Yesterday we took Savannah to Portrait Innovations to get her pictures taken. I was having troubles deciding which pictures to put on here and which ones to leave off so I made the decision to add all of them. There are a bunch on here because getting pictures of a 16 month old is nearly impossible. Savannah did not want to cooperate a majority of the time. We did, however, end up with several good pictures and even some with smiles. Again, if you have the time, take a moment enjoy the music and the show.

Happy Holidays from our home to yours. Hope all of our family and friends are having a warm and safe holiday season this year.

Our house has been decorated outside for a few weeks now. Here are the lights from the night view.

If you know us, you know the argument Ricky and I have annually about a real tree vs an artificial tree. Another year by and another year lost by me. So last night we bundled up and went searching for a good looking live tree. We found it, brought it home and started decorating it. Before even starting Savannah found some beads and had a blast playing with them.
I started out first with applying the white lights to the tree. Another argument we have white lights vs colored lights. This is our compromise. Rickys gets the real tree and I get the white lights. Anyways Savannah decided to climb the step later with mommy and help with the lights.

Placing the star on top of the tree.

Savannah is a big help with the decorating. Once we got several ornaments up, she thought it was cute and funny to take the lower ones off. I guess if you look at our tree closely, most of the ornaments are up higher and not placed on the bottom. Overall though she is pretty good and just looks from afar and doesn't mess with it too much. Now for the final project.....

Big accomplishment this week for Miss Savannah, Daddy and mommy took her to see Santa Claus at the mall. We were not too sure of how she would respond. From afar she would wave hi to him, but then was a little hesitant when walking up to Santa. Hint is the leaning back on mommy and not wanting to go any closer.......Bribing Savannah with a candy cane did the trick in getting her to sit on Santa's lap. Look at her eyeing the candy and not even paying attention to Santa.

And finally a conversation with Santa and telling him everything she wants for Christmas. No not really, she just kept staring at him, but at least she was not kicking and screaming.

Here is the official picture of Savannah and Santa, the one we had to actually pay for. We all had a great time.

If you don't know my husband, he can really be a dork sometimes. The Christmas holiday and snow make him a bit crazy. For a man who likes warm weather, you would never know that snow would make him so happy. Today was our first accumulation of snow, however, there was not too much. Just a little on the ground, but you could still see grass. While I was sleeping (b/c I worked last night) he decided to get Savannah dressed and go outside and play in the snow. I must admit he did a good job of dressing her to play. He picked out her old shoes, but he let her wear her good coat. If your husband is like mine, he did not know she had an old coat or even some snow gear. Of course being a man, he cannot move things to look either. Anyways here are some pictures of them having a blast outside on the chilly day.

My little girl and wonderful hubby!

I guess Savannah was a little iffy about the snow in the beginning, but after a few minutes she warmed right up. Here she is trying to make a snow angel I think. We cannot wait until there is more accumulation to go out and play in. Until then......