Good laughing

Anna Kate has such a great sense of humor, toddler humor, that is. She will crack herself up! She changes/adds just one word to a song or a sentence or a story, and just laughs and laughs. Then, of course, she repeats it over and over, laughing all the time. It's great.

The last few days

Doesn't she look like such a "big girl"? She loves that coat from Aunt Emilie and Uncle Chris, and I totally understand why . . . she looks hip and cool.
With more teeth on their way (up top, who knows how many?), we finally captured the bottom two - if you look really closely.
We went to the WinterFestival downtown today. We actually had snow before we left and a little while we were there, but it didn't stick. Nevertheless, winter gear was in full force! Lucy didn't like her really warm hat, so we finally removed it and went for the less-coverage, happier Lucy-with-just-a-hood. Right here, they are watching sheep . . . Lucy thought they were hilarious. Anna Kate has seen them before!
And after dinner, the girls are dancing. With Lucy getting steadier on her feet, Anna Kate is involving her in some physical play. "I want her to dance with me." Around and around they go at Anna Kate's direction until someone falls down and gets hurt!

Christmas morning favorite: Lucy climbing on a box

And, on another note, Anna Kate had her three-year check-up today and is 36 inches tall and 31 pounds!

Merry Christmas!

Here's a peek at Christmas morning at our house. Once we began, we realized we were not "ready" - Megan had to run for a trash bag for wrapping paper, Dave needed to go downstairs to get all sorts of tools (the wire cutter was the most vital in getting those toys out of their boxes) . . . We don't have nearly the peeks at Christmas morning we wish we did! We also realized it's really a challenge to keep Lucy into her own presents, Anna Kate waiting for her turn, countless other things, and take pictures. But, here's a few . . .
Anna Kate with her stocking . . . she was so ready to go!
Lucy still drinking milk! She is always ready to go, even when she doesn't know where we are going!

Daddy and Anna Kate helping Lucy open her new pink princess phone from her stocking! This was the big hit of Christmas for Lucy.

The girls dive in to presents. Lucy, of course, needed help, and surprisingly Anna Kate wasn't too interested in opening Lucy's presents.



Other than the cell phone, this was how Lucy spent most of Christmas! She loved the box that Anna Kate's Little People farm came in. She used it to reach things on the couch, as a stage, as a stool . . . she just wanted to be on top of it - sitting, standing, climbing. She didn't really care which of those things!

Christmas Eve

Here are my best attempts to get a picture of the girls together on Christmas Eve. You can see that I didn't succeed, really. They even had matching outfits - pink skirts and cream-colored tops with a matching pink flower. They are cute!

Anna Kate's birthday

Here's a sampling of the day! Enjoy! We missed everyone celebrating with us, but Anna Kate certainly felt your generosity and love throughout the day.

This is especially for the Chapas!!