ho ho hoooo

On saturday we took Sophia to the rec center that is right around the corner from us for "brunch with santa". This would be our "trial run"! We had her in a cute little x-mas outfit and stood in line with all of the other kids. I walked her up to santa and placed her in his arms and she was great not even a peep! So we knew she'd be okay for the "mall santa"! After eatting brunch and walking around and Sophia staring at all the little kids running around we had walked back home. When we got home we relaxed for awhile and then her cousins came over. Sophia loves when her cousins come over because Rosie who is 13 carries her around, etc. it was so cute i was in our room watching tv and i heard the two of them talking to eachother and i walked in the door way of the room they were in and rosie was sitting at the comp holding sophia. it looked so cute sophia was sitting there so still looking at the comp and then up to rosie. after a little while i took sophia and we went down stairs to plau with angie who will be 2 x-mas eve. she was playing with her little dolls. there like barbies but smaller. alot smaller! so i sat sophia on the sofa like a "BIG GIRL" and gave hera doll to hold and we all played dolls for a little bit sophia loved it she felt like such a big girl.
Today was the day for the "mall santa"! We dressed her in a little x-mas dress that had white fur around the kneck and around the arms and her little white stocking. We stood in line and she was staring at all the things around santa. It was then our turn... joe and I stood behind the lady with the camera calling her name she did soo good once she looked at santa she didnt stop looking at him. hopefully next year she will be as good! we saw plenty of kids crying! we picked the picture we liked the most it was a hard choice because the one of her looking up at santa was also good! but the lady said i can always come back and get that one. there were so many people at the mall during lunch she was staring at these two older ladies making face with her mouth as they were eatting! she wasnt even blinking! While we were there we got her stocking with her name on it. now we just have to get a bunch of goodies to stuff it. That should be fun! Tonight we will be wrapping her gifts i am soo excited i got the cutest wrapping paper~pink (of course!) with x-mas tress , little cats on it and x-mas balls.
I have been working alot with in the last couple of weeks with my normal days off (tuesday and wednesday) so i took off today, but i picked up a banquet on wed afternoon. When i was feeding sophia her breakfast this morning i could not believe how well she did with everything. i had her small bowl of rice cereal and a small bowl of her sweet pot. (this morning was the first time i actually got to feed her them since i was home.) she ate everything! and she wasnt even messy after she finished that i offered her her bottle and she ate some of that too! i am excited for dinner tonight! hopefully she does well with that again! I am going to try and out the picture of her and santa online so that everybody can see it.