My Christmas Angel
Waiting in line to see the big man!
We sat down with Tori and Santa first just
in case Tori didn't feel like sitting on Santa's lap.
And good thing too.... oh my! Even after talking to him for a couple of minutes and a few pictures she didn't want anything to do with being left alone with Santa :)
Goodbye's and a hug later she calmed down a bit.
She liked this Santa much better.
Don't worry, she
didn't eat the whole thing (shared with mom and dad) but she wouldn't let anyone take the last little bit away from her!
We weren't sure after how she did with Santa if she would be
ok riding in the Christmas train since we couldn't go with her. It was only $1 so we figured if she didn't want to get on, no big deal. She sat in the engine with a couple of other kids. She let us put her on the seat and walk away which we were very
surprised about.
And she LOVED it! She smiled and waved and giggled the whole time!
She cried when it was over :)
Here are a few pictures goofing off infront of the tree. We have the "Christmas room" blocked off with baby gates because once she's in there its like a tornado hits! She rips open gifts, pulls all the bows off the boxes, yankes down all the ornaments she can reach and shoves them in the gift bags (someone may get an extra gift this year, I think Im still missing a few!). We can't wait to see what she does Christmas morning!
Snow! We've had a few flurries but today we had the first real snow of the season.
Brrrrr!
Sledding with Tori.
It was so windy the bird feeder was swinging all over the place. Crazy birds! Shouldn't you be hiding in a bush somewhere?
Making some Christmas crafts.
We've had lots of geese and birds migrating and every time Tori sees a group flying out the car window or in the back yard she gets so excited and yells "WHOA!" or jumps around and points. So I thought we should put out some seed and the birds attacked the feeder before we could even get inside, which she loved since they were so close. So we went for a walk and collected a couple of pine cones and made some old fashioned bird feeders with peanut butter and rolled in seeds for our birdie friends. What a fun little project!
Just 3 weeks into having tubes she already has another double ear infection! Her ears are draining like crazy again so she's getting drops in her ears three times a day. We finished one bottle and she was playing with it. She went right to her baby and put drops in her ears :) Such a good mommy!
She's also started putting her baby in the booster seat and feeding her (I haven't broken the news to her yet that babies don't eat crackers). :)
Oh Tori! She must have found a box of hot cocoa packets in the pantry (she can open the door now and pull things off the bottom shelves). She managed to tear one open and dump it on the floor. I found her drawing in the "sand." Its amazing how quickly she can get herself into such a mess!
Brian Jeff and Tori with the butterfly tree.
A close-up of Brian's favorite, The Golf Tree.
My favorite tree-The Wine Tree!
Tori loved the winter wonderland!
Ginger bread cookies!!
Time to pick out our own Christmas tree! We always get a live tree, we just love the smell of a real pine tree and the excitement of trying to find the perfect one. "Mommy, I like this one!"
A few hours later! Tada!!
The outside of the house! The 7 foot santa was a new addition this year.
Making Christmas cookies :)
I think we wore poor Tori out! Hehe. She fell asleep with her coat on and her hand still in her snack-trap :) I cant wait to make plans for next weekend and to take Tori to visit Santa! 
We found out a couple of weeks ago that Tori needed tubes due to recurrent ear infections and persistent fluid in her ears. Her surgery was 
Winter coat! She is not a big fan of the hood except to play peek-a-boo with it :)
