New dollhouse: Thank you, Lola and Gramps!

Veronica enjoying the new dollhouse that Lola and Gramps sent for Christmas. Pretty swank, isn't it?

Tecnickles? Why, yes, they're my favorite part.

Veronica Says: Buy Local

Adrian and I were discussing what books we want to buy Veronica for Christmas and she joined the conversation.
Me: We should go to the local bookstore rather than Amazon.
Adrian: Yeah, that's a good idea.
Veronica: We should go to the local bookstore.
Me: That's right, honey. We should go to the local bookstore.
Veronica: I want to go to the local bookstore.
Me: Good, we should buy locally when we can, right?
Veronica: I don't know what that means.

Daycare Photo: Veronica and Lucas

A photo from daycare showing Veronica holding hands with one of her friends, Lucas. So sweet!

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From: Toddler 2 <>
Veronica and Lucas held hands and walked around the playground together. They had fun together.

Checking out the tree at Faneuil Hall

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

Our Christmas tree is up! Complete with Filipino parol (the star to the right of the tree). It was great to have Elyse with us when we went shopping for the tree, and especially for the decorating part afterwards (we miss you, Ninang!). Veronica put a lot of non-breakable ornaments on the bottom branches, including the 3 special ornaments we've bought for each of the Christmases she's had. Veronica has been very good with the tree and is very very careful when she gets near it. Such a good girl!

This year we got quite a large tree - the largest we've ever had at 8 feet! You can see the star is basically touching the ceiling. It's so tall that Adrian had to get the ladder out of the shed to reach the top, and he could just barely get that star up there. I must say, New England is pretty great for getting an awesome tree for not a lot of money.

It was SO NICE to be able to bring the tree into the living room through the new back door, rather than dropping needles from the front door through the entire depth of the house. Thanks again, Dad, for helping Adrian put the new back door in! The back door has been so useful, I can't even begin to count the number of times it's been used.

More Christmas-y photos to come. I just wanted to put this photo on the blog right away.

A sign at my doctor's office. Cool!

We're Pregnant!

Veronica is going to be an Ate(big sister)! Our expected due date is May 1, 2012. We're elated and super excited. We've been talking up being a big sister to Veronica and she's looking forward to it. My mom and brother are hoping the baby shares their birthday of May 5.