The tree, the girl, and the eve of Christmas

I can't believe Christmas is already over! It came and went so quickly...too quickly, in fact, that I didn't have time to post some December pictures so here they are.

Here is our Christmas tree, Roosevelt. This year we decided to get a chubby tree, instead of our usual skinny and sparse Charlie Brown-type tree. I became quite fond of dear Roosevelt. Such a happy tree. Notice our soul sista is still watching over us here in Hershey.

Each year we get a new ornament for the tree. This year's ornament is quite fitting, don't you think? I thought he was super cute.

And this is Lucy's ornament, a little squirrel. Also fitting because we have a ton of pet squirrels out here that Lucy and I just love to watch. And look how darn cute it is! He's holding a wee pine cone in his hands.

And of course here is our little stinker being silly.

We've started feeding her solids, as you can see in the prior post. I also got some of those little stars that melt in your mouth for Lucy to practice her fine motor skills. She's pretty good at grabbing them but piles them into her hand rather than putting them into her mouth. Her sweaty hand soon turns them into a star glob. This picture above is her actually putting one in her mouth, but you can also see a few that are in her palm. Silly girl.

Luce liked playing under the tree. She liked grabbing a branch on the tree and shaking it. She could have cared less about the lights or ornaments.

Here is Lucy unwrapping her very first Christmas present on Christmas Eve. Lucy takes her present unwrapping very seriously as you can see. Of course she was more excited about the paper then the actual present. Trey & I were pretty excited about it though. She got some baby Muk Luks. We all got slippers from my parents that we opened on Christmas Eve.

Well done Mom! We all love them.

We had a fabulous dinner cooked by Mr. Banbury, my gourmet chef. :) It was this Rachel Ray recipe, I think it's called Honey Teryaki Chicken with Rice Balls. Delish! We had plans of acting out the Christmas story and then driving around Hershey to look at all the Christmas lights but Luce decided she wanted to pass out right after dinner so we put her to bed and watched Harry Potter (one of our favorite pastimes) instead.

better than 'bitter beer face'

This girl cracks me up. I just had to post these 2 videos we took of her tasting applesauce for the first time last night. You would think she was eating a lemon by the silly faces she pulls. Oh Luce, you are always good for some cheap entertainment.

It's funny to me that she keeps opening her mouth for more after each funny face. She must like the tartness of the apples because she just keeps coming back for more.

I hope you enjoy our cackles, we were both dying.

{my little weed}

Check me out in all my glory, I'm 6 months old! Woo woot!

(We just love that little squishy bubble bum of hers)

I seriously can't believe how much this little girl has grown, especially in the past 2 months! She's so big! It's weird to look at her tiny little clothes that drowned her when she was a newborn and think that she was that small.

Here are 2 pictures of the chompers. She finally gave in to the camera and showed her pearly whites.

She still has the fine peach fuzz but now she's sporting a funky hair line to go along with it. It kind of resembles a flat-top. Awesome Luce!!!

I still don't see much of me in her as far as her facial features go. She is a little Trey for sure!

Silly face!

Lucy tried to edit this but she kind of missed...hope none of you are offended :)

Talking to Mr. Whale.

She's getting so close to crawling. She wants to, she's just trying to figure out how to work her legs. Not kidding you, the other night she was playing around on her belly and I looked over and she had pushed herself up into downward dog (the yoga position)! It was crazy!!! Trey & I about died. Unfortunately we weren't quick enough with the camera.

Lately she's figured out how to puppy pant, it's pretty funny. I'm happy she's finally figured out that she can breathe through her mouth and not just her nose.

Check out those round cheeks...I'm pretty sure she's watching Anne of Green Gables here. She loves it! She is definitely my daughter.

Squash face! She had her first taste of solids (other than the bland rice cereal stuff) and we're 1 for 1! She gobbled it right up. I think we'll try green beans next. That should be interesting.

When my parents were out, my mom and I found this cute little bunting outfit at a garage sale. I think it had been worn like once, it looked brand new. Anyway, it's finally getting cold enough for her to use it. Isn't it awesome? I love the little ears on the hood. I could just eat her up!

She's getting to be more & more fun every day. She's got the funniest little personality, I love it.