Here are some pictures from Christmas.  Adriana did really well and had a blast!!!!!!  

Zoo Lights

Here are a couple pictures of us at the zoo lights last night.  It was freezing, but Adriana loved it, she was bundled up like the kid on the Christmas Story. :)  She ooo'ed and ahhh'ed at all the lights and animals.  She loved the giraffes.   She was so tired but cried and pointed at the zoo as if we were taking away her favorite toy when we left.  It was a lot of fun.  Ally, Grandpa and Aunt Tara joined us.   Luckily Santa was there as we had not taken her to see him yet.  We tried at the mall but it was so chaotic we decided not to.  We were feeling like terrible parents for not having the 1st Christmas-kid screaming on Santa's lap picture.  She actually didn't mind.  Ally sat with her so that helped a lot.  

Christmas Train

This weekend on the Christmas Train at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden.  

Christmas baking

So this last weekend we decided to start making Christmas goodies.  That is really not an Etchepare thing to do but now that we have Adriana we seem to be doing a lot that we normally wouldn't.  Rob found a recipe for peppermint cream cheese brownies.  They were amazing.  Adriana was very helpful in the process.  As you can see we almost ended up with little fingers in the batter.   The wisk was really her favorite thing.  She was quite intrigued by it.

This week is sugar cookies.  We will see how it goes.  I bet she will love to help with the frosting.

Good times

So I am sitting at the table with Adriana for lunch today.  I am typing an email (as any good attentive mother would during lunch time) and I hear these little devilish giggles.  I look over and Ade is taking her turkey and taking a bite and then throwing it over the side of the highchair and giggling.  It is a very fun game.  Usually she just throws it over when she is done but since she is taking a bite I feel that I should just let it keep going...it is a victory in a weird sort of way. 

First Snow (that she is interested in)

So this weekend is snowed and Adriana loved it.  For those of you that don't know, she is obsessed with the outside.  She wants to go outside constantly and cries if we don't let her.  We have to do a lot of re directing.  She loves trees.  And seemed to really like the snow.