Christmas Season

We are looking forward to Christmas. We think Libby will really enjoy it. She loves the Christmas tree and the Santa and Sheep ornaments on it. She says Ho Ho Ho, and baaaa when she sees them. Libby used to get a little confused with the Santa sound. For some reason she got elaphant and Santa mixed up. Whenever we asked "What does Santa say?" She would lift her arm in the air (her trunk) and squeal like and elephant. But now we think she has them both down right. We are going to have a little family Christmas here in Iowa this weekend. Then off to California for Christmas with the Bevan family. We took Libby to see Santa Claus at Bass Pro Shops. Her picture turned out very classic! She was fine up until mom walked away, like about 3 feet. :) Then Santa asked if I wanted to be in it, and she calmed down, with a tear on her cheek, but no smile.
We had our first huge snow last Tuesday through Wednesday. Iowa news is calling it the "Blizzard of '09." We got dumped on, about 16 inches. The winds picked up strong, up to 50 mph and drifts were very high in places. We were stuck in our home all day Wednesday, and most of Thursday, but we really needed some milk and diapers. So we were lucky that they finally plowed a little through our townhouse neighborhood in the afternoon so we could venture out to Walmart. Quite cold, we bundled Libby up pretty good and she was so cooperative about it all. It was nice to get out even though it was just going to Walmart. I think we were there longer than we would normally be. :) Then we had our good friends the Days over (they live like 4 houses down) for dinner and a game of Settlers. It was nice for Libby too because she was able to play with her friend Brynlee and not mom and dad. Great way to top off our time in the house for two days.
We hope that you all have a wonderful holiday season!