OK Santa, we're ready for you!!

So, I ended my last post as I was pulling Christmas out of the closet. And now, 2 weeks later, the house is finally decorated! Santa's allowed to visit now! 

The penguins are decked too! This is probably my favorite decoration! I made these last year out of a cheap little kiddie Santa hat I bought on clearance. We've enjoyed these so much, I'm thinking of expanding the penguins' wardrobe for more holidays....

In addition to our full Christmas tree in the den, we have our Texas tree in the living room. I'll have to leave it up until Jan 7, of course!! Maybe "Pistolas McCoy" and the Horns will leave us a certain crystal football under the tree! Hook 'Em!!
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Zoe would like to be a present under the tree too... awwww.

Look at how strong she is!! Still not a big fan of "tummy time"- we really only last a few minutes until the frustration sets in, the fussing starts, Mama caves, and Sierra gets flipped back over. Of course, if there's something fun to look (like the TV or a puppy dog), she's more willing to lift her head up high.

Our whole clan is ready for Christmas break! Travis has been working for 19 days straight now- most of those late nights too- so he's ready for a good vacation! Aside from running our little circus at home and "Christmas-ing", Chrissy has been juggling all the car-wreck clean-up. The Honda is officially totaled, but we're still negotiating on the value. And of course, we're in the process of shopping for a new car. Stay tuned for more!

Our first 6 weeks

So it's time for her first progress report, right??
(Well, we don't go back to the pedi for a couple weeks still, but Mama can operate a scale right??)

She's a happy, smiling, 9lbs 6oz! I can't believe it! She passed Mama's birth weight a long time ago, but still hasn't hit Papa's starting weigh-in. Don't worry, there will be a picture and an apologetic phone call to Mamaw to commemorate that event in a couple weeks.

Here's a side-by-side of Day 1 vs Day 42:

As many of you heard, it SNOWED here yesterday too! In Houston! This only happens about every 10 years, so we get pretty excited about it. Here in the city it was really wet, slushy "snow", not real pretty. Since Mama was on her own and couldn't figure out how to wrangle an appropriately-bundled baby AND Papa's fancy camera, we stayed inside and took pictures from the window.
Here's one early on that shows it coming down, but before anything started sticking. It actually snowed for several hours, so we ended up with a couple inches before it let-up in the late afternoon.

But forget the snow, the most exciting thing in our house the last couple weeks has been Sierra really starting to smile. Ahhh, it's the best! :) Aside from adults making goofy faces, she also smiles at Zoe and her favorite Mortimer the Moose.
Aunt Charlotte caught an adorable, toothless grin a few nights ago with her phone.

Big sister Zoe really likes the Boppy pillow also.


Actually, this reminds me....
Aunt Charlotte was staying with Sierra (our first separation- yikes!) while Mama went to rescue Papa from the side of 610. Yep, if you haven't seen the pictures yet, Chrissy's ol' Accord went out with a bang Wed. night- literally. Travis was car #2 of 5 in a rush-hour pile-up. Aside from a little sore neck the next day, Travis was fine. Since cars #1-4 were already stopped, the last car in line (in the back, the white Cavalier below) got the citation and should be responsible for all the damage. At least that's the story from the cops- we're waiting on the official police report to make it to the insurance company before we can do anything. Until then, our little circus is operating on 1 vehicle. (Read: Mama stuck at home with no car.) :(

The driver of the Cavalier walked away fine, btw. She hit a older pick-up that had no rear bumper so the Cavalier absorbed all of the impact. Note to self: don't drive behind jerks with no rear bumper.

Also, I promised a better picture our absolute favorite piece of baby-gear, the Moby wrap. I don't know if this really any better, but it's a fun picture anyways. Sierra got to go putt-putting last week! We met GrandDoug, GiGi, Uncle Travis, and Aunt Ashley in Pearland to enjoy the beautiful weather we had the day after Thanksgiving. (Far more relaxing than shopping...)

So, that should get us all caught up! Wow! Now Mama's off to pull Christmas out of the closet- yay!!!

:)