Hmm, David was enjoying this way too much. Think he was going back to his teenage years when he raised sheep.
Here we were in the jungle area. Maci loved seeing all the birds flying around.
She even refused to nap until we held her still long enough for her to realize how exhausted she was.
We were there for feeding time with the otters. That was quite the excitement!
The only thing between us and that tiger was thick glass. 
Love this animal, but never know what it is.
We had a fabulous time. A six hour zoo adventure was plenty for us. This is a really big zoo and we didn't really get to see the gorilla exhibit. Maybe next time.
The lucky girl had 3 different outfits to wear for Christmas. I heart Santa on Christmas Eve Day, Christmas pj's given from the grandparents, a Christmas dress and a Mrs. Clause outfit for Christmas day. Guess that is 4. (And I spent less than $10!)
Every time we were outside, Maci had to check out the snowmen.
Family picture. Had to pull teeth to get David to stay in his Sunday clothes for a few more minutes and then had to tickle Maci so she would smile and look at the camera.
Maci loves playing with Uncle Eric!
Maci especially loved being around Kirra. "Cousin twins" being born on the same day. This was a daily ritual. Or it was the other way around. The other extremely cute bonding time was when Kirra wore Maci's new shoes. These aren't just any shoes, they are squeaker shoes. So both of them are smiling and laughing at each other as they listen to themselves squeak and chase each other. So adorable!!!
Sarah loved playing with Maci. I promise, that's a huge smile on her face and lots of laughing.
Carly was in on the fun, too. She and Maci spent a few afternoons outside with me and they let me take a few pictures. They were having too much fun to look at the camera, though.
Poor Haily wasn't feeling too well during the break so I didn't get any pics of her with Maci :(
"Burp" Yep, that is her first actual work (other than mom or dad) Every time she does it, we say the word and since those are easy sounds for her, the word just came out. Just now is she understanding the word "uh-oh" and is now trying to say it. She has her own sounds for thank you. She loves to mimic everything. I direct music a lot at church and she thinks that is a normal thing to do when she hears music. She loves to sing and dance. She even has her own dance moves. (she has just recently combined dancing and walking so it looks like she is penguin walking) No one taught her what dancing is, she started it on her own. That makes me think that music will be a big part of her life. One evening, she was over tired and wouldn't fall asleep so I put the laptop at her door to play some soft Christmas music. She immediately calmed down but the music stopped for some reason and she started crying. I fixed the problem and she quickly fell asleep. 
