Gia, however, is THRILLED beyond BELIEF to have Liam move out of her room, leaving it all to herself. With the crib out of there, we were able to move her bed out a little from the wall, clean it up and hang up her mirror. She ran in and squealed (apparently, girls do this?), "IT'S SO CLEEEAN AND BEEEAUUUTIFUL!!!" God help me. When asked if she missed Liam in her room, she quickly responded, "NO! WHY WOULD I?!" Sigh. A little monster is born. We moved her ginormous doll(y)house and all of its innards into her room today too. She hasn't been seen in an hour.
So, as this short break draws to a close (laundry, chores, treadmill are waiting), I'll leave you with some photos. Because something happened today that I have been waiting for every Christmas season since they were born.
We watched Elf.
Aaaaand they loved it, laughed at all the right parts and went off to play with a little twinkle in their eyes. And I'll promise to try not to use Santa as a bribe for good behavior. It's hard, though.



