Lorelai's First Christmas

I know that it is the middle of January,

but I promised I would 

share some pictures

of Lorelai's

first Christmas.

Hope you enjoy!

Christmas morning Melissa gave us a call when 

Little Miss woke up.

Dan and I headed over to their house

with some breakfast goodies.

This is the sweet 

sight that 

greeted us when we walked in the door.

Love the Santa on her sleeper.

Dad was dressed up as Santa

and

he handed all the 

gifts out.

Does anyone else

see the

resemblance

between these two?

Then the fun began!

Hey, Mom, I

can do it

myself!

Oh, look!

There's a bottle!

Thanks Aunt Crystal

for the help!

Oh boy!  

I love my 

Minnie Mouse ears!

(she really does love Mickey and Minnie)

The little surprise

from

Nana and Granpie Dan.

(I have to say, this is the cutest rocking horse!)

After Christmas dinner

we all got together

for some

"formal"

Christmas pictures.

 Melissa, Justin, and

Lorelai.

Hi Aunt Crystal!

Aunt Crystal, Aunt Kim, and

Lorelai!

Melissa with her dad

"Grumpa"

(name is his choice)

Three generations!

Crystal, Melissa, Lorelai, and me.

Donnie (the girls dad), Melissa, Lorelai, me, and Crystal.

Grampie Dan, Lorelai, and me.

Lorelai with one of her favorite

gifts -

a TV remote control!

(Is this a hint of things to come?)

I'll leave you today 

with my favorite 

picture

of Lorelai

from 

Christmas day.

I think it says it all.

Have a great week!

Hugs -

Carol

BTW - hope you check back - 

there might be

an 

announcement

made this week.

;-)

Christmas Pictures #2

Okay, I promised I would post some more pictures of the house decorations.  So, I'll do some of the porch.  As you can tell from these pictures, the weather here is warm - so the house is all opened up, so if you look real close you will be able to see some other areas of the house in the background (including Dan watching the news!).

I'll start with the outside tree which is decorated with all of Dan's outdoor ornaments - you know, fish and bears, and even his moose ornaments (okay, that is a family inside joke, sorry!)

Some close ups of some of the ornaments - We even have some ducks, Dan's "trucks" and the schoolhouse that has to be on one of our trees.

Well, that's all of the porch and swimming pool area.  I'll see about doing some of the kitchen tomorrow.

I also promised to show you some of the things that I have been doing - but like I said I can't actually show you any of the Christmas presents, but this should give you a hint about some of the projects that I have been working on.

I will take pictures of the things that I have made, but I won't post them until after Christmas - so if any of you were interested in making some things maybe it will be something that you could do next year.

Hope you enjoy the pictures, and I'll talk to you later.