Tuesday, December 21, 2010

You Better Watch Out…

I braved the mall so Abby could get her picture taken with Santa. I took Kate to the same place for her first Christmas and I love this Santa. I dressed Kate in case she’d take her picture since I didn’t do one last year. Apparently she is still not over her fear since she wanted nothing to do with Santa. I thought this year would be better since she understands who he is and talks about him all the time. Santa was nice and said I could put Kate on his lap even with her crying. I didn’t want to do that to her so we only got a picture with Abby. Abby did great. She was very interested in Santa for a little bit and then she started reaching for me and trying to climb out of his lap.

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I had to convince Kate Santa wasn’t going to show up to get her to take these pictures!

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While waiting in line my Dad took Kate to play and to ride on the train. She was so cute and would wave to everyone the train drove by.

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After Santa we ate lunch and then Kate rode the carousel with my Dad. Again Kate was waving to everyone as it rotated.

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This is what Abby did…

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Sunday, December 19, 2010

Abby

My baby is 9 months old!

Abby is the sweetest, funniest little baby. She is crawling ALL over the house. Standing on everything. She has excellent balance. Pretty much never falls and can bend over and pick up a toy all while standing. She says MaMa, DaDa, ByBy, Hi, and some other babble. She loves to pat-a-cake and play peekaboo. Wakes up way too early for my taste but goes to bed early also. Abby and Kate have started to really interact with each other and it’s adorable. I’m starting to see the benefits of siblings entertaining each other.

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Weight: 18.5oz (50%)

Height: 27 1/4cm (50%)

Head:  44 1/2 (50-75%)

Love You Babe

Happy 6 year Anniversary to Us! Jason surprised me with a date to the High Museum to see the Dali exhibit then to a fancy dinner. He knows me so well! (I will write another post just about the exhibit because it was incredible/mind blowing/fantastically amazing)

I love that we have so much fun together! I am a very lucky girl ;)

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Monday, December 13, 2010

A Gingerbread Masterpiece

My very talented friend Melissa showed us how to make a completely edible gingerbread house from scratch. Again, EVERYTHING was made from scratch and EVERYTHING is edible! The dough was made, rolled out, then the pieces of the house were cut out. The house was attached with caramelized sugar, which also was used to make the windows. The decorations were attached with homemade icing (made by Melissa).

This is my new favorite tradition. It was so fun hanging out together and I loved decorating the house. I think I ate  more candy than made it onto the house Smile Melissa not only shared her talents but helped keep our kids from going crazy while we decorated.

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Completed house with Santa and his elves on the roof

Monday, December 6, 2010

The Answer is Still NO

Abby loves dogs and giggles whenever she seems them. Luckily we’re occasionally around dogs or we really would be the cruelest parents for not buying them a pet.

She’s so fun!