Becky's Place

These pictures are out of order but I didn't feel like fixing them. If you want to see them in order, start at the bottom and go up.

Abby trying out her new playdoh. She LOVES playdoh! This playdoh comes with cookie cutters in the shape of people so now she can make her own babies. (she always wants to make babies when we play playdoh but she can't do it so she gives me a chunk and asks me to do it.)
Emma and abby share a bed now. Aren't they so cute! Just perfectly adorable! Emmaleigh might be a little bit of a bed hog but they do cuddle up so sweetly together and they don't fall off that I know of or wake up as often with each other nearby.

The Little People village! We moved the people to her room and she was making a village. I helped her a little, but mostly you are seeing her handiwork. Cute, huh?

Here I am displaying my new earrings for the camera. I love my husband. He's so thoughtful! And he gives such good surprises!

Emmy is concentrating so hard on opening this that her little tongue is hanging out. (Or maybe it's because she thinks there will be more christmas candy in there?)

Emma is eating a piece of chocolate with the wrapper still on it. It was the first thing she pulled out of her stocking and she didn't put it down forever! Abby actually unwrapped Emma's doll for her because Emma had forgotten it was there.

Both of the girls got tooth brushes for Christmas, even though Emma does not have teeth yet. "Look mommy! A toy!"

Abby is taking care of her new baby. I always ask Abby, "What's your baby's name?" She always says, "noooo." and I'm like, "Is it kara?" "Noooo." "Is it Lucy?" "Noooo." After a while she will say, "Her name is Baby." So I guess all her babies are named Baby. Maybe she'll understand the concept more when #3 gets here.

The girls opening their "secrets". We had been showing Abby how we put "secret stuff" in the stocking for the last month, and we'd say, "shh! It's a secret. Don't tell." So she started calling the stockings Secrets. Cute, huh?

Abby and Brandon helping Jellybean open her stocking. Abby helped us pick out the treats that we put in the stocking and she's been so anxious to give them to Jellybean all month. I must admit though, she was really really good with the gifts. She didn't try to open them or anything although she did give a few to her baby Jesus doll once. Mostly, she wrapped up toys and books in newspaper and layed them on the gift table for a day or two before bringing them to someone and saying, "Here, mommy. Open it! Here mommy!" Emma discovered that paper tears and we had to keep the gifts up on the coffee table and OUT of her reach. :)

Brandon displaying his brand new gaming keyboard. (It has extra keys so it's better for playing computer games.) I can't say that it's very fun to type on though. I keep getting on the wrong keys and having to retype all this stuff. Ugh!

We tried to get the girls mostly all the same stuff so there wouldn't be fighting. Here is Abby's People house and Emma's People "house" (castle). They do so well at sharing, I don't know what I was worried about. Abby and Emma have played together with the toys very well in the days after Christmas and not just with their own toys.

Brandon showing Abby all the features of her new Little People House. Abby LOVES little People. Her three favorite toys in the world are Little People, Baby dolls, and play doh. In no particular order, just depending on her mood.

Brandon telling Abby "Thank You!" for the house shoes she picked out for him. She looks "thrilled" to have to stop opening presents. Actually, she likes it.

Emma likes the bottle Granny gave her. (I didn't know it until after I uploaded this picture, but Emmy's chin is covered in spit up!)

Brandon is showing Abby her new Play Doh kit. Abby LOVES playdoh!

I had to pose for some pictures too. I look like I just woke up. lol.

Emma says, "Here, Mommy. You can have this paper."

Brandon showing Abby his new present. His face is so funny! I love him sooo much!

Abby eagerly attacking the contents of the Angel Tree box. She got some snowman Jammies, a purse with a kitten in it, and a Mr. potato Head Acessories set that makes a snow man. If you know Abby, the snowman is probably her favorite part of winter so these gifts someone bought not knowing her, were just perfect for her.

Our kids names got put on the Angel Tree at Brandon's work 2 times this year by his work buddies or someone so they got two extra presents each that we didn't know about. Here is Abby climbing up on the couch to see what's in the box Brandon had to cut open for her.

Emma likes tearing the paper more than she likes seeing what's inside, but she quickly tired of both games and just wanted to play with some of the new toys scattred around her, while Abby was still going strong opeing presents. We had to urge Emma to keep up. :)

Abby opening another present. "I know how this works!"

This, somewhat, noisy toy came out of an Angel Tree present. Abby and Emma both love it!

The first present Emma opened this Christmas. (Probably the first ever because she had help opening her gift at Abby's birthday.)

Abby getting excited about opening presents. See the huge stack of gifts in the background. As Brandon says, "the girls made out like bandits this year."

"What? I didn't do it. It wasn't me." Probably partly true, but she does contribute to the mess now too since she's very mobile. She doesn't walk yet but is taking small steps here and there and stands alone unsupported for long periods of time. She's getting so big!

Abby cuddling with a baby Jesus doll and a blanket. She did have a present or two and was saying, "happy birthday, Jesus! Jesus, open presents."

Abby got a LOT of soap in emma's eye. This is both of them on that day. Emma slept all day because I guess it hurt to open her eye and Abby was so bored and tired of not playing with Emmy that at one point, she climbed up to sleep with her sister.

Playing car in a box. Aren't they so smart? Abby is wearing two shirts that she put on herself. One is on backwards.