Mommy's Childhood Dress

My grandmother made me this dress when I was about Felicity's age. The story goes that she saw a similar dress at a shop and was shocked at the high price tag. So she decided to sew the dress herself. By the time she bought all the materials, it cost her about 30 dollars (1980), which was more than the dress at the shop! Anyhow, my mother saved the dress and so Felicity got to wear it for Christmas Eve.

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...)