Cora's First Christmas

Christmas was really nice this year. Cora slept in until about 8am, and we all made our way to the living room where Mike and I settle in with a cup of coffee and let Cora open her first Christmas Presents. I love this shot of her opening up her first gift.

Who wants to read a book when you can eat it? She decided her Little People book was a better snack than it was educational material.

Mike was on his A-Game for Christmas this year. He actually bought the dogs gifts too. They were pretty excited, as they sniffed the packaging.
Because Cora received a Tickle Me Elmo doll for Christmas we decided to let Cassius have her old Elmo doll that was a hand me down from someone else. This Elmo doll originally came with a cup and potty that he would ask for when you pressed his hand and then you would place him on the potty. But since we didn't have either the potty or the cup, he would just say, "Elmo has to go potty, Elmo has to go potty. Oh no, accidents happen." Mike jokingly said, "Well he keeps pissing all over the house, so I guess Cassius gets him." And so Elmo's fate was sealed.
Cora tried saving Elmo from the wrath of Cassius, but she was too late.

Elmo was bound for certain death :) Elmo is now a carcass that is still well loved by Cassius and Beck, but at least he isn't having accidents in the house anymore.