I was looking back over my last couple of posts… and geez, we’ve had a busy December so far! But I love all the holiday activities and, for me, that’s part of the holidays. We had another good weekend. Saturday morning we got a phone call from Karen saying she heard the firetruck siren and thought Santa was coming around. Sure enough, Santa came riding down our street (I was very impressed he even came down the circle!) to wave hi. Skylar clung to Chris the entire time Santa was in view (1st coming up the street and then back again after turning around in the circle) and didn’t want to get down or wave but then as soon as he was gone she was crying for him to come back. Too funny 
After that SKylar and I headed to Aunt Carrie’s house for her cookie exchange party- we had alot of fun and got lots of yummy cookies! I think SKylar’s lunch consisted of a couple nacho chips and about 4 cookies! I think I win Mom of the Year award for that lunch, huh? There was plenty of GREAT food there but Skylar wasn’t interested in any of it- just the cookies and playing with Ian’s toys! Lisa was there with Ellie and Hannah so Skylar had a GREAT time playing with them again. There were a couple other little girls and Ian there too but she wasn’t as friendly with them since she doesn’t see them as much. Actually, the 2 little girls go to Goddard too- so she sees Hailey (sp?) each week (she’s in the sister-class to Skylar’s Toddler class- so they share some activities) but she doesn’t see Ian as much. Plus it usually takes Skylar a little bit to warm up to everyone and start playing. By the time we got home it was too late for a nap though so I fed Skylar some “real food” for a late lunch and then we just hung out for a little bit. Dakota had gone with Chris and Grandma to Great Grandpa’s place to say hi and hang some pictures. Sounds like they had a nice visit and Dakota downed almost all of the 8 ounces of pumped breastmilk I had sent- she drank 7 ounces!!! Even at the height of Skylar’s formula-drinking days she barely drank more than 6-7 ounces. I don’t want to jinx us or anything but it definitely seems like Dakota’s a better eater so far. Keep your fingers crossed for us that this continues. Of course we’ll probably have the opposite end of the spectrum problem and have an overweight (how horrible to say that!) daughter. Although the ped assures me that there is no such thing as an overweight breastfed baby. Anyway… we’ll deal with that later if we need to. We decided to go out to Applebee’s for dinner but by 7pm it was clearly time for bed for a certain little girl who had had no nap!
Sunday after naptime we got in the car and headed down to Philly to meet everyone (Mom, Dad, LIsa, John, Ellie, Hannah, Heather, and Michelle) at Macy’s to see the light show. There was a stinkin’ accident on the Schukyll (sp?) that made us miss the 5pm show so we waited arund for the 6pm show. And of course Dakota needed to eat right around then so I missed seeing the 1st half of the show because I went to find a quiet spot to feed her. But it sounds like Skylar had a great time watching the show with Aunts Heather/Michelle/Lisa and Ellie and Hannah. Here are a couple photos:
Skylar wanted to get in the photo too
Staking out their spot on the carpet before the show:
Watching the show- Michelle is off to the right in the photo taking pictures w/ her phone:
After the light show we went to Chinatown for dinner- yum! Here’s a picture of the girls playing with Aunt Heather’s iPhone looking at pictures after dinner:
1 more photo from the end of the night when SKylar was wearing Pop Pop’s hat:
And now it’s already Wednesday and only 4 days til Christmas! Yikes- most of my shopping is done- just need a couple more small things that I should be able to get today or tomorrow.
Here’s a picture I took last night of Dakota getting into the Christmas spirit wearing the Santa hat I bought 2yrs ago for Skylar. It was a little big for her and kept falling down over her eyes. She sat pretty well in the Bumbo seat- her head’s still quite wobbly (hence Chris’ hand behind her in the photo) but she seemed to enjoy sitting there and looking around. I didn’t get a picture of a good smile but I thought this one was funny of her tongue/mouth.
Today would’ve been Mike’s 66th birthday- happy birthday Mike! We’re going to go out for dinner tomorrow night with Karen to “celebrate” his day.
And then, before I know it, it’ll be Christmas Eve and we’ll be heading to Aunt Paula and Uncle Tom’s house for their annual party and then Christmas morning!! WE’re going to head to Chris’ grandfather’s place for brunch/lunch with him and then we’ll all gather at Karen’s house for dinner later that afternoon/evening. I’m looking forward to it! Now I just have to wrap the gifts…
Merry Christmas since I”m sure I won’t post again before then!!
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