What a great start December has been! The photo with Lily and her orange butterfly was taken on December 2nd to capture her at the start of her fourth month! We had a Dr's appt on the 1st. Lily weighs 15lbs 7oz which is average for her age but she's tall for her age. The photo of the three of us by the decorated tree was taken at the Russell Christmas on Dec 3rd. Whalen and Lily each made a sign to welcome Cora. On Dec 2nd, in addition to Cora being born, we went out on our annual tree hunt! This is where we go to a tree farm and pick out our family Christmas tree then have Papa haul it home. Whalen to carry a tree just like Papa so we found one his size. We also had a wee family shot to capture Lily's first tree hunt! The photo of Lily hugging Shadow (our black cat) is very true to their relationship. Shadow will let Lily do anything to him and not retaliate! The close up of Lily will give you an idea of what the chicken pox have done to our happy peanut! She is doing really well with them, with only the one on her left ear that really seems to bother her. With any luck, they will soon scab over and she'll be more comfortable! I have to warn you that the next few bloc updates will be sporadic as Mike, Lily and I are staying with Connie for the next few days to help her out and get the house ready for core then we leave first thing on the 14th to head out to Regina to spend a month with his family. In any case, we will definitely do our best to keep Lily's fans up to date! PPS