So today Lucy and I went to buy and set up the family tree. Yes, I gave in to the artificial Christmas tree (I'm sorry baby Jesus, celebrating your birth should be more labor intensive like cutting a real tree rather than standing in a checkout line...). Genuinely, it's tough to find trees for sale in north TX that don't cost and arm and a leg. Not to mention, they're small and ugly compared to those tree farms out in western MD!
That said... here's Lucy when I picked her up MINUTES after leaving her morning play date:
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| Lucy on the way to buy a Christmas tree. Sound asleep. So stinking cute she could be the angel atop our tree. |
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So, then here is Lucy WHILE shopping for a tree.
There is no coaching or pretending in the following picture. This is legitimate deep R.E.M. sleep, while being pushed through the garden section...
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| Dreaming of a white Christmas, I suppose! |
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The tree box was too large to fit under the cart so I laid it across the top, essentially closing her in. BOY did THAT cause some
panic when she 'came to'. Opps!
Bad Dad!
@ Home we got straight to work.....
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| Lucy was IN LOVE with the tree topper. | | |
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| It's a sign! Baby # 3 is going to be a little girl named Joy! :-P |
I find a beautiful name for our baby #3 [Due May 2011] hidden amidst the Christmas decorations!
I did not trap her. I promise. She voluntarily spent
most the evening in the tree box :-)
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| Sporting her cute Christmas apron! |
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| Struggling to sit still long enough for a group photo! This Santa hat is OLLLLD. It has "Andy" written on the inside of it! Whoa! |
And yes... this year, the truth comes out. I'm a closet aficionado of the inflatable lawn decorations. The majority of them are "in excess" though IMHO.
You know the ones. Santa+Sleigh+Mrs.Clause+Reindeer+Penguins+Polar Bears etc etc etc. Come on now Americans... let's get back to the basics. Like for example, the one I love. The classic snowman.
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| Curiosity is peaked while he inflates....... |
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| She backs up cautiously as he rises and is looking around the room frantically for me and was SPEECHLESS-EXCITED. |
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| "Can I touch him? Is he a hugger???" [Reference to Toy Story 3 Lotso Bear] |
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| Love at first sight. If this ain't destined for a Christmas card, I don't know what is! |
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1 comment:
Love it! And love that she wears her Christmas apron I made for her! I had forgotten about that!
~Kandi
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