron Bowl 2010

Brantley and I watched the Iron Bowl at my parents house this year. Unfortunately,  Chase had to work during pretty much the whole game so he didn't get to watch it. The game was so intense! Seriously! I was a bit worried and mad at our team after the first half but thankfully they made adjustments and got it together during halftime. In true Auburn fashion they came out after halftime and came back to win the game. 

War Eagle! 

It's so great to be an Auburn Tiger!! #1 in the BCS!