Tis the season Sweet Pea! Grandma Karen and Grandpa Bruce got to town today! We realized that we still had not taken you to see Santa yet so we decided to do that with them. We dressed you up in your pretty Christmas dress and tights, headed over to Grapevine Mills mall, and stood in line about 15 minutes to see Santa. Though you were very interested in Santa from afar, you wanted NOTHING to do with him when it came time for you to sit on his lap. Though it was not your best picture, we had to buy it cause your pouty crying face was just too cute to resist.

We thought it would be a ton of fun to make a Build-a-Bear each year. So we began our family tradition today! After much thought and a lot of touching and hugging different animals, we decided on the Hello Kitty. We got her a voice box and took her over to the stuffing machine. That machine was loud so mommy pushed the foot pedal for you. Once the kitty was stuff you got to put her heart in. You really liked that part so you decided to give her another one. 🙂 There is your trivia fact – your Hello Kitty has 2 hearts!

Afterwards we ate dinner at Carrabba’s and then we drove to see Christmas lights. You LOVED the lights and were such a good girl the entire day and into the night. It’s absolutely amazing how fast you are learning and how quickly you are growing up!

It’s been a monumental day! First, your cousin Emerson Ameilia made her way into the world today….5 weeks early! We’ll have 3 girls (you, Jordan, and Emerson) right around the same age at all of our future family gatherings. I see lots of trouble to be had…poor Colton doesn’t stand a chance! 🙂

You also achieved a HUGE milestone today. You poo poo-ed in the potty! We got you a cute pink potty a few weeks back because you had been showing an interest in the toilet and you have been saying “poo poo” everytime you go poop in your diaper. We had you sit on the toilet a couple of times in the past, but we never actually got anything to happen….even though you very much enjoy sitting on the potty.

Well, tonight you came over to me saying “poo poo” and basically drug me into the bathroom and pointed at your potty. We pulled it out, took off your diaper, and sat you on the potty. Then there it was! A poo poo in the potty! What a big girl you are! You stood up and pointed at it and said ‘uh oh’ about 10 times. It was pretty cute! It’s just so amazing how fast you are growing up!