Woops!

I am now just realizing that with how thankful I am I forgot to post the girls monthly thingies!
So, Ella:  She has been begging for bangs since I got them in September.  I've been avoiding it because I love everything about her sweet little face/hair and sometimes just don't like change.  Well, little miss stinker pants cut some bangs of her own the other day.  Not super short or choppy.  She actually did a surprisingly good job but it was one weird little strip of hair and that was it.  So, we fixed them today and she is so flipping excited to have bangs.  Ella is doing really well in school.  She got her first progress report right before Thanksgiving and while we do have some work to do on differentiating between numbers with circles (6,8,9,10) she is doing well.  Her social skills are great and she loves playing with friends and telling me all about it.  Ella is of course getting super excited for Christmas and is loving helping with the Christmas countdown (which is also helping her with her numbers) She loves the decor and the lights.  She's been a little concerned about how Santa will get into our new house since there isn't a fireplace like at our old house but with the magic of Christmas all things are possible.  Ella loves Thanksgiving and as my good little girl her favorite part was the pie.
Olivia:  What a stinker.  Terrible two's are here and I'm tired.  She's getting a lot better actually.  I'm mostly tired because Andrew and I managed to make a morning person.  I am not sure how we managed that.  Livie gets up at the crack of dawn and says "Sun wake up.  I wake up too."  Then she spends the next half hour tell mommy to wake up.  So by 8 I finally roll out of bed.  I am not a pre 8 person.  Anyway, Liv is talking so well now.  All worry of speech therapy is gone.  Also, my favorite part of life right now is there isn't worry much at all!  This time last year Livie was having those scary symptoms and I was a basket case.  This year she is doing so well.  Her sats are great, her energy is high, her color is normal (when she's warm) and I will be enjoying Christmas anxiety free this year.  It's a wonderful feeling.  So, we wrote letters to Santa.  Ella's was pretty normal but I have to type Livie's here because I was rolling when I read it (Andrew helped her.)
Dear Santa,
How are you? I am good.  Hello. Merry Christmas.  Ho Ho Ho. Hello.  I have been a good girl. Hello. I would like some presents. I want my family and neighbors. I would like chocolate. I would like crackers. I would like coloring stuff. Thank you for all the fun stuff I got last year.  I would like candy too.
Yours truly,
scribble scribble.
The normal sounding parts were coached by Andrew.  Everytime he'd ask what she wanted to say to Santa she'd say "hello" And her asking for family and neighbors just kills me.  So cute!
And for whatever reason, photo inserting isn't working at the moment.  Sorry.  Take my word for it.  They're cute!