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Still not completely happy about tummy time.

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Last night Patrick and I drove out to Ikea to buy this adorable play gym for Oliver. I had seen it on another blog and just had to have it. I think Oliver likes it too.

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I am off work this week so Oliver and I are hanging out at home with Grandpa, Aunt Kate and Uncle Matt. This means we also have access to our toys. Although he is only three and a half months old I decided to try Oliver in the exersaucer. As you can see from the photos it is a hit.




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Sadly I did not have my camera in my hand as much as I would have liked the past two days. I too only a few shots Christmas Eve and fewer Christmas Day. As you can see in the photo above we live in an old house that has small rooms. Add fifteen people and a very large tree and there isn't much room to move about and take pictures. We had a lovely Christmas Eve with family and a quiet Christmas day.


( I had to stand in the corner almost behind the woodstove to grab this snapshot.)

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I have not looked to see what the official snow fall amount for our area was but in our yard it is about two feet deep. Patrick, with just a little help from me, shoveled the driveway today. That's one hundred sixty five feet from the street to the back door. Then he shoveled all the snow in front of all four cars and completely dug my car out. I am pretty sure a snow blower or a plow for the front of the lawn tractor is in our future.

Patrick also shovel from our back door to his mother's back door so that we can visit with her and get the dogs out to the back yard.

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My first attempts at bokeh . I used a snowflake whole punch and got this effect. I think it would be striking with white lights and snowman.

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Matt help Patrick clear the driveway and Kate pushed the snow off of our cars.
I took pictures from the window.

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