Snug on a Snowy Afternoon

Because you can't really see Ms. Juliet's face in the pictures in the earlier post, here's one from a few minutes ago - her napping and swinging. The Christmas tree is lit, the snow is piling up outside - a perfect December Saturday afternoon.

Juliet's First Snow.. and First Trip to the Library

We woke up this morning to the snow falling - the first of season here in D.C. They were big wet flakes and the air was fairly warm so we bundled Juliet up and took a quick walk to the library.

The children's section of the Mount Pleasant library is truly amazing! It covers the entire top floor and has two reading nooks with floor to ceiling murals done by Aurelius Battaglia, one of the story artists for Disney's Pinocchio and Dumbo. There are some great photos and more information here:

http://www.animationarchive.org/labels/mural.html

We picked up a good selection of board books and there are plenty more where those came from. Ah, the library..

Daddy's Blanket

Juliet has so many blankets, but she's fallen in love with her Daddy's Winnie the Pooh blanket. We're lucky she's a really good sleeper so far.

So alert..

Here are a few pictures from earlier this week just to show how much more alert and awake (and beautiful) she's getting!

Thanksgiving dinner... and a tree

D.C. was cool and foggy for Thanksgiving today, but we watched the Thanksgiving Day Parade and made a delicious dinner. Dylan's "Christmas in the Heart" got a few spins and then, after lunch, we took a walk around the neighborhood and then came home and started decorating for Christmas - a perfect, relaxing, wonderful day.

Meeting Grandma

Nancy came in on Tuesday night and we put Juliet on the bus and headed over to her hotel. They were both glowing!

Day 26: Morning Reading Time!

After breakfast Juliet was especially awake this morning so we got out her four books and Karen read to her. She particularly likes books with mirrors in them.. And then, just because she's adorable, a picture of her sleeping..