Merry Christmas

Well, Santa was good to us this year. He brought Bella an Elmo restaurant/kitchen that she immediately began playing with and has really enjoyed. She will stand on one side and want you to sit on the other.  When I was playing with her I repeated the order into the little microphone by the cash register.  The next time we played Bella did the same thing. He brought Becca a little play table that Bella has mostly enjoyed. Becca has really enjoyed the Pooh spinning top that her Gramps and Grandma got her.  She is sitting up now, so she uses it to steady herself.  Becca also has two little teeth on the bottom, but we haven't been able to get a good picture of them. Becca keeps chalking up first year milestones before we even realize that they have happened. I'm sure one day we will look over and she will be crawling 

The weeks leading up to Christmas both girls got sick, Becca is sick in the picture above, and by Christmas mommy was sick. Todd has been struggling with Bells Palsy for a week now. He doesn't have to return to work until the new year, so he is thankful for that. 

Did you say there was a naughty list?

The girls are all excited about the holiday season, ok, Bella is excited about the holiday season. She enjoys turning on the lights to the tree and the lights to the houses in our little Christmas village. She yells, “Lights, Lights” whenever we go out at night – we try not to go out at night as her continuous observations can make the driver skittish. She has an advent calendar and has yet to forget to check it, and better yet I think she has finally grasped the concept that she only gets one candy a day. There was quite a bit of disappointment for several days until she learned this. She also loves playing with her Little People nativity scene. She can tell you that there are two shepherds and who is baby Jesus and Mary. She can identify Santa, snowmen, reindeer and most any other traditional holiday heroes. We take turns singing holiday songs…well I do most of the singing but she makes a great audience. Oh and that naughty list, well, you won't find either Dyer girl on it. But you might find mom and dad on it. Can you believe we forgot to take pictures of Becca's first Thanksgiving. Becca didn't eat much, but boy Bella was heck on that turkey. You won't find her pardoning any of them.

Thanks to Anthony, one of Todd's co-workers, for the picture. He took several of Becca the night of our Christmas party.