Christmas is finally here! There are so many fun things happening within the next week - we cannot wait! The snow just started falling last night - and by Christmas, it will be a winter wonderland around here :) Penelope seems to be getting excited too! She has started laughing out loud now and is getting tickle-ish... especially around her neck. She has begun to grasp toys on her own know... if her rattle is at her side, she will search for it with her hands and grab it and bring it to her mouth (she sucks on EVERYTHING! If it is in her hand - it will most definitely make it's way to her mouth!) She can now hold her head straight up when she is on her belly and can also pull herself into sitting when she is in a reclined position - which is awesome!
We just had opened our presents to each other tonight - we got her a rocking giraffe (like a rocking horse... but it's a giraffe), a high chair, a fun ball, some little wooden animals and her first baby doll... the doll's name just happened to be Abby - so we'll call her Abbey Road :)
We will be leaving for my parents' home in northern Wisconsin sometime tomorrow and then on Christmas Eve we have a snow storm to look forward to! We're excited to see our family and friends - we have family parties Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and then Saturday night Nana gets to watch Penny so that Alan and I can go to a Solstice bonfire that my best friend's boyfriend's parents have every year. Alan will come back to Milwaukee on Sunday, but Penny and I will be staying until the following weekend - then my mother will bring us back home and spend New Years with us in Milwaukee!
We were able to take Penny to go see Santa last weekend with my brother, Ryan, his wife, Jenny and their daughters. She sat so nicely on his lap and he was absolutely in love with her! (I bet she was a load off the 'ole guys knee!)
Mommy had fun trying to come up with a cute (and very last minute) picture for this year's Christmas card - the first photo up top was the winner! But these two of her sitting her Bumbo were also very cute! The snowman was given to her by Alan's mother, Mary Ellen - and she is obsessed with it! She cannot get enough of it - it lights up and changes colors and sparkles and it keeps her fascinated.
...and here she is with her "baby's first Christmas Ornament"! It took me FOREVER to find the perfect one - and this one was a keeper (that is her foot print in there!) It was so hard to find a classic looking one that was sans corny characters and modern colors - we wanted something simply and timeless. It does have a cheesy saying on it... "The first steps a baby takes... are into your heart"... but I can live with that... it actually fits us perfectly because that is exactly what it said on the card that I gave to Alan to tell him we were having a baby :).
Well we hope that everyone out there has a Happy Holidays and keeps safe and warm!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Love, Alan, Becky and Penelope!
Love, Alan, Becky and Penelope!
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