merry christmas to you & yours

simply put by bella, why we celebrate christmas -

" baby jesus' birthday"

Christmas countdown. . .

conversations with bella 4 days before Christmas . . .

'BIG' tree, with lights on it - while pointing up to the sky

santa. . . good boys good girls. . . presents

santa's watching. . .

shhhhh, gingerbread man sleeping - while pointing to the gingerbread house

jingle bell rock. . . jingle bell rock. . . jingle bell rock

she may have no concept of time, but she knows what's coming her way & i couldn't be more excited for her!

new dr.

this morning was isabella's 24 month well visit. . . we just switched dr.'s with the help of a referral from a good friend - 'thanks jenn'. since about 9 months old, isabella has absolutely despised going to the doctor - huge crocodile tears & all. i've been hyping the visit up for the past couple days & she seemed very excited to go & knew what she was in for. she was totally fine up until they called us back & the tears start. . . kicking & screaming while, 2, yes, 2 nurses (plus me) tried to weigh her and measure her. once we saw the dr. ( who was very nice & good with her) she opened up & by the end of the visit she was chattin' everyone up, waving, saying 'bye-bye' & blowing kisses to all the nurses in the office - you would have thought she was running for public office - it was way too funny! all in all, the dr. & nurses were really, really great & wonderful with her. we do have to go back for the next half of her H1N1 shot in four weeks. . . i dread sharing that news with her.

typical busy day. . .

a little christmas shopping, birthday shopping, grocery shopping, vacuumed the upstairs, 2 loads of laundry, changed bella's crib sheet & made lunch... all before 1pm with a tiny 2 yr old in tow.   now with a sleeping toddler, enjoying a peppermint mocha, a little christmas music & a book. . .    then off again to a birthday party - enjoy your sunday!!  

it's been just us girls this weekend while daddy's away.  we've been super busy christmas shopping & making snowmen.  we've been learning all about santa & reading 'twas the night before christmas' every night.  i'll have to post our snowman project next time.  these pictures are from last sunday when the weather was beautiful - not the current mid 30's we're feeling today.  isabella's so excited to make her gingerbread house tomorrow - stay tuned. . .