Have you ever waited until the last minute to pack - then ended up over packing? Well, this is kind of like that. I'm so behind on posting pictures, so I'm sure I'm overdoing it - but I figure its better to get it posted than spend the time editing!! (this goes for this post and the last 3 ....) ... so here goes:
We have the hardest time getting MEL to nap at home, although she'll sleep 4-5 hours a day at daycare! Paris, however, has no problem napping - and loves to nap with M (who hasn't transitioned into her own bed yet - oops). Here's M showing us how good she is at not napping:
With it being M's first Christmas, we wanted to get in the spirit early and get a tree, but between the the poor napping, the weather, and the on and off colds she's had, we couldn't find time to make it out to a farm so decided to just walk down to the corner and get one:
And the finished result!
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| such a perfectly shaped tree! |
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| Morgan was enchanted! |
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A couple non-Christmas-related things this month.... 1. wind storms! & 2. M's first derby bout!
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| Brandon and Morgan hiding under the table (in jest of all those freaking out in Portland) |
And then there were the zoolights with GeeMa, Aunt Steph and Cousin Avery:
And then, of course, there was this little thing called crawling!!! Dec. 14 is the date we put on it, although she was almost there for a while, and quickly took off thereafter!
Work Christmas party - Morgan's first present and first meetup with Santa. She did awesome!
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| sick - but still cute! |
But alas, all this excitement got us all sick. I wasn't able to enjoy my birthday, and Morgan wound up with like her 6th or 7th cold of the season - so hard to count when they run from one to the next:
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| poor thing :( |
The crud kept us from a couple holiday parties, which was sad, and we were afraid it was going to affect Christmas, but luckily we felt healthy and not-contagious enough for Christmas Eve. But first, we had to go see Santa!
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| we usually don't do the bow thing, but this was kinda cute |
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| Ignore the guy to the right - this is a decent family photo! |
Then off to GeeMa's for bruch:
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| Aunt Steph and Cousin Avery! |
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| Ryder and Aunt Steph gave me a glow worm! |
Then later, it was off to Uncle Turner's for dinner!
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| Grandpa Whiskers! |
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| Aunt Chelsea and Uncle Turner! |
Christmas morning just at home:
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| helping mom open her presents |
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| Paris got presents too! |
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| her first doll - and she loved it! |
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| but I think she loved the paper the most! |
Watching Santa fly over at Jimmy & Kori's
And just a few more:
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| Morgan has learned to feed Paris. Paris is sooooo happy! |
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| New Year's eve at Corrie's (well, until about 8). This was Morgan's party outfit. |
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| Edit: Adding a good pic of Morgan and Dad on NYE! |
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| One last adoration of the tree before it was taken down. |
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