First of Many

We celebrated Christmas on December 22nd with Grandma Marilyn's Family. This is a picture of me opening my ornament during the 1st annual, 2nd cousin ornament exchange.
I got my first LeSportsac purse from Gab and Uncle Billy was very excited about it!
I wore my German dress for the party. Mama bought it on our trip to Garmisch, Germany. My hair was crazy that night, as I refused to wear a clip and I was working hard. Here I am helping Gab distribute gifts. As you can see, from the looks on our faces, we took our job quite seriously.
There is a Christmas picture of Mama from many years ago where she is running to deliver a gift. It was always one of Great Grandma Helen's favorite pictures. Gab's look of concern is because I kept trying to pick up the gift bags by the tissue!
This year's party had a Mexican theme and every kid went home with an individual pinata! I didn't get to eat the cand though. Shock, shock.

Great Uncle Don 1931-2007

On December 16th, I had the chance to be one of the family members with my Great Uncle Don when he left for heaven. At his Memorial Service, I sang and danced with the music and Mama said that Uncle Don would have liked that. We miss him very much as he was one of the kindest, gentlest, funniest people we knew. We loved him. Below are some pictures from this past summer when he visited me at Grandma's house.

Great Uncle Don loved my "strong man".

Got Aquanet?

Before the Moran Family Christmas Party, I wanted to have a snack.
Mama didn't want me to get any food in my hair, so she put it back in this headband.
The result was very big, southern-style (right Miss Leah?) hair.
Contemplating the world of beauty pageants

Make Them Pretty

A couple of days before Christmas, Gab and I got the gifts ready.
My favorite part was fluffing the tissue and cellophane wrap. As you can see in this shot, I really got into it.
After all of our hard work, I found a way to celebrate.

Over the River....

I headed to Seattle on December 15th and immediately made my presence known at Grandma and Grandpa's house.
And of course, I had to show them some of my tricks.

Brrrrrrr

We haven't had a ton of snow here, but we had a decent snowfall last month.
We got all bundled up and headed out for some fun, but by the time we got out, it was more like ice rain coming down instead of snow. Everyone else was freezing, but I loved it!
I tasted my first (and hopefully last) snow. Grandma!

Howdy

Under Inspection

Don't mind me, I'm just inspecting our ornaments for lead paint.Well, as long as I don't lick anything, we should be okay.

Let's Get Serious

Grandma Marilyn was here for a visit in early December and we went for lots of walks. I had to get bundled up as it gets a little chilly in New England. But, I didn't let it stop me....you can tell by the look on my face that I'm serious about my exercise!

Whew!

Who thinks that Mama and I need to get on the ball and start posting some pictures?