Christmas Decorations

Christmas is one of my favorite holidays and I love decorating the house! Tom, Tommy and I went last week to pick out a tree and we finally got it decorated on Friday night after the Christmas Party (we had been sick earlier in the week). I think that it turned out really nice..

The boys picking out a tree

Family photo (brr..it was cold - I had to wear Tom's jacket)

Finished product

Our cute stockings

Other decorations

Children's Chrismas Party

Last night, the three of us went to the stadium for the Children's Christmas Party. It was a ton of fun! Tommy had his picture taken with Santa and we even had a caricature made (they made him a Dallas Cowboy though).

The setup on the field was wonderful. There were different stations set up for food, bounce houses, balloon artists, candy, karaoke, Santa & a DJ. There were even little gingerbread men and M&M's running around..

Tommy and The Clauses

Tommy & Daddy

The Chocolate Factory

The Family

Jumperoo!

Baby Tommy's favorite "toy" right now is the jumperoo. I took a video of him the other night. It's just the cutest thing!

Viva Las Vegas

This weekend, Tom & I, his parents and our friends Michelle and Byron went to Vegas to celebrate a couple of events - Tom's 30th birthday (in July), Byron's 30th birthday (Dec. 3rd) and Tom's dad's 60th birthday (at the end of the month).

Tom & his dad went there earlier in the week for a conference and I met him there late Thursday night. We even ended up getting our comped room upgraded to a junior suite at Bally's.

Friday morning, we went to check in at the Bellagio and headed downtown with Michelle and Byron for a few hours so Tom and Byron could play craps. We headed back to the strip mid afternoon to meet Tom's parents and hang out before Tom and I went to see "O" at the Bellagio. I really liked the show, but I wished I had read up a little more about it so I could have understood the story. It's amazing what some of those performers could do!

View from our room

Downtown with Michelle and Byron

Dinner at the Cheeseburger Stand

Tom & Byron had to have jello shots :)

Saturday, Tom, his parents and I went to have breakfast at a little Cafe in Paris Hotel. After that, we met up with Michelle and Byron and the girls went shopping at Miracle Mile & M&M World and the guys went to play craps. That night for dinner we went to Battista's Hole in the Wall restaurant (a Rennie tradition). It was yummy and the little old guy that walks around playing the accordian played the Steelers song for us.

Dinner at Battista's

We had a lot of fun and did a lot of walking over the weekend. Tom and I always have so much fun in Vegas and I can't wait to go back! Oh - I almost forgot - Hulk Hogan was on our flight back to Dallas today - how cool is that! He did get up and rip his shirt off, but other than that he was pretty low key..... ;)

Christmas in the Conservatory

Snow Day

Today, Tommy and I woke up to a wonderful surprise. It was snowing - and I'm talking the big chunky snow. It was so pretty, but sadly it melted before lunch. :)

Thanksgiving in Nashville

This year the Rennie family spent Thanksgiving in Nashville with Christine and Eddie (Tom's sister and her husband).

We had a very low key Thanksgiving. Christine made brunch for everyone once we got up and we just sat around watching football and looking at the Black Friday ads. We had a nice dinner that night and went to bed semi-early.

Tommy chillaxing in the tub (sorry ladies - he's not showing off the goods)

Somebody was pooped after that dinner

Friday morning, Christine and I got up bright and early to head out. We ended up getting everything on our lists and made it home a little after 8. We all took a nap and then the guys played poker with some of their friends.

Tommy intimidating the other players (notice he's holding the biggest chip)

Saturday we went downtown to walk around and have a late lunch at Big River. We stopped by Opry Mills mall for a little shopping before heading back to their house.

Walking along the river (Tom is making fun of this other weirdo we saw)

Tommy cruising 2nd Avenue

Happy Baby

We had to leave early on Sunday to make it to Dallas in time for the game (with a pit stop at my parents house for dinner).

The weekend was a lot of fun - even if it did go by too fast!

Happy Turkey Day

Since The Rennie Family will be out of town I'm going to list the things I'm thankful for a day early.

Here are a few things I'm thankful for this year:

• A wonderful husband - I don't know what I would do without him
• A beautiful, happy baby boy
• Two cute puppies who still get into everything
• Two sets of Grandparents who would do anything for us and us for them
• My Sister - hopefully we get to see her at Christmas
• My sister & brother in law - who we will be visiting on Thanksgiving this year (Can't wait)
• A great job and co-workers
• A lovely house that is perfect for us
• Our family and friends who are spread out all over the place - I wish we could see everyone more!

I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Family/Tommy's 5 Month Photos

Yesterday, the 3 of us had our first ever family photos taken (it was also the 5 month photos for Tommy).

Even though they were running a half hour behind and it was extremely hot in there - we couldn't have asked for a better session. Tommy was flirting with the photographer most of the time (hence the smile in all the photos) and we had quite a few pictures to choose from in the end.

I'm not going to include the "Christmas Card" photo though - you will have to wait for that one!

Below are a few of my favorites from the session: