Giggles and more giggles

So AJ now does this really cute thing... she squirms and lets out a little scream and giggles. She wrinkles her nose when she smiles, she's always done that and when my mom was visiting, she told me that I do that.

We went out last night to a local shopping center, The Grove. It's always been my favorite shopping center or "mall" it's an outdoor mall. Last night Santa was there and they had several snow machines on the roof of the mall so we got "snowed on", it was a nice touch. It was a bit chilly so AJ was all bundled up, I kept checking her hands and face to make sure she wasn't too cold but she wasn't, as a matter of fact, her hands were pretty warm. I wanted to take pictures of her at the beautiful tree that they had (a 110 ft. fir), but, unfortunately she fell asleep and didn't wake up until we were ready to go home. I thought for a moment about having her take a picture with Santa but the line was huge, it was cold and the whole Santa idea doesn't quite sound romantic to me :) I think we lose the meaning of Christmas by having kids believe in Santa.

AJ ahora hace cosas que me parecen muy lindas una de ellas es que pega un gritito y se ríe a carcajadas. Arruga la naricita cuando se ríe, siempre ha hecho eso, cuando mi mamá vino de visita me dijo que yo hago eso también.

Anoche salimos a un centro comercial llamado "The Grove". Este lugar siempre ha sido mi centro comercial favorito porque es al aire libre. Anoche Santa Claus estaba alli, y pusieron unas máquinas que producen nieve, un toque muy bonito. AJ se fue totalmente cubierta porque había mucho frío, a cada rato se me dió por chequearla para ver si estaba lo suficientemente tapada, pero si, sus manitas siempre estuvieron calientitas. Quise tomarle fotos pero pude porque en cuanto llegamos se durmió y no se despertó hasta que ibamos de salida. Por un momento consideré tomarle fotos con Santa pero la verdad es que la idea de Santa Claus no me parece muy buena, en parte porque enseñarle a los niños a creer en Santa se pierde totalmente lo que uno celebra ese dia (el nacimiento de Cristo).