Finally Posting Christmas Pics!!

So here we are almost halfway through January and I still haven't posted Christmas pictures. I know-bad blogger, bad!

Well I finally got my act together and uploaded all of the pictures from the last few weeks, hope you enjoy!

Anabelle watches Santa fly all over the globe

Mikey shows Anabelle where Santa is on google maps

We thought is would be cute to get a picture of Anabelle with a candy cane

Yum!!

John explains how the whole "present" thing works.

Anabelle unwraps her first present.

Hmmm... I wonder what it is?

ooh a doll!

Now she opens her presents from Santa

Opening presents is hard work... I think I'll just take a little nap. Notice her new napping pose (one hand sucking thumb, the other hand rubbing the bald spot on the back of her head) so funny!

One of Anabelle's favorite things to do is to look at the tree.

Here she is all dressed, hanging with Grandpa.

Spending some quality time with Uncle Mikey

Looking at the tree and her new bell ornament.

Laughing with Grandma

Merry Christmas!

The week after Christmas was spent playing with toys and visiting with friends and family. Anabelle and I went to lunch with Fun Aunt Darcy (she makes us call her that-lol!). We had a great time.

Wow a giraffe, I love it!

On New Years Day we had a fun time hanging out in the kitchen while I made brunch. Anabelle loves to look at her new elf from Grandma and Grandpa while she sits in her high chair.

Playing with her new musical caterpillar, from Aunt Marena and Uncle Adam.

She loves to lay on her boppy pillow, lately she pushes herself over it with her legs and lands on her head, silly girl!

All that playing made Anabelle tired, here she is taking a nap with her glo-worm, one of her favorite new toys.

Aunt Becky stopped by for a visit.

Happy New Year!

Hanging out with Uncle Joe and Aunt Kari

Here I was trying to capture Anabelle's progress in almost rolling over. I have been putting her toys far away from her in an attempt to lure her to roll over. She is making progress, but hasn't rolled over yet.

Anabelle attended her first U of I game at the United Center. She was kinda dazed throughout the whole game. It was a lot of action for a little girl, but I think she kinda liked it. Lots of interesting things to look at. Sadly Illinois lost, but there will be other games.

We also made some visits to Grandma and Grandpa's house. Here we are trying to get some laughs out of Anabelle.

Here I caught Anabelle taking a little nap, looking so sweet.

Anabelle loves to read her new books. Here she is reading a favorite from Uncle Joe and

Aunt Kari- If you give a Mouse a Cookie

She loves her new Minnie doll from Uncle Mikey and Aunt Steph, she can hold it all by herself and tries to eat its nose.

One of her favorite things is a gift that I got, a glass globe with a Christmas tree that lights up. She can stare at it for quite some time, trying to touch it, lick it, and in general eat it. Of course we are very careful with it, but she just loves it.

This past weekend we read the paper together, Anabelle likes to look at the colorful ads while sitting in her high chair.

Here is Anabelle in a toy that her Aunt Bonnie got for her quite some time ago. When I first tried it out she was only a few weeks old and I remember thinking she'll get lost in there! Oh boy how a few months changes everything. She is finally big enough to enjoy it. In fact she loves her new tunnel. It has different textured fabrics, lots of hanging toys, and pictures of animals for her to enjoy.

Well this concludes the massive picture explosion. I know they are all about Anabelle, but hey what else do we have going on now that we're parents? Happy New Year everyone!!