People are pulling down their Christmas trees and here I am, talking about our Christmas five days later. I like to keep the holly jolly going until well into the new year.
We celebrated our own Christmas at home the weekend before Christmas. We had a North Pole breakfast with snowmen shaped pancakes and Christmas straws in the morning, played in the snow and opened gifts at night. Annabelle gave me a music box that plays Edelweiss which she told me about four days before I opened it. Every time she talked about it she would tell me, “But Daddy said not to tell you ’bout it.” She asked for a whistle and a jump rope, both of which she got in her stocking. Christopher bought the whistle and I have a feeling it might accidentally on purpose get temporarily lost it if goes too annoying.
We went to a Christmas Eve service than made the long commute all the way across the back yard to my aunt and uncle’s for Christmas festivities. Sesame was so! excited! about all things Christmas. It wasn’t my favorite holiday season in general but she definitely made it better. She was only 9 months old on our last Christmas here so this year she was old enough to enjoy everything.
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| She’s worn this dress 3 years in a row. I hope it still fits when she’s 14. |
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| She was having a fantastic hair day. |
Aaron passed out the gifts on Christmas morning and this tag stumped us all. We have neither a Cristy or a Della in our family. We’re not known for great organization skills on Christmas morning but this takes the cake as the most random.
Annabelle’s single stroller wasn’t big enough for her ever growing family of babies so Grammy and Grampy got her a double stroller. She quickly learned to maximize space and stuffed in no less than 7 assorted dolls and animals. She pushed it across the yard to Memere’s then abandoned all the babies so I was once again on Grandma babysitting duty.
66% of us are smiling so I call this a successful family picture.
Baby Ivy and I got some good cuddles in on her first Christmas. She is so cute. I wish Daniel and Erika would have stuck her in my stocking!
She knew it was important to do some planks and burn off all that wrapping paper she ate!
What a great Christmas! She is too cute. 🙂
The Cristy/Della nametag is cracking me up. That is so weird!! I cannot get over how cute Baby Ivy is! So glad you got to spend her first Christmas with her!!