Joyeux Noël!

Hazel and I had some fun with an empty cardboard box, wrapping paper and ribbon!

Eight and a Half Hours!!!!!!

Hazel slept through the night!  Round of applause please!!!

Pic for illustration purposes only! Obviously, she slept in her bed, and not on the cute pillow thing at Vicki's house.  

Daddy's had a long week, and it's only Tuesday...

They're not tired, honestly...

But it looks as though Hazel is dealing with fatigue better than her father....

The Christmas Bear??????

So we planned into town yesterday to see Santa, who was making time in his calendar for photos with the kids in Bourgoin from 2pm.  Except when we got there at 3.30pm, we were told that Santa wasn't coming, but that Hazel and Mia could have their photos taken with the "Christmas Bear".  

Bah Humbug to that!

We found Santa in the street handing out cookies - lucky us, Santa with cookies!  It was too cold to get the girls out of their prams for a snap, but Santa kindly posed next to them, prams and all!

Hazel, sleeping through the excitement.

Mia is in there, under the rain cover, and the fleece!

Best buddies

Hazel's BFF is Mia, who was born three days after her, and stayed in the room next door at the hospital.  Here they are together, just chilling on the couch.

Playing with my new camera

So just for something different, I fired off a few shots of Hazel...

...who was initially caught by surprise at the intrusion to her cuddle with Daddy by the paparazzi!

Ron on the other hand, was playing it cool for the camera. 

Hazel discovers her thumb

Hazel has now well and truly discovered the joy of thumb sucking...

...but sometimes, when very hungry, one thumb is just not enough...

...after all, playing and irish dancing is hard work!

Hazel and her toys

Hazel is really starting to enjoy her toys.  When I'm doing fun things like putting away the washing, Hazel plays!  She is starting to swat at her mobile, and really seems to enjoy the music it plays.

Got it!  Haaaazzzarrr!