This weekend we went to our neighborhood Christmas party, where Annette enjoyed doing crafts. In addition to coloring, she made a hand print ornament and a jingle bell rattle.

Yesterday was Annette's 15 month birthday, and we went to the doctor's office for her check-up today. She weighs 25 pounds 2 ounces (80th percentile) and is 33 inches long (98th percentile!). She is going to be tall just like her parents :-)

Last year Annette enjoyed going to see Santa,

but this year she was having none of it. While she's been getting bigger, it seems like Santa has shrunk!

We're all getting ready for Christmas! The dogs went to get their holiday grooming last weekend, and came home with matching festive ruffs. Bella even got hair bows on her ears, which she managed to get rid of pretty quickly :-)

Annette got in on the festivity too!

All ready for bed in our matching pjs :-)

Annette decided last week that it was time for her to start walking! She loved walking all over the parachute at Gymboree.

She resorts to crawling sometimes, since that's still her fastest way to get around :-)

Last weekend Annette and her Daddy went to the zoo. Everyone was lined up to check out the new African Forest area.

This rhino enjoyed a good belly-scratch on a rock.

Annette was very excited about riding the carousel!

Rum balls, anyone? Mommy and Daddy made 200 of them last weekend in preparation for Christmas :-)

Our little "Snow Belle" is ready for the holidays in her festive tutu pjs :-)

Annette has been busy learning lots of new skills! Unfortunately one of these skills is being a picky eater. She loves cheese though - string cheese, mac and cheese, veggies (only if covered in cheese), etc.

She also loves checking her email on Daddy's phone :-)

She's learning to eat using a plate and fork! It's a lot of work though, so she often ends up tossing away the fork and using her fingers instead.

Drinking through a straw is her new favorite thing :-)

She also likes making silly faces for the camera!