Christmas Comes Early

Santa made an early visit to our house last night. He must have known that we will be visiting both sets of grandparents over the real Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

He brought Mabel an amazing kitchen of her very own. She's already cooked up some delicious peach cobbler and a delightful pasta with red sauce. And Elmo won't stop calling her on the phone that came with the kitchen.

Along with her kitchen, she had a stocking filled with books, some Ms. Potato head accessories, her first slinky and an Elmo toothbrush.

Santa also brought Mabel her very own electric guitar and keyboard (although the keyboard looks mysteriously like one that daddy got in college...). We made sure to capture her first strums on her guitar so it can be played in her VH1 "Behind the Music" episode.

Potties, Peej, and Ponytails

Mabel got her first potty recently, but hasn't quite figured out the correct approach.

Her hair is finally long enough for the single ponytail, but her favorite new game is to pull out whatever is in her hair and then ask me to put it back in. Over and over. Fun for everyone!

We recently put up our tree and Mabel helped hang an ornament or two. She also attempted to place baby Jesus in the manger scene, but was distracted by her Hello Kitty book.

Finally, the most recent pic is the one with her in her Packer Peej. She happened to rediscover her Packer nuk which we let fly since it went so nicely with her outfit.

Thanksgiving '08

We all had a great Thanksgiving weekend. We started up in Peshtigo with Grandma Joyce and Grandpa Dick. The ladies made some fantastic sides and Grandpa Dick grilled up the perfect Thanksgiving turkey. Mabel sported one of her beautiful "sissy" dresses.

We spent the second half of the weekend at Gammy's. We had a nice visit with Gammy and Dave on Saturday and then Mabel spent Sunday in their excellent care while mom and dad went to the Packer game.

I also included a video from dinner tonight. It's hard to hear, but Mabel is showing off her new Muttley laugh.