A Visit with Santa

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!

16 Months

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 yesterday and she did great! She was a little crabby from the anesthesia but came right home and started playing. The doctor said that she developed another bad double ear infection since her last visit so just 24 hours after surgery she seems to already be in less pain. She slept for 12 hours last night and check out the video of what she did today. We were shopping for Christmas decorations and she found a singing Woody doll and apparently loved it. :)

Tori has been picking up a few words here a there this past month. She now says "Bite" whenever she wants what you're eating (or drinking) and she loves to say "baby!" repeatedly when she sees a little one or herself in the mirror. My favorite is that she now answers questions!! I can ask her if she wants to sit on the potty and she'll say "no" or "yeah" or if you take something away that she wants you hear "nanananananana." She sits on the potty a couple of times a day but doesn't quite know what she's supposed to do on it yet. She still loves to cuddle, especially when she's tired. Winter coat! She is not a big fan of the hood except to play peek-a-boo with it :)