i just realized i never posted about the gift bags we took to the girls and since some of you sent $$ to help buy their goodies, i'd better post! i wanted to take a pic of their gifts to show ya'll beforehand but i never got a chance w/o the babies thinking it was all for them. lisa and i had so much fun shopping for the perfect stuff for each girl. we wanted their goodies to be safe and creative but not messy so a) their mamas wouldn't want to kill us and b) to keep them entertained on the road w/o needing water for clean-up and so on. we had so many items in each bag, i had to use some of my cmas gift bags cuz i couldn't find any bags at any stores big enough to fit all their stuff. sully laughed at my cmas bags!! lololol!!

nianni's was a challenge since she's still so young so we had to factor in choking hazards and crafts she isn't capable of doing yet. lisa and i found these cute stuffed animals w/tons of outfits and just went CRAZY picking out clothes for the cute lil bear we chose. we got a bridal dress, a yellow raincoat and hat like paddington's that lisa LOVED, an angel outfit... i can't even remember all of the outfits we got for that bear but i do know lisa and i went totally overboard on it!! lol!! she also got a coloring book, crayons and some educational flash cards.

jess and sky's were a lot easier and so much fun too!! they got the the same items w/only a few differences - ie; color by number projects w/colored pencils but jess got a horse and sky got a kitty. they got coloring books, crayons, markers, foam boards to decorate, wooden craft dolls to decorate, camp rock barbies, a foam castle kit to put together, and so on. (lisa - help me out here cuz i can't remember everything! there was so much! lol!!)

jess also got some horse books lisa and i picked up here and there and a demdaco willow tree plaque w/a girl and a horse on it. lisa picked stuff out for them on her own too so those bags were packed to the gills! i don't know if we'll be able to afford to live up to those goodie bags next tour!!

Don't worry..As a family we can manage anything!

thanks deb! i don't know if i told you we got your $$ for the girls' gift bags the day before heading to atl!! a very late thank you!!

i'm already putting goodies aside for the next bags. lol!!

I had hoped it made it on time.