Deer Refuge

Herds of deer are quite the common sight this winter. The hunters who visit us all marvel at the large bucks.

Ornament Thief

Felicity keeps nabbing one particular ornament off the tree. It is a little heart-shaped one with buttons and ribbons and such glued to it, made by my grandmother. Doesn't her mischievous look just say it all?

Christmas Tree Arrives

We are late getting the tree up this year, but we have lots of good excuses. We bought the tree this morning at a lot that selectively harvests trees from state land in such a way as to benefit the forest. We decorated it while Felicity napped, and she was delighted by it upon awakening.

Company Christmas Party 2009

We took Felicity to the annual Children's Christmas Party that David's company throws. She was delighted with the tree in the lobby and mainly wanted to hang out there.


Her reaction to Santa Claus was about the same as last year...


She had an enjoyable time eating cookies and looking at her new puppy book. We also had fun catching up with friends.

Felicity's Crib

I snapped this picture of Felicity playing. She loves her crib and likes to throw herself down onto the mattress. We plan on converting to a toddler bed in the next few weeks.

PIE!!!

One of the delights of the season for Felicity has been discovering pie. She loves pumpkin pie! Now every morning we wake to chants of "Milk, bananas, cake, pie". Needless to say, she typically only gets the first two for breakfast! (Although, I admit we did have pie for breakfast on Thanksgiving day...)

Thanksgiving 2009

Felicity has finally become a toddler. We sometimes thought that this moment would never come and that she would spend the rest of her life crawling and "walking" on her knees. It's all coming together now though, and here is what she looks like.


Notice the card in the lower right corner. Felicity thinks they are all "books" and loves to carry them back and forth from the living room to the dining room.


David's brother Scott and his wife Sue were kind enough to host Thanksgiving this year. We were very thankful, as my energy levels are low right now.



Felicity was intent on exploring the house, so Aunt Sue distracted her by pulling out the Jenga game. Much fun ensued as towers were built and the knocked down by Felicity.



Happy pregnant lady relaxing after, uh, not doing too much, really.