All holly jolly smiles to celebrate
the seven merriest months
with our sweet little Santa Baby Levi Rhett!!
It has been such a GIFT to have him here
for his very first Christmas this year to experience all of our family traditions –
it truly is the most wonderful time of year
and there is nothing better than a snuggly cuddly little baby at Christmastime!
Thank you, Jesus, for the best gift ever in our angel baby
and the JOY he has brought our family!!
This has been the sweetest Christmas season ever
as a brand new family of four this year and
we have just been full of so much gratitude to the Lord
for all of His blessings upon blessings…
He is just so good and has filled us with great JOY!!
This past month has been full of introducing Sweet Baby Levi Rhett to all things Christmas JOY
and we have been having oh so much FUN
here in the Mabry Christmas Cottage –
which is SO magical when decorated for the most wonderful time of year!!
Between going to get our frazier fir at the Christmas Tree Farm
(sweet baby boy fell right asleep on mama’s chest
and there was SNOW on the ground…
hands-down our most magical trip yet!),
trimming the tree with lights and ornaments,
soaking in allllll the sleepy santa baby snuggles by the Christmas tree,
Christmas stories upon Christmas stories,
Levi Rhett’s 6-Month Check-Up (so thankful for our happy and perfectly healthy bundle of love!),
experiencing his very first Thanksgiving
(full of fun handprint crafts,
lots of baking,
and sweet time
with both of our families!),
all the Christmas outfit cuteness of the brother besties,
a magical night at the Tryon Equestrian Center including baby’s first time meeting Santa Claus
(both he and Judson did GREAT –
Judson was SO excited to run up and show Santa his handwritten list
and Levi Rhett was chill and happy as can be in Santa’s lap…
definitely both on “the nice list” hehe),
lots of happy mail for our family from sweet companies
(like our adorable matching family flannels from FlannelGo!),
packing and sending out our 2024 Christmas Cards
(that got to double as a birth announcement this year hehe),
shipping out lots of EMC “Merry Mail” happy art to sweet customers,
the cutest baby giggles,
a Polar Express family movie night,
gift wrapping and Christmas letter writing fun,
a trip to the Biltmore Forest Country Club for the Santa Brunch with my precious parents
(sooo special getting to take my babies to something that they always took us Carpenter girls to growing up!),
our annual trip to the Grove Park Inn at Christmastime
(Judson loved Santa’s sleigh and Levi Rhett was just taking it all in!),
adorable matching santa hats for the baby boys (be still my heart!),
lots of fun Christmas crafting and handmade ornament making (there is nothing cuter than a #babysfirstchristmas handprint ornament!),
a trip to walk around our adorable hallmark Christmas town to enjoy the beautiful lights,
lots of slow cozy mornings around the house,
a JOY-filled trip back home to do some Christmas baking with Nana and visit with my parents,
all the cuteness of a whittle santa baby
under our tree this year,
getting our adorable 2024 Little Abner family ornament in the mail (to always remember our #firstchristmasasafamilyoffour ),
gingerbread house decorating (a fun new tradition for us!),
lots of walks around town to admire the Christmas decorations,
letting Sweet Baby Levi Rhett try baby food
(aka mama’s breastmilk mixed with baby oatmeal) for the first time,
our annual country little tradition of going to HollyWild to see the lights
and feed the animals (SO fun!),
all the brother sweetness and loving,
Christmas crafting
(cuteness overload!!),
our annual trip to “The Christmas House,”
and so much more!!
Sweet Baby Levi Rhett, you truly are a little angel baby sent straight from Jesus and the very best Christmas gift under our tree this year!
We are so grateful for the perfect addition you have been to our family and could not be more smitten with your content, easygoing, giggly, HAPPY little self!
You are always smiling, giggling at your big brother with the most adoring eyes, loveeee your mama (and all the nursing and cuddling… the best!), are a great little sleeper, and are the easiest baby ever!!
We have been blessed beyond measure this Christmas and give all praise and glory to God – He is a giver of such good good gifts and we are filled with abundant joy!
Truly living in the sweetest days of my life yet as a new family of four – happy happy seven months, our Sweet Santa Baby Levi Rhett!!!
And now to recap all the sweet memories since my last blog post (aka… the last month – so if you haven’t already… make sure to go read my birth story blog , “first 2 weeks” blog, one month of Levi Rhett blog, two months of Levi Rhett blog, three months of Levi Rhett blog, four months of Levi Rhett blog, five months of Levi Rhett blog, and six months of Levi Rhett blog, too!!
Starting off with the best day ever on our first trip as a family of FOUR to the SNOWY Christmas tree farm - truly a core magical memory I will cherish forever!!!
“My heart is a Christmas tree farm”
Oh what a special and fun time this was with my sweet country boys getting to take our little Santa baby (all bundled up) along for our very favorite tradition this time of year of taking Wes’ red truck up to get our real Frazier fir Christmas tree and supporting our favorite spot over all these years, Red Barn Tree Farm -
andddd it was the most magical trip yet because there was SNOW on the ground, y’all!! Judson was in heaven making snow angels, throwing snowballs, helping mama and dada pick out the perfect tree,
and enjoying yummy hot cocoa in the bed of the truck!!
And Sweet Baby Levi Rhett was so smiley and along for the ride in the baby carrier
and took the sweetest little nap on mama’s chest among the trees and snow all around…
what a sweet special memory of both his very first Christmas tree farm trip AND getting to see snow on the ground!!!
This was a Christmas tree farm trip we will cherish forever as the most special snowy first trip as a family of four with our newest little Santa baby here this year!!!
Click here to see a reel of our magical snowy trip to the Christmas Tree Farm this year!!
I will be reliving this sweet day for the rest of my life!! A sweet snuggly little Santa baby asleep on my chest, the smell of Christmas trees all around, powdery snow under my boots, watching my boys making and throwing snowballs,
and ending the trip with hot cocoa in the truck bed and two sleepy babies on our way home
- it truly just doesn’t get better than this!!!
The most magical Christmas tree farm trip of all and loved supporting such a special farm that we’ve been coming to year after year to find our perfect tree!
These precious pictures and videos make me smile SO big!!! Judson was the happiest I’ve ever seen him making snow angels and throwing snow balls with “Dada” - we have been reading about snow in so many Christmas books… and that fact there was actual SNOW on the ground at the Christmas tree farm was just a dream come true!!! Truly a day he (and we!!) will never forget!!!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year and oh what a special time
we had decorating the Christmas tree
with a brand new baby in our arms this year for his very first Christmas!!
And ended the evening rockin’ my sweet whittle baby by the Frazier fir tree and convinced there is nothing more magical in the world than this right here.
There is nothing like experiencing the joy of this time of year through your babies’ eyes and we have a feeling this is going to be the most special Christmas yet!!!
Click here to see a reel I made of us decorating (& snuggling hehe) by the tree!!
The sweetest little Santa baby I ever did see!! A snuggly baby on my chest, the smell of Frazier fir Christmas trees all around, andddd snow on the ground made for the most special #babysfirstchristmastreefarm trip of all!!
Click here to see one of the sweetest little “daddy-son” moments ever!
A little storytime - we were eating dinner with my parents at Uncle Edgar’s house (who lives in my Mamaw & Papaw’s old home downtown… where all my childhood memories are) and my dad found a closet upstairs where my Mamaw had a bunch of wrapped gifts that she had never gotten to give before she passed.
And there was this beautiful wrapped one for a baby boy... with a big blue bow on it!!! So they wanted Judson to open it and it was this precious blue and white baby outfit set that will fit Sweet Baby Levi Rhett perfectly - how special is that! It’s like she knew!! I love little “godwinks” like that!
And we stayed superrr late at Uncle Edgar’s house hanging out with my family and when we got home, I had just finished rocking the baby down and came in to help Wes tuck Judson into bed and walked into this view - be still my heart!!! The open Jesus Storybook Bible and these sleeping boys - a memory I will cherish forever!!! Being a mommy is the best gift ever and I will never stop thanking Jesus for blessing us with these baby boys of ours!!
My cup truly overflows Goodness I am so grateful to the Lord for this growing family of mine and love this special time of year more than anything in the world!! Judson LOVED getting to show “Nana and Papaw” “his” Christmas tree yesterday afternoon and I just love this season of life so!
Children are full of such JOY (hence why I’ve always loved working with and teaching little ones… so being a mommy to my own is a dream come true!!) and it is so contagious!!
We had Sweet Baby Levi Rhett’s 6-month check-up this morning and he is healthy, happy, and content as can be!!
We are so grateful to the Lord for his sweet whittle smiley chunky angel baby self and his amazing big brother Judson (who gave him lots of kissies and lovin’ at the appointment) who always helps bubba be oh so strong and brave!!
We truly feel blessed beyond measure with these two cutie pie bright blue-eyed baby boys!!
And came back home (with Judson’s beloved bulldozer sticker from the doctor’s office in tow hehe) for naps and the sweetest post-nursing sesh baby snuggles by the Christmas tree- aka heaven to me!!
Having a sweet new baby to snuggle this holiday season truly is the best gift ever and we are all so smitten!!! We have so very much to be thankful for and I sure do love being their mama!!
“Thanksgiving Eve Eve” called for a fun little family turkey handprint keepsake craft for our #firstthanksgivingasafamilyoffour and it was oh so much fun!! Goodness gracious we love these TWO cutie little baby turkeys so!!!
Click here to see a video of our thanksgiving family crafting fun!!
You have mama wrappeddddd around your finger, my sweet sweet firstborn sweetie pie, Judson Carpenter Mabry!!! Always picking flowers for mama (learned that from your “Dada”), playing with sticks and balls, and being the most adoring big brother to your “baby bubba” these days!!
Today marks 3.5 years of your precious farm and tractor-loving country baby boy self, and I am so thankful for these pictures that capture your joyful, kind, caring, fun and life-loving spirit so perfectly!!! You love learning all about Jesus, praying for all of your loved ones, and have a heart and spirit just like your Daddy!! Oh how we all love you so and I’m so thankful you first made me a mama - you sure are something special and such a precious gift from God!!
Grateful beyond words for this little life and family of mine!!! Happy “Thanksgiving Eve,” y’all!!
Between some fun Thanksgiving crafting to shipping out lots of EMC art orders (thanks to a super fun EMC Black Friday Sale I offered) to Thanksgiving baking (with the cutest little tiny sous chefs hehe) to lots of baby snuggles by the Christmas tree and enjoying some beautiful sunny weather playing outside, it sure was a sweet November week around here!! I love spending my days raising these little baby turkeys and truly couldn’t ask for more!! We were so excited for all the yummy food and precious family time with loved ones that Thanksgiving weekend ahead!!
Happy Thanksgiving from our new family of four to yours!! We are so grateful to the Lord for this sweet and simple little country life these days with our two cutie pie baby turkeys in little Judson and Sweet Baby Levi Rhett (yay for #babysfirstthanksgiving) and overflowing with gratitude this year for our many many blessings and all that the Lord has in store ahead out on our farm sweet farm!!! God has been so so good to us and is worthy of all the praise!!
“Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.” // Psalm 100:4
It’s been the very sweetest Thanksgiving yet with our newest snuggly baby turkey here for #babysfirstthanksgiving and our #firstthanksgivingasafamilyoffour - we have so so very much to be grateful to the Lord for!!
Started the morning in our turkey jammies with the sweetest little baby turkeys mama ever did see!!!
Got some Sweet Baby Levi Rhett snuggles by the Christmas tree before finishing up some sourdough bread baking and heading out the door with all the yummy goodies for our TWO family Thanksgiving gatherings!!
All the yummy food, baby snuggles with mama and grandma (“RaRa”),
cousin fun playing in leaf and mulch piles, and feeding the goats
at Thanksgiving #1 at Wes’ Nana & Papa Jack’s house!!
And it was the very sweetest Thanksgiving #2 with (part of) my family back home in Charlotte!!
Allll the cousin fun outside, the yummiest spread of food & dessert, sweet family time, and ended the evening with “Storytime with Papaw” - what a special “turkey day” it was!!
Click here to see a little reel I put together of all of our sweet Thanksgiving moments this year!
Our hearts and hands have never been fuller with a brand new baby in our arms this year and wishing everyone a happy happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours!!!
Click here to see a sweet reel reflecting on the most special trip going to pick out our Christmas tree on the farm with fresh snow on the ground, a precious new snuggly baby asleep on my chest, and a toddler throwing snowballs and making snow angels - hands-down our most magical trip yet!!
What a special Thanksgiving weekend was - full of allll the sweet time with both of our families, baby snuggles and giggles (the best), cousin playing and memory making, the most fun early Christmas celebration at the Mabry house with everyone together in town and such a joy seeing all the littles opening their gifts, and the sweetest sleepy snuggles by the Christmas tree back home sweet home! There truly is no place like home for the holidays… especially with a snuggly new baby here for the coziest season of all!!
And Sweet Baby Levi Rhett’s little “Baby’s First Rudolph” stuffed animal, light up Santa socks (swipe over to see), and adorable “baby’s first christmas” bib set from RaRa were sooo stinkin’ cute!! Sooo excited for all things #babysfirstchristmas ahead for the most wonderful time of year - eek!!
Click here to see the snuggliest baby video I shared to welcome in the new month of December!!
Happy December 1st, y’all - it’s officially the most wonderful time of the year!! There is just nothing better than welcoming in the Christmas season with a sweet new cuddly santa baby to snuggle by the frazier fir christmas tree all season long for #babysfirstchristmas - my little Christmas angel and greatest gift this year!!
What a merry magical start to December with our little Christmas cuties at Tryon International - Santa Claus is coming to town, y’all!! Judson had his Santa list all ready and was oh sooo excited to finally see Santa and Sweet Baby Levi Rhett was content as can be in Santa’s lap for his very first time meeting Old Saint Nick!!
We loved getting to see Santa Claus, get a yummy cookie from Mrs. Claus, ride the magical merry-go-round around and around, play in the giant sand box, pet all of the animals at the petting zoo, pure snuggly cuteness from Sweet Baby Levi Rhett admiring all the twinkly lights in his adorable little polar bear suit hehe, and truly had the merriest little December 1st night and our spirits are oh so bright!!! This sure is going to be a special Christmas season with our snuggly new Santa baby here for all the fun this year and I can’t think of a better way to kick it all off - such a fun night!!
Merry Merry December from our new family of four “right down Santa Claus Lane!” We have a feeling this is going to be the most magical Christmas season yet with Judson at the most fun little age and our newest little Santa Baby here in our arms this year for his very first Christmas!!
Click here to see a reel of a “merry little Monday” around here!!
This sweet little morning view has my wholeeeee heart!! Started that week with the sweetest little trains and Santa baby sleepy snuggles this cozy December morning!! And Wes’ sweet mama (our babies’ RaRa”) gave Judson this adorable Little TIkes story dream machine and it is sooo cute and fun!! It reads old-timey (our favorite) stories on a little projector thing you can flash on the walls or ceiling and he thinks it is the coolest thing ever! We played with this all morning and had an absolute ball!! (PS… linked this precious Melissa & Doug “take-along” farm train tractor table - such a sweet gift Judson got from his cousins - as well as this adorable storytime reader for y’all over on my LTKit shop - both such wonderful toddler gifts ideas)!!
And had such a “merry little time” going on a walk (& admiring all the Christmas lights downtown) to the post office to ship out lots of EMC orders with my little “Santa’s helpers!”
Such precious (free!) professional photos we just got back from our fun time at the Equestrian Center getting to meet the big man in red!! Judson is at the most precious little age this year and soooo into the Christmas magic (my heart!!) and sooo proud of his “baby bubba”- our sweet little Santa baby Levi Rhett!! Goodness, these timeless photos make me smile so big - what a special Christmas season with a toddler and new baby this is going to be!!
Click here to see a reel I made of our magical night at the Tryon Equestrian Center!! It was hands-down the sweetest trip to see Santa yet - core Christmas memories made for years upon years to come of our very #firstchristmasasafamilyoffour !!
Had some “merry mail” come in from the most precious company – Flannel Go!! They #gifted our family these incredibly high-quality matching sherpa-lined flannel jackets and we are absolutely OBSESSED! #flannelgo #giftedcollab #collaboration
Click here to see a video of these flannel jackets on!! We love them!
They are sooo warm, cozy, and perfect for the winter season!! And these red buffalo plaid printed ones are perfect for capturing the Christmas spirit for all of your fun holiday traditions this time of year!! Linked these exact sherpa-lined jackets for y’all over on my LTKit shop so y’all can go ahead and order them for your families, too!! Thank y’all so much, FlannelGo, we will be wearing these #matchingflanneljackets all season long in the Mabry fam!!
It’s been the merriest and coziest little start to December over here with our little Christmas cuties!! From matching flannel jackets (so kindly gifted to us by FlannelGo - go check them out over on my LTKit page) to baby snuggles by the Christmas tree to shipping out lots of EMC orders to little red wagon “country sleigh rides” with my baby bear cubs to fetch eggs from our ladies… I sure do love this cozy time of year at home with my littles - especially with a snuggly new lil’ baby here this year!!! So grateful to the Lord for his many many blessings this Christmas season!!
Spent one cozy early December evening packing and stamping our Minted Christmas cards by the Christmas tree with my honey - and it’s one of my favorite little “holiday date night” traditions every single year!! This year’s card is my favorite of all time and it was so special getting to mail out these cuties at the post office with my little baby bear cubs after our weekly bible study group that morning!!
Click here to see a reel of this year’s Christmas Card – my favorite yet!!
PS. It’s pretty special when your Christmas card this year gets to double as a birth announcement hehe - so so grateful for our Sweet Baby Levi Rhett and that he is here in our arms this year for his #veryfirstchristmas - our best gift ever!!
Click here to see a video of the most precious baby giggles ever!!
Decided this pure baby gummy smile giggling sweetness Christmas JOY (& my festive new nails hehe) deserved a permanent spot on the feed!!
Mama got to go get her nails done - and ofcourse I did my classic red tradition for the Christmas season!!
And it just truly truly doesn’t get sweeter than this!!! Baby giggles are hands-down my favorite sound in the whole wide world!!! Sweet Baby Levi Rhett… you are THE cutest thing I’ve ever seen and we are so thankful you are here in ours this Christmas season - the best gift ever!!
Click here to see the sweetest video from our Christmas Tree Farm trip this year!
Truly felt like we were living out a Christmas storybook dream going to get our Christmas tree this year up at the cutest little farm we’ve been going to for years!! This year’s snowfall will be the sweetest core memory I know our little firstborn Judson (and us!! ) will always remember of “the year it snowed at the Christmas tree farm” and we had “baby bubba” (Sweet Baby Levi Rhett) here for his very first Christmas!! Snowball fun, snow angels, baby snuggles, and oh so much fun was had!!
Truly couldn’t be more grateful for this sweet little country life of ours with our little country baby boys these days, Wes! The Lord has been oh so very good to our growing family in this sweet season of life of #fullhandsandfullerhearts and I feel like the luckiest wifey and mama in the whole wide world!!
Click here to see a core priceless memory for my “mama memory bank” forever!!
That feeling when “Dada” surprises you and wakes you up from nap - be still my heart!!!! The pure JOY on Judson’s little face and those kicking happy feet - a video I’ll keep and treasure forever!! My babies sure do have the BEST daddy in you, Wes!
Click here to see a video of our Polar Express Night!!
Such a fun new cozy little christmas tradition for our growing family!!
Oh what a FUN “Polar Express Movie Night” we had last - starting with the sweetest “surprise package” that came in the mail for Judson - from SANTA himself (thanks to grandma “RaRa”)!!! Judson thought this was the coolest thing EVER - and how adorable that he and his baby brother Levi Rhett both made it on the “official nice list” - and Santa even sent Judson some homemade instant snow, reindeer food, “directions” from the North Pole to Judson’s house via sleigh (how creative), and more!! Couldn’t have been more perfect timing before letting J watch the Polar Express for the very first time that night!!
And then we set up all the Christmas cozy blankies and pillows by the treeand let the baby brother besties cuddle up and watch the Polar Express - and it was a core memory I’ll cherish forever!! Judson loved it and that was special to me because it was always my favorite holiday movie growing up (sooo nostalgic and sweet because I used to take my kindergarten and pre-school students to see it back in my teaching days, too!) and I love getting to experience all the “Christmas magic” through his little eyes, now!! And Sweet Baby Levi Rhett fell asleep in my arms and rocked by the twinkly lights and it just truly couldn’t have been a more perfect Christmas-cozy Friday night with my babies!!
Click here to see a cozy (& productive) little December Saturday!
I sure do love “rockin’ around the Christmas tree” with all these cutie pie boys of mine - the very best presents under my tree!! The view of the gifts all wrapped and under the tree makes me oh so happy!! And so thankful for all the EMC orders I got to pack and fill, too!! It was a productive Saturday “gettin’ stuff done” and we were officially “ready for Christmas” over here!!
Nothing better at Christmastime than some fresh baked homemade sourdough bread to share!! Prepped dough late the night before & the next morning she was ready to shape and bake!!! And whipped together some little homemade buttermilk biscuits that morning for my boys - their favorite!! I love slow cozy Saturdays - especiallyyy with this Christmas view!! Andddd soaked in all the snuggles with our little sleeping Christmas angel - it truly just doesn’t get better than a sweet cuddly santa baby this time of year - aka #snuggleseason!!
All spent this December Saturday packing up allllll the EMC “merry mail” orders to go out that next week and eek I’m just so grateful!!! Such a sweet gift running this small business of mine with the cutest tiny “Santa’s Elves” hehe!!
And then it was time for lots and lots of gift wrapping - andddd I’m such a fan of writing cute Christmas cards to share with loved ones every year, too!! It was the best feeling to get all my Christmas wrapping done before we headed out to a fun Christmas party with our friends back in sparkle city and had the very best time!!! Tis’ the season, y’all!!
We are ready for Christmas over here in the Mabry household - the tree has been trimmed, gifts have been wrapped, Christmas cards have been mailed, EMC orders have been packed, Christmas letters have been written, and we sure are soaking in these cozy December days around here with Judson at the most special age for all the holiday magic and our snuggly new little Santa baby here for all the fun this year for our #firstchristmasasafamilyoffour !!!
We had the absolute most magical time the other weekend at the Biltmore Forest Country Club Santa Brunch with my precious parents!! Such sweet special Christmas memories made of Judson getting to meet Mr. and Mrs. Claus, decorating the cutest gingerbread cookies, eating the yummiest food (& sweets hehe), soaking in all the Sweet Baby Levi Rhett sleepy snuggles by the fireplace (it’s truly heaven on earth having a cuddly Santa baby this time of year y’all), admiring the most stunning decorations all around with the beautiful view, and spending such special time with my parents aka “Nana and Papaw” (and reliving all the years growing up that they took us as little girls to this very same Santa brunch - so it was really neat and nostalgic getting to bring my own babies now) - they truly are the best and I love my family so so much!!!
We also had the best time carrying on our December tradition of going to the Grove Park Inn and had the coziest little wonderful Christmas time - strolling around to admire the gingerbread houses, hot cocoa and baby snuggles by the crackling fireplace, and riding in Santa’s sleigh (Judson loved “holding the reigns” and it was the cutest thing ever)!! It was so special having our sweet new Santa baby Levi Rhett here for his very first time and it was so magical seeing all the twinkle in his little eyes!! Goodness I love this time of year and all of the festive Christmas magic all around!!
Click here to see a peak into a cozy rainy little December morning with my babies!
These truly are my favorite kind of slow cozy rainy mondays at home with my babies after such a fun weekend of Christmas festivities!!!
Fully convinced there’s nothing more holy or sacred than rocking a sweet sleeping baby to sleep in the early morning hours (in a quiet house) by a glowing Christmas tree - and I love to spend this time praying over those I love, too!!
Judson proudly turned on the colorful lights on the dining room tree when he got up that morning and I love the joy it brings him!! The sweetest “merry monday” morning coffee view!! And he loves to help “bubba” play with his new toys and it’s the sweetest thing - no one can prepare you for how precious sibling love is!! It truly has been such a gift watching Judson absolutely THRIVE as a big brother these days!!
This particular rainy rainy monday called for prepping some more sourdough with the cutest little helpers!! And books upon Christmas books on the screened-in porch with my cutie firstborn while baby bubba was napping!! Love a good rainy cozy December morning around here at home with my babies!!
Click here to see a reel from our special time at the BFCC Santa Brunch!
It’s the holiday season and the most wonderful time of the year - and even more special now with our newest little Santa baby here in our arms to experience allllll the Christmas traditions and magic for the very first time!! So very thankful for precious family time with my parents, Christmas decor that sparkles and shines, and all the JOY and LOVE that the season brings!!
Click here to see the sweetest video of our little Santa babies in their matching Santa hats!!
I hope this brings you some JOY and Christmas cheer!! Our nightly Christmas🎄 family storytime sure is extraaaaa cute with these happy little Santa babies of ours!! I mean… it just doesn’t get any sweeter than these Christmas cuties in their matching Santa hats and jammies!!
PS. Linked these adorable matching baby/toddler Santa hats and Classic Whimsy Christmas jammies for y’all over on my LTKit shop!! So thankful for all of you who “shop with me,” there - it’s truly been such a gift!!
Click here to see a fun little Christmas ornament-making night we had!
It was such a fun and festive little rainy tuesday night around here with our little Santa babies!
Every year, I love to do some kind of handmade ornament (for keepsakes & to share with loved ones as gifts) and Judson had a ball painting these adorable little ceramic figure ornaments I found (linked them over on my LTKit shop for y’all) and ofcourse we had to do the precious little “baby’s first handprint” ornament for Sweet Baby Levi Rhett (just like we did when Judson was a baby - and yes, I linked these for y’all over on my LTKit shop, too - highly recommend)!!
And Wes’ sweet mama (our babies’ “RaRa”) gave us this year’s Hallmark ornaments for our dining room tree(that is full of a collection of ornaments from both Rhonda and Wes’ Granny - who Levi “Rhett” was named after) and Judson had an absolute ball seeing all of the different ones she picked out for our family and hanging them on our tree!! Oh what a fun December night with our growing family and so so special having our newest little Santa baby here in our arms this year for our #firstchristmasasafamilyoffour and the best gift ever!!
It’s the most wonderful time of year full of lots of Christmas cheer with the cutest new lil’ Santa baby here in our arms and we are so very thankful for the heavenly love, hope, love, and peace that the season brings - all the baby snuggles by the tree, Christmas crafting, sourdough baking, packing and mailing out lots of EMC orders, Christmas books, ornament hanging, and sweet brother lovin’ and magic through their eyes that melts my heart constantly!! Thank you, Lord, for these Christmas blessings of mine!!
Click here to see a reel of a sweet December day from start to finish!
What a sweet and special December day it was with these cutie Santa babies of ours!!
That morning we headed out the door for our last Bible study (& pre-school group for J) gathering of the semester with cutie little gifts for all the teachers and some fresh-baked sourdough bread to share at the Christmas party luncheon afterwards!! We had the sweetest most fun little morning with our friends there and these precious baby boys were looking SO handsome in their new Christmas outfits (Judson LOVED his bow tie)!!! Be still my heart!!!
Judson came home with the sweetest little crafts from his adorable class (as always) that are truly my favorite thing ever!!! He put together this adorable little nativity set of stickers, painted Jesus in the manger, and his precious teachers even made 2024 ornaments with his little picture on it!! My heart!! SO beyond grateful for this community Bible study and how it has blessed our growing family!! And most importantly, what a GIFT it is how much Judson is learning about Jesus!! Truly the most important thing and makes my mama heart so full of joy!!!
And then back for the sweetest Christmas angel snuggles by the tree with my whittle Santa baby while big brother was napping - couldn’t be more more grateful for this cozy precious time of year and you just can’t beat this view for #babysfirstchristmas !
And Sweet Baby Levi Rhett was lovinggg his little light up Santa socks - the cutest!! - before we went to dinner downtown at one of our favorite local burger joints with Wes’ parents and then walked around to look at Christmas lights!! It truly feels like we are living in a little real-life hallmark movie here at Christmas time - just pure magic!!! My Mamaw and Papaw used to always take us to see these same lights growing up, and it’s so special getting to bring our TWO babies all snuggled up on this cold December evening to see it all!! Such a gift!!
Click here to see a little view into another cozy little December morning!
These Santa cuties make it feel like Christmas every morning around here - goodness I just love this time of year so!!
Someone was loving playing with his “little Jesus” that his “RaRa” gave to him last night and telling mama all about “Jesus’ birthday party” this morning while I was cooking breakfast! I love this sweet baby and his heart for the Lord so!!
Convinced I have the sweetest “morning coffee view” of all in this happy whittle santa baby of mine!! And then time for baby snuggles and playdough play - and Judson told me he was baking me some “Christmas cookies” hehe!!
Being a stay-at-home mama and raising these sweet babies in this precious simple season of life is the greatest gift and dream come true! I wouldn’t trade these slow cozy mornings with my littles for anything in the world!!
Click here to see a reel of our fun time at the Grove Park Inn this Christmas!
What a special time we had carrying on our Grove Park at Christmas tradition - this year, with a brand new lil’ santa baby in our arms for his very first Christmas!!
PS. The best part about going to the Omni Grove Park at Christmas time are the beautiful gingerbread house glass mugs - we have quite the collection after the past few years!!
Click here to see a reel of the most JOYful Friday back home with my parents – a day full of Christmas blessings upon blessings!
Sweetest little morning with these cutie polar bears - and someone has been lovingggg playing with his tractor engine #gifted to us by John Deere - just wait til we get out to our land, baby boy!! You’re gonna be in heaven!! Also… ordered some more canvases and floating frame photos for our home and gallery wall of the WHOLE fam of four last night & can’t wait to add to our walls in the new year (always my tradition)!! Then we got dressed oh so festive and fun to go spend the day back in Charlotte with my parents (and brought Bridges barbecue for lunch - my daddy’s favorite)!! And look at our whittle sleeping Santa baby in his cutie outfit and socks - my heart!!
It was the BEST day back home in Charlotte!! First off, my sweet mama and I went to go see the new Wicked Movie and it was SO GOOD - better than I could’ve hoped for based on how much I loved the broadway show - I had been dying to see it!! And such a sweet “girl time” with my mama while we let “the boys” have some guy time hehe! Then we had some fun making little Christmas treats with my mom (Judson’s “Nana”) - one of my favorite traditions every year!! Judson is at such a fun age this Christmas season and it’s been such a joy!!!
We had such special family time together and thanking Jesus for His many blessings this Christmas season!! My parent’s tree is always so breathtakingly beautiful and it’s so special seeing all 5 (!!) of their grandchildren’s stockings hanging up on the mantle - I love being one of four girls and having such a big family!! We did puzzles with Judson, lots of Sweet Baby Levi Rhett snuggles, and ended the night all together watching my dad’s favorite classic Christmas movies - Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph, and Charlie Brown Christmas (which is always so nostalgic to me and some of my favorite memories with him growing up, too)!! Today was such a gift from the Lord and I just love my family so!!!
Cutest pics of the sweetest little Santa Baby under the tree I ever did see!! Sweet Baby Levi Rhett, you truly are a pure lump of angel SUGAR and the BEST gift this holiday season and we are so thankful you are here this year for your very first Christmas!!
Wes and Judson went off to get their haircuts in our little town and it was the coziest little slow morning with my tiniest snuggly Santa baby - soaking in allllll the #babysfirstchristmas sweetness with this cuddly Christmas cutie!! I truly already have everything I could ever want for Christmas this year - Thank you, Jesus!!!
Couldn’t be more in love with our 2024 ornament that just came in the mail from my sweet friend from Clemson days, Emma, over at Little Abner Co, to add to our collection as the absolute most precious keepsake to always remember our #firstchristmasasafamilyoffour (& very sweetest one yet) with big brother Judson, Sweet Red, and our newest little Santa baby Levi Rhett here in our arms this Christmas!!! It sure is going to be a Christmas to remember!
Click here to see a reel of a magical Saturday with our little santa babies!
The most wonderful time of year is even more magical with a snuggly little Santa baby here in our arms!!
This was my favorite kind of Christmas season day - It was the coziest little slow morning soaking in all the smiles and sleepy snuggles with my tiniest little Santa baby - hence the cutest pics and videos I think I have ever taken hehe!!
We spent most of the afternoon playing in the yard - letting Judson ride around on his beloved tractor and hit some golf balls - I sure do love this country #boymamalife of mine!!
Put the final touches on the little handmade ornaments we made as a family earlier that week and they were ready to wrap up for loved ones under the tree!! These make precious gift ideas for family (especially grandparents) and I linked them for y’all over on my LTKit shop, too!! Also went to Walgreens to pick up my annual photo canvas, wooden panel, and floating frame order - I LOVE to share these as gifts and also for our own home every year (it’s a gift Wes and I give each other) - to hang once the new year hits!! I am so happy with how they all turned out and am excited to finally have so many printed photos of our now family of FOUR!!
We spent that December Saturday evening spreading some cheer and delivering some yummy Christmas treats!! Then we got hot chocolates and drove around looking at all of the beautiful Christmas lights and it was just the dreamiest!!! I just love this time of year so!!! So magical!! And now ending the night wrapping up some final gifts and watching “Home Alone” with my hubby by the Christmas tree - the best kind of December day!!
Hearts and hands full of so much gratitude and JOY this Christmas season!!
Our festive plans for one rainy and cold December night included gingerbread house decorating - both Judson and Sweet Baby Levi Rhett’s very first time!! And oh what FUN we had!! Such a fun tradition I can’t wait to continue with our growing family in the years to come and I loved seeing how proud Judson was of his “very own gingerbread house” - the cutest!!
Click here to see a reel of our gingerbread house decorating fun!!
This December weekend was full of so much Christmas JOY - a sweet visit back “home for the holidays” to visit my parents and to do a little holiday “baking with Nana,” sweet time with my country boys out and about delivering goodies and admiring all the Christmas lights, soaking in the sweetest Santa baby snuggles by the Christmas tree, finishing up some very last gift wrapping and card writing, gingerbread house decorating, andddd sweet baby giggles and Christmas snowman cookies with bedtime stories last night!! These truly are the days and I just love being their mama!! Christmastime with a toddler and new baby is joy upon joy around here and I love experiencing the magic of it all through their sweet little eyes!!
Click here to see another merry little Monday around here!!
The sweetest “merry monday” morning coffee view with these sweet babies and looking out the window to see the first camellia bloom of the season!! Such a little gift from God!!!
Baby snuggles and choo choo trains by the Christmas tree is my kind of start to the new week!! One of my favorite things about toddlerhood is seeing how Judson build and creates things from his own imagination - my sweet smart trains, construction, and cars loving firstborn baby boy (ps… linked all of these over in my LTKit shop for y’all to shop there, too)!!!
Then we headed out the door to ship out our FINAL EMC orders of the year (woohoo!!) and then went on the most magical little country cloudy day “sleigh ride” walk with my babies - one fast asleep and the other lovingggg all of the beautiful Christmas decorations up all around the trail and “winter wonderland!” Goodness, I love this time of year so!!
Also…. Sweet Baby Levi Rhett LOVES his puppy bestie Red and it is truly the most precious thing ever!!! Be still my heart - babies and puppies are truly God’s greatest gift to us!!
Click here to see the merriest “merry mail” that came in from Dreamland Baby CO - the most precious, soft, and heavenly baby sleep sacks!! And goodness gracious… our little Santa Baby sure does love them!!
Andddd the best news is… they gave me a code for y’all!! You can use EMILYMABRY15 at check-out and get 15% off your order (site-wide)!! These truly are the dreamiest sleep sacks around and your babies (& you!) will love!!
This past week Sweet Baby Levi Rhett got to try some baby food (aka mama’s breastmilk mixed with oatmeal) for the first time by the Christmas tree and let’s just say our little Santa baby loved it (and Judson loved getting to take over his “big brother” role, too)!Goodness I love these sweet babies so and being their mama!! And then we were headed out for one of our favorite country Christmas traditions this time of year - tis’ the season, y’all!!
Click here to see oh what a FUN little country time we had carrying on one of our very favorite traditions every Christmas season - going to see the Magic of Lights at Hollywild! Our Christmas and animal-loving little Judson was at SUCH a fun age this year and loved it so much - admiring all of the colorful lights and feeding all of the animals!! And Sweet Baby Levi Rhett was fast asleep the whole time there and all the way home!!
I sure do love all of these sweet country boys of mine and feel so blessed to be “their girl” and do all the country farm things with them - like Wes said, this just got us even more excited for our farm sweet far and all that’s to come out there!!
Click here to see a sweet little magical december motherhood moment I always want to remember of my babies so little!! This time last year, Judson was kissing “baby bubba” in mama’s belly… and this year, he’s cuddling and making him giggle - and it just keeps on getting sweeter every single day!!
Was rocking Sweet Baby Levi Rhett down for his last nap of the day before “Dada” got home from work, and Judson crawled up in my lap and this sweetness happened - be still my heart, y’all!! Full arms and fuller heart!! Being their mama is the greatest gift and I love that God gave them a built in brother bestie in one another for all of their days -
and it’s been sweeter than I even could’ve dreamed or imagined seeing Judson be the BEST big brother in the whole wide world!! Thank you, Jesus, for these precious gifts!! I truly already have all I want for Christmas this year!!
Click here to see such a fun little Christmas handprint and footprint keepsake craft for our #firstchristmasasafamilyoffour -
and can’t believe how close we are to Christmas y’all!!
And click here to see another of our favorite traditions every year of going to see the beautiful lights at the “Christmas House” in our Santa jammies – it could not have been more special!! Judson was taking it all in and giddy as can be and Sweet Baby Levi Rhett was fast asleep (such a precious sight with the lights all aglow around him) -
goodness, there is truly nothing like experiencing the magic of the season with sweet precious little ones!!
Click here to see a reel of the merriest little start to christmas weekend around here!
There is nothing like a quiet house with your morning coffee by the glowing Christmas tree!! Wes was off and it was the coziest little “Friday before Christmas” morning around the house - look how cute last night’s craft turned out, too!!
And is there anything better than starting the Friday before Christmas off with some fresh pot pourri?! Our house smells heavenly and like straight Christmas JOY y’all!!
This snuggly whittle Santa baby is sweet as sugar and I just wanna eat him right up!! (p.s… linked our cozy jammies over on my LTKit shop)!! Spent the rest of the morning fetching eggs from our ladies
and admiring the neatest little antique Christmas angel toy that my sweet Uncle Edgar gave Judson the other day - soooo magical!!
We had the best little time going to pick up some last special family Christmas gifts (they even wrapped them for us - so precious!!), play at the playground, and take in the Christmas decor!! Judson loved the giant tree all decorated for Christmas - this time of year truly is so magical!! Happy Christmas Weekend, friends!!
My very own Christmas love - I already have all I want for Christmas this year in the happiest sweetest little six-month old Santa Baby Levi Rhett of ours!!
PS. And yesterday was the First Official Day of Winter, y’all!! Can’t believe we are officially just 3 sleeps away from Christmas!! We have been having a cozy little Christmas weekend at home soaking up all the December snuggles and magic by the tree and headed to Charlotte later yesterday afternoon for one of my family’s favorite holiday party traditions we’ve been doing with our closest family friends since I was a little little girl!! I just love the love, joy, and precious memories this time of year brings and it’s been the sweetest Christmas season yet as a brand new family of FOUR this year - such a sweet sweet gift!!
Christmas love, blessings,
precious memories around the tree snuggling my baby, fun traditions (like Christmas lights, holiday crafts, and fresh stovetop potpourri), walking around town to admire all the decor,
and savoring time with those you love is what the season is all about!! Hearts so full of joy to the Lord this Christmas season!!
PS. My babies in their precious Christmas smocks have my wholeeeee heart - cuteness overload!!!!
And last night was such a fun time back home in Charlotte with the whole “Carpenter Caravan” back together (so good to be back all three of my sisters!) - love coming from a big family - nothing like it!!!
Had a blast at the annual Christmas party with my parents’ best friends and their kids (& grandkids now!!) and celebrating my lil’ sis MJ and Chris' engagement, too!!
Happy happy times!
And onto an EMC note…
And just like that, all EMC Christmas orders have officially been SHIPPED and headed out to all of my sweet customers’ homes!! Woohoo!!!
My tiny little happy elves sure were happy getting to help mama finish packing up and ship out lots of big EMC orders at the post office these last few weeks!!!
I am just so thankful for these cutest little Santa’s helpers in sweet Judson and Sweet Baby Levi Rhett - helping mommy send out lots and lots of happy EMC art this holiday season to all of YOU!!
It’s been SUCH an honor getting to create, share, and send out so many EMC designs to you and your loved ones this Christmas season and I can’t wait to see pics of y’all giving and receiving your EMC lettering art and cards, too!! As always, share pics and tag me on social media, too - it makes my day!!
And yes friends, I am already taking print/notecard orders for the new year now!! 2025 is going to be such a fun one already!!
So message me today if you’d like to place an order as well! I am so thankful for this sweet small business and what it means to my family!
And for those of y’all who may be new around here, make sure to head on over to @emilymabrycreative over on Instagram to see all the fun lettering art things I’ve been up to and my personal page @emilyjoannemabry to keep up with our little family!
I’d love to have you following along there, too!!
And for those of you who are new around here to the EMC Blog, you can also find me and “shop with me” over on the LIKEtoKNOW.it app. So, if you haven’t already, make sure to download the app and “follow” me there (I put instructions over on my LIKEtoKNOW.it story highlight over on my personal Instagram page @emilyjoannemabry) - where I’m always sharing all my favorite lifestyle products, baby/kids’ items (and cute clothes, of course!), mommy items, pregnancy items, and finds!!
You can download the app and follow me here:
I am also constantly sharing “links” on my Instagram stories where you can click, and it will take you to be able to “shop” that specific photo & what you see!!
Like I always say… this blog is such a fun little creative outlet for me and truly just feels like one big “scrapbook” in a lot of ways!! I absolutely love getting to share our lives with you on this EMC Blog as well as over on my personal Instagram page!!
We are living in the sweetest days with our newest little santa baby here in our arms and are absolutely loving being a family of four!!
We are absolutely smitten with our Sweet Little Baby Levi Rhett and soaking in allllll the sweet baby snuggles and lovin’ these days!! So grateful to have each and every one of you here following along – we love you and this entire EMC Community so!!!
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