We'll be heading to ND for a nice, cold, snowy Christmas this year. With all the snow we got yesterday, this picture (which I confiscated from Google) looks pretty much like MN right now!
Another "big girl" photo of Eleanor in front of our (little!) Christmas tree. I took her to my office yesterday (on my day off) to partake in our annual Christmas lunch. So, we did her hair for the occasion. She has been letting me put pigtails in and leaving them alone. Too cute! 
Here she is putting her homemade ornament on the tree that she made in the church nursery last Sunday.
There was nothing particularly special about Eleanor's lunch today. But, I just happen to be in the kitchen cleaning up when I looked over and thought, "Gosh, she's such a big girl now." I think Michael and I have been reflecting a lot on Eleanor lately because we know that we'll have a newborn in the house soon - which is a thrilling and scary thought all at the same time! Anyway, here is Eleanor eating her turkey & cheese sandwich, pineapple & some pretzels. She also likes her "movie milk" which is just milk from McDonald's that I refill for a couple of days. She thinks she getting a special treat and I find that she consumes more milk than with her regular sippy cup.
She's looking at the TV because I let her watch "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."
She actually smiles & "poses" for me now when asked. It's still not perfect, but she's getting the idea that I want to take a picture of her.
We had a nice, quiet Thanksgiving at home this year. Mari Lee, Sue, Matt & Melissa were nice enough to come our way since I had to work both Wednesday and Friday. This is the only good picture I got of Eleanor on Thanksgiving Day. It was a lovely day for November and we all took a walk after our big dinner. We walked over to the park and Eleanor ran all the bases on the baseball field. A great way to get rid of some energy! Mike & Matt also ran the bases racing each other, which was very comical.