Christmas in Greenwood

the continuation of Christmas Shenanigans...

Monday morning Eliza woke up in Greenwood, SC to Christmas with Mimi. Eliza LOVES her Mimi and practically lights up every time she walks in the room. And if Mimi wasn't cool enough she has a little yorkie named Lilly that Eliza was absolutely obsessed with. Every time Lilly was in eye sight Eliza would screech, start almost panting and grabbing for her. (poor Lilly. When Eliza starts walking she has no chance) :)

Along with getting to celebrate Christmas with Susan, Julianne, and Jeremy, we had the amazing honor of participating in Julianne's debutante ball. Julianne was presented as a deb this year and that meant Jonathan got to escort her, I got to dress up in a formal gown, and we were able to dance and hang out with so many people in Greenwood who love Julianne. Here are some pics to commemorate our time...

I love my Mimi. (although she could also be smiling because she has found another bow to destroy)

Out of all the amazing things from Mimi Eliza's favorite toy is this little pink duck that lights up (oh goodness).

Lilly wanted to help open gifts too.

Uncle Jere got Eliza a Duke blanket. Starting her early... ;)

Eliza's "first purse" from Mimi. It's actually a foam book and is really cute.

I love seeing Eliza so surrounded by so many people who love her. What a blessed little girl.

The next day was "debutante day". Here's Jonathan and Julianne on the way to debutante practice where I believe they attempted to learn to waltz.

Before the debutante ball we gathered to take family pictures and brought Eliza along too. (don't worry, we left her at home for the actual ball) Here's Eliza with her Pops and Gma.

Julianne with her brothers. :)

Susan with her chickadees. She put a lot of work in to the ball this year and it was such a sweet time.

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Beautiful Julianne. What I love most about Julianne is she is more beautiful on the inside than she is on the outside. I loved seeing her honored as a debutante and being able to see all the people who love her come together.

The ball was a blast and after sufficiently dancing the night away we were off to Greenville, SC to celebrate Christmas with Pops and Gma.

Stay tuned...