Christmas Countdown

We've been very busy here getting ready for Christmas!  Lula doesn't know it yet but because she has been such a good girl her father and I have purchased about 3 presents for her.  She is also getting a hand me down zebra bounce toy from her cousins that I will happily pass off like it was purchased just for her.  She had a test drive last weekend and she loves it so I know it will be a big big hit.

Lula's christmas card photo might be one of my favorite photos ever - it is just so sweet.  My friend Susan took the photo and boy is she good.

  In some not so surprising news, Lula loves christmas cookies.  Sugar cookies with sprinkles specifically.  Like mother like daughter.

Look Who's Walking!

Lula loves llamas

Yesterday I took Lula to the zoo.  We went most days while I was on maternity leave but she was so small and snuggled in the bjorn or down low in the baby car seat so she couldn't see much.  Her eyesight probably wasn't very good either as a newborn.  So, even though it wasn't her first time at the zoo it was probably the first time she noticed anything.
We went to the petting zoo part at the bottom of the zoo and my girl loves a llama. She laughed out loud when she first saw them and was totally fascinated.  Sadly, the petting part didn't work out but I hope to take her back soon when petting in in session so she can actually touch them.  I think she'd flip out.

It is naptime here and I just caught my little beaver chewing on her crib.  I thought it was suspicious that she wasn't making any noise up there and she was slightly out of camera range.  When I opened the door she was chomping on the crib -then she turned her little head toward me and showed me the gouges in the crib and the paint flecks around her mouth.  Yuck!  And probably not real healthy.