I hope all of you had a very Merry Christmas! We have enjoyed every second of spending time with family, and now with just a few days left of our vacation...I am so sad! It has (as always) gone by way too quickly.
Claire has had such a big time. She, for the first time ever, could not sleep the night before Christmas Eve. I made the mistake of telling her that when she woke up she would get to open her presents (we do Christmas with Charlie's family on Christmas Eve) and she was still up after ten! I won't be doing that next year!
As for Grayson, he has handled having his routine messed up like a champ. He only cried a few times when he was passed to a family member he didn't know. Other than that, he really has proved himself to be a laid back, happy baby.
Here are some moments from our time with family!
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| Enjoying the paper snow while seeing her cousin perform in the Nutcracker. |
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| Claire and her cousins at the Nutcracker. She was so happy to give cousin Lily flowers! |
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| Holding baby Jesus at her cousins' Christmas play. |
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| Making Christmas cookies! |
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| Opening Grayson's first Christmas gifts! |
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| Christmas with Gramps and Lu...posing with her princess blanket! |
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| Uncle Philip's gift to Grayson...a billy bob teeth pacifier! Ha! |
We are so blessed to spend the holidays surrounded by family and friends. My Dad read the Christmas story to Claire before she went to bed on Christmas Eve and this was the first year that Claire had an idea of what Christmas is really about.
Now we are getting ready to celebrate one more thing...Claire's 3rd birthday! She wanted a Minnie party this year and we are going to have her party on New Year's Eve. She has been saying for a couple of months now that after Jesus' birthday it is her turn! I can't believe she will be turning 3, where does the time go? :)
