Saturday, December 13, 2008

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

Rory feeding herself her first full meal with no help from Mommy and Daddy. What a big girl!!
Abby's a fan of this eating by herself thing.

Our Christmas Tree!!


"Um... mom... this gate is in our way. We MUST explore the rest of the house!!"



Daddy and Abby

"Can I help you?" ~ Abby

"Can't you see I really need to be picked up?" ~Rory

Emma Grace

Rory, Abby and Emma... Such big girls!!!

We are having such a good time gearing up for Christmas! Rory and Abby are excited every day to find new presents under the tree. Rory has taken to trying to scale the side of the play-yard each day to reach the tree and presents. She's getting awful close... scary!! Rory has started crawling up on everything. She loves to climb on the toy baskets in our living room and stand up. Silly girl!! She also likes to lay on her belly in front of the tree and reach her little fingers into the play-yard to pull on the bows on the presents. It's fun to watch. The girls are also so excited about the lights and music. It's the neatest thing to turn on the Christmas tree each day and watch their little eyes light up!! I knew this was going to be a fun time, but I could never have imagined how wonderful it would be!! Another fun thing about this time of the year is getting a chance to see friends and family that we don't get to see very often. One of Michael's cousin's wife and daughter came to visit us this last week!! Emma is a little less than a month older than the girls. The three of them had such a fun time playing with one another!! It's so hard to believe that they will all three be one right after the first of the year. Where has the time gone? We are also eagerly awaiting the arrival of Michael's sister, Rachel, this next week!! This will be the first time that she has gotten a chance to meet Rory and Abby! What a special time it will be for the girls to meet their Aunt Rachel!! This is going to be such a great Christmas!!

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