The Polar Express...

Took Sophie on her very first train ride to the North Pole!! We had hot chocolate and cookies all the while singing and dancing to Christmas music. Sophie met Santa, and to our surprise, wasn't completely mortified. What fun!!






[Waiting for Santa]

Cool PJam's we got at the gift shop...



Definitely will be a Leary Christmas tradition. Thanks family for going with us, wouldn't have been the same without you!

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!!

Love, love, love.

Twenty-Two Months...

Thanksgiving was fabulous but...I forgot my darn camera. Figures. Now it seems we are only weeks away from CHRISTMAS...my favorite holiday and time of year!!! So far Sophie seems to like it too. She got her own tree and loves ornaments. She knows that Santa says "Ho, Ho, Ho" and that he's going to bring her presents if she's good. We've been driving around and "yights" are everywhere. We LOVE YIGHTS!!







Twenty-two months...where do I start. She does new things almost daily. Her talking is amazing...she has even said three syllable sentences. Something about jumping these days, we have to jump constantly. Only now, we can actually get both feet a couple inches off the floor. "Cons" or "nuss"...we eat a lot of pecans from our tree. We have to "holl" = hold everything. Even our green beans which we think are "sakes" = snakes. Some new likes are "A-Po-Jacks" = Apple Jacks and egg nog.



She likes to make faces. [frowny, happy, surprised] LOVES to talk on the phone!!! She plays her games, looks at pictures and reads storybooks on my phone too! Have you seen the girl with a phone? She knows where her apps are and can flip those pages like a champ. Secretly, I think she knows more about my phone that I do.



Well, before we know it it'll be Christmas!! Happy Shopping!!

AND - a special CONGRATS to my cousin Lauren for completing her Susan G. Komen's Marathon of 26 miles [YES...26!!!]. You ROCK!!! Glad you're back in your heels!! And I hope Shaun and Meagan are still breathing too!

Love, love, love!