17 weeks and so many toys!

baby girl can hear us!

i have been singing and talking to her a lot lately, but now
she can actually hear me. her skeleton is changing from soft cartilage
to bone, and she is getting so big! from head to rump,
she is about as long as my hand (5.5-6 inches).

you can see the growth in the above photo.


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as you may remebmber, we made a large paper mache snowman
as our drop off box for our toys for tots drive. well, last night
was the ceremony and dinner for the apartment association of greater
dallas and toys for tots. and our snowman tied for third place!
we also got to sit by the marine corps which was pretty cool.

onto the winners!

first place went to the marine copter:

 second place went to this sleigh:

our snowman tied the pirate ship for third:

here are a few that i thought were pretty creative.

this Christmas ferris wheel:



and this super cute fireplace with santa peeking out:

but my favorite for sure was THIS beauty:

haha i can't stop laughing.

but my favorite part was the HUGE pile of toys that were donated.

this shot didn't even capture half of what was collected.

now THAT is awesome!

after visiting Holli this weekend, we went to the Galleria

to wrap up some Christmas shopping. i had to get a shot of

the GINORMOUS tree in the center of the ice rink.

i LOVE this thing!!

and now my favorite pictures from the week...

me and my sweet baby niece:

i just can't get enough of her!

thank you to Brittany and James for the precious gift of Holli!!!

She's the best Christmas present ever!