Christmas Tree

So for those of you that know us not getting a Christmas Tree last year was a source of much dissent in our house. I fell on the side of we need a tree in order to have Christmas where Dale was less inclined to hassle with the tree stand and mess. Well a huge ice storm made the decision for us and we went without last year. Well this year I put my foot down that we needed a tree and Dale gave in. Of course it just happened to be the coldest day of the year and the only free time we had that Friday night after work. So in those quick 2 minutes I took one look at the rows of trees in the lot stopped at one and said this is it. It fit perfectly and here are photos of Shannon "not" touching the tree. As you'll notice in the decorated version all of the ornaments are on the top one third of the tree. She still managed to get some off and I tried to give her a few within reach that wouldn't break, but Shannon loves balls so those glass balls were irresistible. I am happy to report that there were no major accidents and no tree toppling for Holidays 2009. Big sigh of relief from Dale when the tree made it out of the house.

Christmas Eve

We spent Christmas Eve with my parents and aunts and uncles and Shannon being the only little one got plenty of attention. Being the little ham that she is she loved it. Her top gifts were a pink flip cell and a corn popper which she would hand to you and then proceed to run away looking behind her to make sure you were chasing her. Needless to say she bounced off a couple pieces of furniture but luckily no blood or bruises.

Happy Thanksgiving

Remember this little girl? This was Thanksgiving 2008.






This is the same chair a year later.




I can't believe it is Thanksgiving again. It was two years ago on Thanksgiving that we told our whole family that we were having a baby. Now two years later Shannon is 18 months old and we are just having a blast in this stage. Thanks to Aunt Alyson Shannon was really a part of this year's Thanksgiving dinner and she loved it.

Happy Halloween

My little bumble bee.




Shannon was a bumble bee this year, and yet again her costume was quite snug. Had Halloween come a week later I'm not sure she would have fit into it. But she was a good sport and wore that costume all night even though it was 65 degrees.

Where's Shannon

Can you see her?

Pumpkin Carving

So we picked out the perfect pumpkins and now there was nothing left to do but carve the perfect pumpkin. Shannon rolled her sleeves up and got right into it. She thought we were emptying one pumpkin into the other. It was really cute. Her beloved stuffed "Sheepy" got in on the action as well. I needed to smuggle him away to clean off all that pumpkin.

Picking the Perfect Pumpkin

I'm going to try and catch up on some blogging. My hard drive crashed... so I lost our apple picking pictures. So sad but everything else was backed up on my iPod thankfully. So we are jumping to Halloween.

I took Shannon to Sunnyside Gardens to pick out the perfect pumpkin. They have a maze, pumpkin patch, a train, hayrides, banjo players and red wagons (Shannon's favorite part).