The Christmas Season Has Begun

We have received two packages of Christmas presents from home: one from Marge and one from my Mom. My Mom's package included some super, SUPER cute Christmas outfits for Lucy. Of course, I had to put one on her right away:

Whenever I ask her to smile, she gives me these funny faces - she must be related to her Aunties, Katy & Sydney, who are well known for this trait, as well.

She totally got into the fashion show and started posing.

Then, she found the box and decided that was more fun than anything else.

We put all the presents under the tree, which made it look even more Christmasy.

Lucy pointed to the ones that are hers (pretty much all of them).

When Pete came home, it was time for Lucy to open the first day of her first Advent Calendar.

She very much liked this new, fun game.

There is chocolate in there! Let me have it!

We also, finally, received our package from Shen Zhen, China that included all the sheets we had made for the beds we don't own. We let Lucy play with the duvet cover we had made for the "big girl" bed she will get when we move home. (There are bees and flowers on it - she loves it!)

Hope everyone is well and getting into the Holiday Spirit!

We are sending lots of loves your way and missing home so much.