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Here's two pictures from our attempt at a christmas card picture....

Lily helping Mom sort the christmas ornaments (don't you love the wine bottle, coffee mug, and juice cup all together?). This was about 3 hours before the power went off, only to return 4 days later.
A picture of Lily and her best buddy Amelia on a recent shopping trip. The best part of the day was when Lily was jumping on a metal shelf, singing a song of her own creation. As an old lady walked by, staring at Lily, I calmly said "Can you believe what some people let their kids do?" She looked at me, not getting the sarcasm, and said "I know, isn't it just terrible?" Um, time to leave the store.....


we're finally getting back to some type of normalcy after the ice storm. The fridge is restocked, the mail is slowly getting read, and I've started to get back on track with my holiday to-dos. This morning, while I was on the phone, Lily snuck into one of the bags of unwrapped gifts. So far she has been completely oblivious to them, but I have a feeling that will change! I turned around to her looking at me like she had found buried treasure in the form of an Elmo Potty Time dvd. Broken hearts ensued... : )