Christmas Morning

I woke up Christmas morning to discover that Santa had made a visit. The cookies must have worked! He brought me everything I asked for, including new little cars and a BIG fire truck.

After I scoped out all of Santa's gifts, I opened my stocking (or Christmas sock, if you're weird like Daddy).

The presents didn't stop there....I still had gifts from Mommy, Daddy, and other family to open. My cousin, Caroline, was so nice to send me this McDonald's drive thru. Mom was thrilled that Aunt Katie decided to bless us with the same lovely toy that she had blessed Caroline with a few years ago.

After all of the gift opening it was time for the good part: playing with all of my new toys!

Am I my mommy's child or what?!

All in all, I had a great Christmas!

Ready for Santa

Christmas with Nana and Poppy

Nanny, Poppy, and Mimi came over on Christmas Eve to celebrate with me because they were headed to TN to see my cousin, Caroline.

It was another celebration that consisted of watching me open oodles of presents. Poppy didn't seem to mind.

By this time, I was a pro at unwrapping.

Nana got me several dress up outfits this year, since I love to play pretend.

Can you guess which one was my favorite?

Christmas with Grandma and Grandpa

Grandma and Grandpa are going to Portland to visit my cousins, Katie and Max, this Christmas, so they came over to celebrate Christmas early.

And by "celebrate Christmas early" I mean "watch me open oodles of presents."

My gift unwrapping skills have greatly improved over last year.

My favorite present was my Dance Star Mickey. I've been dancing with him to get all ready for Disney World in a few weeks!

Visit with Santa

Mommy and I went to the mall to visit the big guy in the red suit today. I was SO excited on the way there, I could hardly contain myself. However, my shyness kicked in a bit when I actually got to meet him. I did manage to tell him the most important thing though: "I want new little cars and a fire truck."

I know my excitement isn't very apparent in this picture; however, Mommy told me that she would have been a bit hesitant too if she were sitting on the lap of a man with teeth like that.

Best Friends

Who needs a Pillow Pet when you've got an Emma?

Eiteljorg Museum

After finally getting over the stomach flu last week, Mommy and I were able to get out of the house and go to the Eiteljorg Museum to see the holiday train exhibit.

It was pretty cool. They had replicas of a bunch of national landmarks and monuments all made by hand. I was most impressed with all of the trains though.

After the trains, we went to the play area to "horse around." Pun intended.

I earned my keep by working at the merchant's store. Who wants a cucumber?

I told Mommy we needed one of these in our yard. She told me, "Good luck with that."