Growing Girl

 Here's our growing girl. Above is from the beginning of December, she is almost 4 weeks.

 These pictures are from today (5 weeks), chillin' with Aunt Jill. We will miss her when she leaves tomorrow.

Home

So here's a post about our new place. Warning: there are a LOT of pictures, so skip if you want, but I like seeing lots of pictures of other people's homes, so here's mine.

22 Dewberry Place. 

We moved in August, and this picture is from Halloween. Chris redid the roof, a lot of work. We have changed a lot inside, mostly just by painting. We still have lots of plans, and things we would like to do, but we've got time. With the painting done and Christmas decor up, it really feels like our home, and I love it!

 The front entrance, the door on the right is to the garage.

 Right beside the door to the garage in the front closet, nice and big.

 And to the right of the closet, our keyboard/piano.

 If you do a 180 degree turn from looking at the closet, there is our living room. The front of the house is where the Christmas tree is.

 Some more Christmas tree shots.

 Behind the living room is the formal dining area. We did get a new table with chairs, and have had fun using the dining room to have Chris' parents over and for U.S. Thanksgiving.

 This is a view from the front of the house/living room.

 The eat in kitchen. To the left is a glass partition that lets you see down to the 3rd level and the family room. It is great for keeping an eye on kids!

 A shot from the upper level. We live in a four level split. The living, dining, and kitchen are all on the first level.

 A view of the kitchen, keepin' it real, as we are preparing for Thanksgiving dinner, and it is messy.

 To the left of the dining room and kitchen are the stairs. When you go up, there are three bedrooms and a bathroom all on the second level.

 Rachel's room. I painted it. Before it was dark blue and brown, so much lighter and nicer now.

 Below is Macy's room.

 I also painted Macy's, it used to be brown and bright orange. The previous owner's had 2 boys, and liked dark colours.

 Below shows the door to our master bedroom. It hasn't been painted yet, and aside from that one blue wall, the rest is a very dark brown. It also has an ensuite bathroom.

 Macy's bathroom.

 If you go down the stairs to the 3rd level, there is a guest bath (below), a family room, and a guest room/office.

 The family room and play area.

 Below is the guest room and office. It is huge, and a little messy at picture taking time. Chris and I painted this room. So much brighter now, paint is a wonderful thing.

There is a fourth level basement that has another finished bedroom. The rest of that level is unfinished, and has the laundry, and our exercise equipment. There is a large crawl space under the 3rd level awesome for storage.

Like I said, there is lots we still would love to do (bathrooms and kitchen, and windows), but it is a great space and layout, and those changes probably won't happen for a couple of years. It has been fun making it our home and now that I am no longer pregnant, the projects we would like to do seem less daunting and a little more fun.

Anyway, that's our Home, Sweet Home. 

Santa!

We went early to visit Santa this year, and it was great. No lines, and he spent lots of time with you. We went to the Sherwood Park Mall again and it was great. It's free and you bring your own camera to take as many pictures as you want. Plus, the Santa there is great!

 Here is Macy talking to Mrs. Claus. She didn't mind talking to her, but when it came to Santa, even though she was excited to see him, she was shy.

 Santa came out to greet us and welcome us back to his chair.

 Rachel meets Santa, she slept through the whole ordeal!

 Santa and the girls.

A group shot, Val, Macy, Rachel, Grandma Cutts, and Chris.

 Not the greatest picture quality, but I love Santa's expression.

 Another great expression, and Rachel snoozing.

After we walked through the mall a bit before heading home. Macy and Arthur, on one of the mall rides.

Hopefully since we've visited him, Santa will be good to us this year!

Macy Quotes

Macy: Mom where are you?

Mom: I'm feeding Rachel.

Macy: You're eating Rachel?

Mom: Yes, and when I'm done, I'm going to eat you!

Macy: Mom, you eat food, you don't eat people!

We recently started the 'Elf on a Shelf' tradition, part of which is naming your elf. I've been trying to get Macy to come up with a name, instead of us just naming him. So today I ask again, what do you want to name our elf. She pauses, thinks, smiles, and answers 'How about smelly, poopy-pants!' and then she laughs hysterically at her joke. Such scatological humour!