She's a man eater!

Oh oh, here she comes Watch out boy she'll chew you up

Oh oh, here she comes

She's a man eater

Ella loves Lukie!

Peas Please

Dog Santa

Oh, my favorite pastime, taking the dogs to see Santa...As you can see by the look on Buzz's face, he loves it too! We headed over to Spring Hill Mall and met up with the St. Legers.

They (or Nick) are as crazy for their dog as we (or me) are. We have a great shot of Otis and Zoey with Santa from a few years ago.

Even Ella got to come. Check out those boots.

I think this should be the St. Leger x-mas card but Mandy says, "I'm not putting that dog in our x- mas card." Jerk.

Addison loves Santa.

Here is our 15 dollar money shot. 15 bucks for one 5x7 pic. Totally worth it! Yep, we're those crazy dog people.

BTW, don't fret - we'll be taking Ella to see Santa sans the dogs later this week.

Buzz makes Ella laugh

The Chacks

The Chacks were in town over Thanksgiving weekend and were able to stop by for a couple of hours on Saturday night. I had never met their kids and hadn't seen either Chack in years so was super excited. Unfortunately, this is the only shot I have of Vivian. She is one smart cookie and cute as a button.

All of a sudden Ella has turned into a Grabby Grabberson. She loved George. I think George prefers his ladies a bit more reserved!

Thanksgiving 2009

This year we celebrated Thanksgiving at my Aunt Mo and Uncle Vinny's house. They rotate with my family every year. Ella wore a cute little dress that Aunt Kerry had bought her. The sweater was a bit large so we had to lose it following this picture. Here's Ella and Colton, or "The Bully." He better look out cuz she's almost his size!

See those cute pink tights? They stained my aunt's carpet! Seriously. The little clean green machine came to the rescue though.

The girl cousins:

What a jerk Grandpa, he laughs instead of helping her out. For that matter, what a jerk mom; I grab a camera instead of helping her out!

My Aunt and Uncle were kind enough to invite Buzz's family since there were only three of them and they know each other from various holidays and parties. This was a huge relief to us because we didn't have to go between two houses.

Happy Anniversary!

It's hard to believe it's been four years since our wedding. It snowed that day and it's snowing today. Last year at this time I predicted that Buzz would be a great father. I was wrong. He is the BEST father. Ella is so lucky to have him as a dad. I hope she remembers that when she's older.

I also hope that Ella grows up to love Christmas as much as we do.

Tonight we're going out to dinner and tomorrow we're going to see Cesar Milan, The Dog Whisperer, a the Rosemont theater. So excited!