Christmas was great!

Wow, Christmas was awesome. Sorry there is so many pictures but we had a lot of fun things going on the past 2 days.

I started off Christmas Eve with a little Foosball.

Then my cousin Madison and I played a little golf.

I took a little break to watch Elmo with my cousin Andrew.

Then I went over to Aunt Debbie & Uncky Puncky's and played with their adorable dog, I love him!

Here are my 2 wonderful aunts; Aunt B and Aunt Trisha.

Here is me on Christmas morning waiting for more presents.

Here I am helping Aunt B open her presents; these people take so long that I just have to get things moving along.

Moving things along again with Buscha.

I love Christmas!

I think this picture sums up all the fun the past few days! This is me and my cousin Abby after eating some Cheetos.

I have been a good girl this year!

Since it is close to Christmas, I thought I would show you some of my favorite things just in case Santa is watching and needs some present ideas.

This is one of my new favorite things to do these days; Mr. Potato Head.

My most favorite things are my strollers of course. I am constantly making mommy or daddy push one while I push the other. I like to stuff lots of things in them but they always carry my twin babies, Sammy & Samantha! If you look closely, you can see Sammy smashed on the bottom in a blue outfit.

Another thing I love is play-doh. Mommy & Daddy don't let me do it as much lately since its in the garage and it is freezing cold out there. Can't you tell I love this by my smile?

See what good of a helper I am? Well... that only latest about 2 minutes then I got bored and watched Calliou instead.

Here is me with my Aunt B decorating the gingerbread men; I actually enjoyed this part.

See how good my first gingerbread man turned out. I think I should be a professional cookie maker some day, don't you agree?

I'm a big girl now!

So we have exciting news that we have been waiting to post just to be sure Mom didn't cave in. I decided I was a big girl now and ready to move on. I threw away my bippys (aka- pacifiers) last Tuesday night. Mom tries to thank Samantha, my doll, but really I just grew up! It hasn't been easy but we are getting there slowly! As you can see below, my bippys are in the trashcan and gone forever!

Here is my doll, Samantha, that I now sleep with every night. I have never slept with anything before so this has been exciting to me and thus I play for long periods of time before going to sleep every night. I think this makes mom crazy but at least I am done with my bippy, right? Mom never seems to be satisfied.......

Preparing for Christmas!

Mom, do I ready have to get Christmas pictures taken?Once I saw that Shane, Andrew & Abby were with me, it wasn't so bad! And we got McDonald's for a snack afterwards.


Then Mom made me do some posing with the reindeer. I wasn't really cooperating, I preferred to pet them.

But I posed great in the car!

Here is my cheeseball smile again.

And again....

At Daddy's Gym

Mom & I went out to watch Daddy's basketball team play this weekend. I love hanging out in the gym.

Here I am praticing my basketball moves.

Here is me with Papa Steve.

It was pure torture that I could see Daddy but couldn't sit on the bench during the game with him. I kept finding ways to sneak over to get some Daddy time!

I got very comfortable at the gym.

I thought maybe Mom's glasses would help me see the game better.

I started to get bored so I thought I would catch up on some reading.

Happy Birthday Papa!

Just a quick post to say "Happy Birthday to Papa!" I really, really love my Papa and was so excited to give him this book!

So much to be Thankful for.....

So we started the week with my Daddy smoking a turkey in his smoker. Pretty cool to watch even though I will not even touch turkey!

This of course was one of my favorite parts about Turkey Day at Aunt Cece's house- her neighbors dogs! I am very thankful for dogs!



So I am thinking about becoming a pianist when I grow up... I think I am pretty good at it!

This is me with my cousin Abby- I am thankful for her too.

My mommy & aunt Susana attempted to get us all in a picture but we just were not in the mood. I am VERY thankful for all of my cousins!

Later that day my friend Stella came over. We stopped for a quick second to eat amongst all the playing. I am thankful for friends.

The thing I am most thankful for is......my parents!!!!

Adult Disneyland Adventure

So you won't believe this but Mommy & Daddy went to Disneyland and they didn't even bring me. I guess they went to some "cool" restaurant at Disneyland called Club 33. But who cares cause I got to stay with Nanny, Papa & Buscha which is just as much fun!

Aren't my Mom & Dad cute......They were due for a little "adult" time as they call it.

Here is all their friends that joined them; Amy, Kris, Chad & Deanna.

They were nice enough to bring me back this cute Minnie hat! Boy did I miss them.

More Silliness.....

As you can see, our little girl keeps getting sillier by the second.....This is her eating her morning toast (with cream cheese of course)- she cracks up at herself every time she does this!

This morning she thought it was funny to try on mommy's dress & bra! She knew she was funny because she even asked for a picture!

Although she didn't think it was funny when she couldn't get it off.

Here is another cheese ball close-up.

This week Mommy had to join in on all this fun!

Silly Girl

Our little girl (no baby anymore) has gotten quite the personality and has become quite the comedian lately. Although sometimes her silliness can get her in trouble; its so hard not to chuckle a little bit.....She thought it was funny to get into mommy's work cart. Then she kept saying "Push me Mommy...faster."

Before my soccer game, she thought it was funny to keep drinking my water. I kept telling her that she needed to save it but then when I wasn't looking.......she would take another drink and laugh aloud (she doesn't know how to be sneaky yet, thank God!).

Here is her up close and personal shot. She was practicing for the doctor although she refused to do it for the doctor today!

Just in case you couldn't see the last one, here is a closer shot. This is Cassidy taking a picture of herself.

Her cousin Shane had to get in on the silliness!