Chirstmas Eve

Of course we had a great Christmas Eve with great food, presents to open, and people we love.

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Here is a self portrait. Don't mind the food all over her shirt. She just had to take a 'piturrrrr'!

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Auntie and Unc got Noelle this mechanical puppy and she is in LOVE. I am so upset that I did not get a video of her down in front of the puppy giving it kisses while it barked. SO CUTE!

Sniff...Sniff...

I just came down from rocking Noelle and putting her to bed and my thoughts wandered to this poem...

Mother, oh Mother, come shake out your cloth, empty the dust pan, poison the moth, hang out the washing and butter the bread, sew on a button and make up a bed.

Where is the mother whose house is so shocking? She's up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.

Oh, I've grown shiftless as Little Boy Blue (lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).

Dishes are waiting and bills are past due (pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peek-a-boo).

The shopping's not done and there's nothing for stew and out in the yard there's a hullabaloo but I'm playing Kanga and this is my Roo.

Look! Aren't her eyes the most wonderful hue? (lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).

The cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow, for children grow up, as I've learned to my sorrow.

So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust go to sleep.

I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.

This is true, babies don't keep. When the clock strikes 2:28 am, Noelle will be two years old. I can scarcely believe how the time has gone. What used to be my precious little bumble who wanted nothing more than to nurse and snuggle, now just wants to run and jump and get into all kinds of trouble. Despite all of the work I thank the Lord for sending me this precious angel.

Christmas Morning!

Santa made it to our house and brought us some great gifts. We hope you got a visit from him, too!

Our Tree, notice very few ornaments. We just decided to not even deal with trying to keep Noelle away from them.

Trying it out...

She even sat on it to open her gifts.

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MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Favorite Place In The World

Family Pictures!

It is 1:40 in the AM and I cannot sleep. I took a little snooze on the couch after church and this always happens to me when I do that. On Saturday afternoon we went to the beach and had family pictures done. It was freezing cold, there were hurricane force winds, and Noelle skipped lunch and her nap. This was a recipe for disaster if there ever was one. Luckily Noelles favorite place on the whole planet is the beach and so she had a lot of fun playing. Who knows how the posed family ones will turn out, but the candids are great. Heather sent me a few to sneak peak and here they are......

What Did She Just Say?

Daddy gave Noelle an animal cookie (a very special treat.) She accidentally dropped it and said, "What the heck!!!???

Where on earth did she learn to talk like that?

I said that Noelle does not like TV. There is one exception, this show on TLC. For whatever reason I saw it on the the guide and decided to record it one day. She watched it one time and now she is OBSESSED. From the minute she wakes up she is asking for Wilbur.

"Where Willburrrrr? Pweeeeeeze, Mommy Wilburrrrr?"

Noelle Is The Best Because...

1. She lays down in the bath and says quietly over and over, "Oh da water...Oh da water...Oh da water..."
2. Her favorite pass time (aside fr0m computers, phone or remotes) is to clomp around the house in every pair of shoes she can find (her favorite way to do it is stark naked while she finds weird things to put in her little stroller and push that around, too.)
3. She comes to give me hugs and kisses then runs to the couch. She hides behind the cushions and says, "Bye Mommy, I yuv you!"
4. She loves to eat nuts.
5. She loves to plain yogurt, she would probably choose yogurt over any type of junk food.
6. She loves to eat bread and whenever she sees it she loudly yells out, "OH, DA BREAD!"
7. She loves to eat salad.
8. I guess she just really likes to eat. She comes by it naturally.
9. She has no fear (except dark rides at Disneyland.) For example, the waves at the beach knock her over and she jumps back up. She loves to ride in the basket part of the cart and when I stop abruptly it startles her and she bursts out in laughter. She loves to go fast, period.
10. She is the world's biggest copy cat.
11. She always wants you to, "Push it!" and she says it about 900 times a day.
12. She does not like to watch TV.
13. When you ask her where is toy is she say, "I dunno."
14. She hides behind anything she can and yells out, "Where da baby?" and when her face pops out she yells, "Dere she is!"
15. She loves doggies.
16. She loves birdies.
17. She loves kitties.
18. She is very stubborn and I think it will get her far in life.
19. She LOVES buckles.
20. She is head over heels in love with her Daddy. (aka: Disneyland Dad)
21. She loves to sing all kids of primary songs.
22. Her laugh is the sweetest thing I have ever heard.
23. She loves to tickle other people.
24. She has the cutest chubby thighs.
25. She loves her Mommy.

Disneyland!

We had a great time at Disneyland with Auntie 'M'.....

Noelle LOVED the teacups, but HATED Pirates of the Caribbean or any of the other dark rides.

The whole time Noelle's mouth was gaping open because she was so excited.

But next time we may just ride that tram that takes you back and forth from the parking structure because that may have been her favorite part.

Eating Crapes At The Mall

YUM!!!!!!!!!!!

Ruthies Birthday

We all had a really fun time celebrating Ruthies birthday at Jim's House.

Jacob and Noelle had a lot of fun running around and around and playing together!

I think their favorite part was whe they got to dig into the cake before anyone else did.