Sledding!

A couple of weekends ago we took Camila sledding for the first time. She didn't know what to think of it, but Fabricio and I enjoyed ourselves. We took her down a little hill next to the main hill at Hyland Park Reserve in Bloomington. Of course, we just "had" to go down the big hill on our own, you know, just to try it out. :)

Merry Christmas!

For Christmas Santa got Camila a Rocking Pony. We weren't sure how she would react when she came down in the morning and saw it sitting in the living room. But we weren't disappointed - she made a beeline for it and started poking around. Too bad she only likes to sit on it for 10 seconds or so. Maybe in a few more months. :)

She also had fun unwrapping gifts. As always, opening is more fun than actually playing with what's inside....except in this case. We gave her a little snowglobe with a cat inside. (She won't be able to play with it until she's like 8!) But she absolutely loved it, and sat hugging the little thing for a good part of the morning. She loves the musical snowglobe I bought for myself, so we thought this would be a fun thing for her to get and then tell her about it when she's older.

Here she is in her Christmas outfit opening gifts at Grandma & Grandpa Nelson's. Not surprisingly, she was much easier this year than last. We were able to eat dinner as a family, play a lot, and enjoy opening gifts. I remember last year she was crying all throughout gift-opening, and Fabricio missed the first part of dinner b/c he was trying to put Camila down for a nap. What a difference a year makes!

We didn't realize how a simple booster seat would turn into such a fun toy. She played on this thing for about 30-45 minutes on Christmas Eve at my Aunt & Uncles', and for another 30-45 minutes on Christmas Day. She loved climbing in and out. I think we'll be getting her a little chair for our house! (This one stays at my parents').

What did you say?

What did you say? Dada will be home in 40 hours?

Did I hear that right? No way!

Oh boy! I'm so excited!

Camila's doll is thirsty

It seems like she's too young to understand, but this afternoon I caught Camila giving her doll a drink of water (well, the glass was empty.) Isn't she too young to understand that? Either way, I thought it was really cute. :) Camila is also now into "washing"herself. I give her a washcloth in the bathtub and she likes to wash herself. But this has also carried over into anytime she has water. Particularly when she's washing her hands; she likes to pat her chest with water. I can just see the wet mess this will turn out to be...

Oh, Christmas Tree!

I hope everyone is enjoying the Christmas season. Camila and I have been listening to Christmas music for about 4 weeks now. :) Anyway, just a quick update of new things with her. She is now trying to blow out the flame everytime she sees a candle. She obviously is imitating what she seems me do, and it's pretty cute. She'll be sitting on the floor playing, look up and realize I've lit a candle, and starts to blow. She also has tried to say "Camila" a couple of times. It's no where near how it's supposed to sound, but I love that she's trying. And this was something interesting I noticed this evening. We were sitting on the floor playing with a tuperware container and lid, and she understood which way the lid needed to face in order to fit on top of the tuperware. If I placed it on the floor upside down or right side up, she knew right away if she needed to flip it or not in order to get it to fit on the container. What a smart girl! ;) Just a few misc pictures from tonight. I was trying to get a picture of us in front of the Christmas tree. Camila was pretty excited to see the lights.