Daddy's Girl...

...How are thy leaves so verdant!

So is it wrong of me to let her grab the ornaments for the sake of really cute pictures this year, knowing that next year it's going to be a "no no"!?!?

It's just nurturing her desire to explore right!...she has to touch in order to learn right!...

Either way...she won't remember this next year anyway!

There's that face again...Love it! Love it!!!

...O Christmas Tree...

Is it me or does it look like she's trying to do the "sprinkler"!?!

O Christmas Tree...

I told you she makes this face every time she touches the tree branches!

Christmas Decorations...

Valerie requested pics of our tree...I went ahead and took some extra pics (imagine that!)...

Elina's first Christmas ornament from last year (I was pregnant...that counts!)

Some special ornaments that I had made for this year!...

no fireplace to hang our stockings from...so I hung a shelf in the kitchen (Ellie isn't too upset that we haven't found the perfect stocking for her yet!)

Our neighbors gave us this little snowman for Ellie's first Christmas...precious! (Thank you Blair Family!)

This feels weird...

This was Ellie's reaction when we let her feel the Christmas tree...

(she still makes this same reaction every time she gets to touch the tree)