Wisconsin Christmas Part II

Opening her stocking....Annabelle loved her new princess cup... Her stocking was Grandma Mary's when she was a little girl, how sweet!

Organic apple slices

guarding her cup from Dad

Our happy Christmas morning host!

Opening presents. Annabelle loves the book she got from Great Grandma.

She read it for a solid hour in the car on the loooong drive home!

Marilyn and Christopher Jr...CJ's sporting Emmersen's new Cardinals hat!

Annabelle and her washclothes...and Aubie...she loved Aubie...kept trying to pet him, but he's not as receptive as her puppies!

Stealing from Grandma Mary's piggy bank....

Caught RED handed!

reading in the office

Annabelle trying to climb in with Baby Jesus at church!!!

CJ's Baptism

GO PACK GO!

HOME SWEET HOME!

Party Time!

We went out, sans baby last night! It was fun...but we kind of missed Annabelle.....

Yay for grown-up time though!!

At Molly's with friends before the Holiday Party

Annabelle's Mom is Old!

30 to be exact.... Today I officially have a new box to check...30-35-- ouch! All things considered, new decade and all, life is good! Adam's done an INCREDIBLE job and I feel so fortunate to have such a wonderful family! Here are some pictures from this morning....

Candles and waffles... Yum and Yum!

Wall hanging Adam put together....

It looks really really pretty and makes me tear up!

Record player and Bing!

Ha.... look at that face, and those ears... oooh, I just want to squeeze her!

Annabelle gets presents too... we're taking the Hanukkah approach to Christmas....

Excited about the horse, "ooooh"

yay, she LOVES it!

So happy!

Totally playing with the blocks and building!!

We both had equal amounts of fun!

The weather outside is frightful....

but the fire is so delightful...

Home Sweet Home!

Well, we made it home after our trip to Orlando! All in all is was a great week, despite the freezing temperatures in Florida... We were happy to get back to our own holiday festivities, the dogs (who missed us terribly) and possibly most excited for us all to sleep in our own beds in our OWN rooms!!

Here's the fire last night and Annabelle just being funny

At the T-Rex restaurant in Downtown Disney. Annabelle loved all of the dinosaurs, crazy lights and meteor showers! Here she's feeding Adam....

Mid Peek-A-Boo

two of a kind

hanging out in the hotel room while it was 30 degrees outside!!

Annabelle and Grayson reunited!!

keeping their distance!

Sadly enough, I think the most fun part of the trip for Annabelle was playing in the "big" bath...she LOVED it!

Tea?

Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party!

It was a huge success! Annabelle had such a blast! She rode her first rides, saw Mickey Mouse IN PERSON, watched Cinderella light the castle, saw a HUGE christmas parade, and watched it snow on Main Street. It was SUCH a wonderful night....so fun to watch her laugh and get a huge kick out of all of the characters. During the parade she was on Adam's shoulders screaming, bouncing, laughing, and waving while screaming one of the 6 words she knows!!

Super excited after seeing Mickey in front of the castle

Goofy during the parage, Annabelle was screaming "dog, dog, dog, and waving!"

The castle all lit up

cheese

and again

riding the carosel

lots of fun at the parade

two very happy, very fortunate parents:)