Christmas 2010

Learning how to put money in a new piggy bank.
Daddy helping Lauren operate her new Elmo lap top!
This is probably my favorite Christmas picture of Lauren--a little bow on her head and completely sucked in to the fake lap top. I can only imagine where technology is going to take us.
She needed a little help to stay on track when opening gifts.
She is such a goof! This is a side view of Lauren making the piggy face. She knows that it makes us laugh, so she does it all the time.

We had a great Christmas and Lauren seemed to get it...a little bit. She actually did great at staying away from the presents under the tree and the tree itself. She would just bring the presents to us and shake them along the way. She also loved to take the bows off.

We celebrated the Bello side at our house on Christmas Eve and then went to my family's on Christmas Day. Lauren went without a nap on Christmas Day and lasted longer than I thought she was going to. She didn't get too cranky until about 4:30 and we were heading out anyway. She got lots and lots of new toys and cute clothes from Glamma (Adam's mom.) I feel horrible that we never got a family picture in front of our tree. I thought about it as we were taking it down. I don't know how we never thought about it. I guess I will just go with the whole "just busy living life" excuse, but I know that I will not forget next year. I also didn't get a picture of when we went and cut our tree down. It was not a nice day and was pouring down rain, so the chances of it actually being a good picture were slim to none anyway. I hope everyone had a great Christmas season!