(...only 15 more days!)

...a beautiful disaster! *

*R's new nickname! We love her, who she is and would not want her packaged any different; however, this nickname...fits her well!

So...on to a couple funny, embarassing, memorable moments!
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We had a girls day on Saturday...shopping! This was a LOOONG day of running and she was a complete angel! She was excited that it was just me and her and she laughed, danced to the Christmas music playing in every store and gave me good shopping advice. She is very honest...if she doesn't like something she will let you know. We were shopping for daddy and she took it very serious. In fact...she made a few pretty big decisions, so we'll see if daddy likes them! We finally made it to the mall and were in the Gap. She wanted out of her stroller and I let her. She was cracking me up as she was dancing and lettting me know everything she liked. I was looking for a particular size and heard her say "momma, look"...I ignored her and she repeated herself..."momma, look"! I turned around and there she was...pants and panties around her ankles. Her toosh is pointed to me and she is looking over her shoulder with the biggest, cheeziest grin on her face and she says..."boo-yah"! I am stunned, frozen, having no clue what to say...so of course this comes out..."R...what are you thinking"! Then I hear it...hysterical laughter coming out of the people around us. I look over to find this one lady laughing with tears rolling down her cheeks! I still am speechless, finally this comes out..."who are you and where is your mommy"! Well, of course my R could not go along with that. She replies..."it's me momma, Ri, Ri"...as she is beating her chest to make sure she knows I am talking about her. In an effort to make me feel better...the ladies who had finally stopped laughing chimed in that she was the cutest thing they had ever seen...and that "even though she is not mine, I will never forget that toosh"! What could I say except..."we love her"!

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Yesterday, we were going to meet daddy for lunch. R was ready to go and I was upstair getting K dressed. We come down to find R, laying on this blanket.

Yes, this same grin on her face. I then proceed to ask her where she got that blanket. "Santa brought it to Ri Ri, cause I was a good girl"! I replied "R, santa must have dropped some things off early because he is very busy, but we are not supposed to open our gifts from him until Christmas." She then says, very serious "Santa told Ri Ri to open it." Oh..."you talked to Santa". "Yes and he brought me a Cinderella blanket and told me (as she puts her finger up to her lips) SHHHH and then said snug, bug!" Oh..."he wrapped you up snug as a bug"? "Yes" she replied..."I love it!"
Well...maybe we should thank him! Enjoy the video!

(...only 15 more days!)