abby is such a character these days.  

we put up our christmas tree and she was thrilled the first time we turned the lights on! she was not expecting it to light up, so she clapped and stamped her feet. LOL.  it was so cute.

she does like the tree, she likes to take ornaments off it and shake the branches & she enjoys pulling the plug out of the wall. :/  she also likes to go behind the tree esp if the cats are back there.

so because the tree is up, we had to take down the playpen.  i have it in her room if i need it. we were going to end up taking it down soon anyway, but i felt more secure knowing i had a safe place to put her if i needed to leave the room for more than a minute. for example, doing laundry, taking a shower. so i guess we can set it up in the living room temporarily if needed.  

she was trying to climb INTO the playpen the other day, i guess she saw a toy in there that she wanted.  she about gave me a heart attack b/c she was hanging off the edge of it!!! crazy kid.

and yesterday she was sitting inside the hamper with her toys. she had her picnic basket with her little people, a bucket, and the tree skirt, LMAO.  btw, the tree skirt is not on the tree b/c abby keeps pulling it off. 

also, she pretends to put on lotion.  she "pushes" the pump or the top of the cap and then rubs her hands together. so cute!