Christmas Tree '09

As always we got our tree this year from Megargell Tree Farm in Orangeville. We got our tree on December 5th and put it up on the 6th (I am just a little behind on posting the pictures). It was a much different experience from last year when Anna was only a few weeks old, it was FREEZING and Annalise slept the whole time! This year I carried her in the backpack because I didn't think she was steady enough on her feet yet to be tromping through the fields without falling a million times. It was cold but it was not ruthless, Anna did not sleep but was shrieking (her happy shrieks), and it was even flurrying for the perfect ambiance!

All ready to go!

Stan searching for the perfect tree

Anna and I bringing up the rear

This one was it!

Annalise and I with our tree

Stan cutting it down

Disappearing under the tree

Ready to drag it all the way back to the barn.
Actually he could only drag it for a little while because the path turned to mud so he had to carry it the rest of the way. He always REFUSES to get a cart though!

Daddy's Favorite Pajamas

Here are some pictures of Annalise in Stan's favorite pajamas. Last summer we were shopping at Carter's in Hershey and Stan found these pajamas for Anna. He rarely has an opinion about such things so when came over to me with these that day I knew we had to buy them for her. Every time she has them on Stan says "She's so cute!" about 500,000,000 times. Seriously. Actually come to think of it he does that everyday so add another zero to that number and that is how many times he says it when she has the monkey pajamas on.

Gangsta' Vest

This gold vest came with a cute set of clothes that included many different mix and match pieces. When I got the outfits, I was showing them to Stan and said "I will probably never put her in this vest, but I really like all the other pieces". Of course, Stan decided that he really likes the gold vest and put it on her the other day. I do have to admit it was cute on her, but for some reason it reminds me of gangaster clothes. This is Annalise in her beautiful vest. Sorry for the fact that she is not looking at me in the shots. Anymore if she is facing me with a camera she is trying to get at me to get it so I have to take pictures quickly and on the sly at the moment!

Expanding Your Husband's Diet =)

I have been making LOTS of new recipes for dinner lately. I am actually cooking my way through a pretty awesome cookbook. Anyway, I have actually gotten my red meat and potatoes eating husband, the man who thinks that the only vegetables are green beans and corn, to try many new things. Amazingly (I think he has been surprised too) he has really liked each thing I have made. Sometimes he still picks out some of the things, but I have gotten him to eat spinach when I made Turkey Florentine, carrots, peas, and lima beans when I made these yummy little things called Chicken Baskets, and tuna when I made Tuna Stuffed Tomatoes. There have been some other things that I was really surprised he ate, but by far the previous items were the most surprising. So the lesson here is, as long as you don't tell the eater what is in the food until it is served on the table in front of him, it is likely he will eat it!!!!!! Lesson learned!