Happy Buddha

Charlotte after dinner the other night.



Good Times

Things you can play with that are not toys.

The cat door.

Lids!

This funky bag from Bubbe's house.

1.... 2.... 3!

Weee!!!

Christmas Day

What a Christmas!  It was 40 degrees here.  Unlike last Christmas when we got ice dams for Christmas, this year we got a Texas Christmas weather-wise.  We met the Garvins at the dog park for a nature walk in our lightweight jackets.  Ben took our portrait.  Don't mind my ill-fitting hat.  

Art and Lewis got binoculars for Christmas.

We spotted this spotted owl.

We didn't get any pics from Christmas morning because we can't find our camera.  Ooops.  It wasn't that exciting since Charlotte still does not understand opening presents and we had to do it for her.  She does understand toys and she got some fun new things to play with.  Suze sent her a baby doll and Charlotte bent over to give it a kiss - pretty much the cutest thing I have ever seen!  It fits perfectly in this little doll cradle that my sister found in my mom's basement.

So Pretty

Remember When

Charlotte was this tiny.

Michelin Babies

Wearing their puffy suits - Bailey, Charlotte, Netta

Celebration of Life

Today we went to an open house at Our Lady of Peace, the residential hospice place where Bubbe spent her last weeks.  It is such an amazing place and we are so lucky that Bubbe was able to be there.  The people who work there took good care of her, and of us.  Before Bubbe went to Our Lady of Peace, my sister and I took care of her all day everyday.  We weren't sure if moving her to a residential hospice place was the right thing to do, but one of the nurses said to us, "you need to be daughters now."  That was the greatest gift, we were able to be daughters and my mom was able to be our mom.  For Christmas, they had a Celebration of Life fundraiser and open house with a tree where you could buy an ornament to honor a loved one.  I think that for the rest of my life all of my charitable giving go there.  Mike, my sister and I brought the babies to visit with staff, eat some treats, and admire the tree.