We Wish You A Merry Christmas!

He's making a list and checking it twice.....

Santa Claus is coming to town!

Last weekend, Santa Claus visited us in our neighborhood, Westhaven! It was so neat! Instead of having to wait in lines like you do at the mall, we just got to pick the time that we wanted to visit - then just show up at the Residents' Club. This fun visit was complete with snacks and juice! Definitely much more kid-friendly! :)

Getting ready to see Santa!

I have been such a good girl this year!

So here goes the visit with Santa..... Don't let the pictures fool you!

"Hmmmmm.... Who is this strange man?"

"I'm not sure I like this!"

Sooo, here's what really happened.....

Poor baby! I know I am not nice for posting that, but I couldn't help it! She made us laugh because she knew something wasn't right! She lost it when Santa looked at her and started talking! We'll have to see what happens next year! ;)



I was so excited about that weekend, not only did Santa come, but it was Franklin's annual "Dickens of a Christmas," and also the lighting of the luminaries in our neighborhood - complete with carolers, hot chocolate and Christmas goodies. To my disappointment, we didn't get to participate in anything except going to see Santa because Elle wasn't feeling well. This was the weekend before we found out she had an ear infection. On Sunday, Elle ended up sleeping the ENTIRE day. This had never, ever happened! Elle barely even naps, and does well to sleep 10 hours at night - we knew something was definitely wrong! I am just so relieved she is feeling better, though, so it didn't matter that we had to miss out! I will be so glad when spring is here - hopefully our entire house can be free from sickness for a while!

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree!

So, I was thinking that Elle probably wouldn't pay much attention to the Christmas trees in our house this year - I was soooo wrong! Instead, they are pretty much the reason she started crawling forward (we are no longer going in reverse!) several weeks ago! haha! BJ and I spend our days chasing her around, trying to catch her before she steals an ornament or tries to pull the tree over!



Our main tree in the living room has a few ornaments made of foam balls wrapped in ribbon that are perfect for her to play with since they aren't breakable. I tried to strategically place them around the bottom of the tree for her!

My little ornament stealer - caught red handed! ;)

How can you say no to this sweet little face?!

Here is Elle's favorite tree! I got her a little pink tree for her bedroom. I had a lot of fun decorating this! Elle loved this tree so much that she pulled it completely over a couple of weeks ago! uh oh! I have seriously re-decorated this tree at least 10 times!

I think Elle might possibly design Christmas ornaments one day! I can't get over how much she studies them!

These trees have no ornaments, so she leaves them alone, of course! I guess I should have thought about having just trees and lights throughout the house! :)

"Baxter, I already told you - these pictures are just supposed to be of me!"

Here is my little elf helping me wrap away! What a good little helper I have!

"We have how many more to wrap???"

Hope everyone is having a great weekend! Christmas is less than a week away! Unbelievable!