Happy Holidays
So it's time for Holiday catch-up before Valentine's Day arrives....Also, just a warning, I'm sure the lag in posts will get worse before it gets better with less than three months until baby number 2 arrives!
Our first Christmas ever in Chicago was great! No staying up till all hours trying to fit presents into suitcases, no long security lines with a toddler, no flight delays due to bad weather...........Just the three of us setting out cookies and milk for Santa, David assembling an easel after Ella was in her bad fast asleep, waking leisurely with our good sleeper around 8:45 a.m. Ella enjoyed stockings and the easel until after breakfast (the traditional Earnhart biscuits and sausage gravy--only Ella and I decided to use Christmas cookie cutters to cut out the biscuits--fun!) and then with full stomachs we opened presents. Later that evening our friends the Hale's & the San Juan's joined us for a great Christmas dinner. With 4 toddlers and a newborn along with the adults we had a very full house--and lots of fun!
Yes, yes, of course we missed not being with other family members. But remember how much easier/cheaper it is to travel without children? Maybe you will come to visit us sometime???? (Actually Nana wins that one--she'll be here in two weeks for a long weekend). But how about you St. Louis folk that can DRIVE here?? Come and see us, won't you?!
Here's some photos to fill in the rest. Another post to catch you up since Christmas coming soon!
Helping Papa open his locket keychain watch
First sight of her very own pink guitar (she has gone in the music store
each week after class for about 6 months now to play the pink guitar)
Trying it out
The "baby Bjorn" for dolls
"Sleeping" in her new candy cane jammies from Santa
Just woke up and found her stocking
"What's inside?!"
Doing the "Christmas Dance"
Trying out the new easel
Ella's "pearls" from "our baby"
and Ella's gift to "our baby"--the bib and booties.
Our first Christmas ever in Chicago was great! No staying up till all hours trying to fit presents into suitcases, no long security lines with a toddler, no flight delays due to bad weather...........Just the three of us setting out cookies and milk for Santa, David assembling an easel after Ella was in her bad fast asleep, waking leisurely with our good sleeper around 8:45 a.m. Ella enjoyed stockings and the easel until after breakfast (the traditional Earnhart biscuits and sausage gravy--only Ella and I decided to use Christmas cookie cutters to cut out the biscuits--fun!) and then with full stomachs we opened presents. Later that evening our friends the Hale's & the San Juan's joined us for a great Christmas dinner. With 4 toddlers and a newborn along with the adults we had a very full house--and lots of fun!
Yes, yes, of course we missed not being with other family members. But remember how much easier/cheaper it is to travel without children? Maybe you will come to visit us sometime???? (Actually Nana wins that one--she'll be here in two weeks for a long weekend). But how about you St. Louis folk that can DRIVE here?? Come and see us, won't you?!
Here's some photos to fill in the rest. Another post to catch you up since Christmas coming soon!
Helping Papa open his locket keychain watch
First sight of her very own pink guitar (she has gone in the music storeeach week after class for about 6 months now to play the pink guitar)
Trying it out
The "baby Bjorn" for dolls
"Sleeping" in her new candy cane jammies from Santa
Just woke up and found her stocking
"What's inside?!"
Doing the "Christmas Dance"
Trying out the new easel
Ella's "pearls" from "our baby" and Ella's gift to "our baby"--the bib and booties.
posted by HTE at 4:38 PM
2 Comments:
Looks like you all had a ton of fun over Christmas. I am a horrible aunt and just mailed her present off on Friday, I am so sorry. I rode around with it in the front seat of my car for over a week, and we even bought it weeks before Christmas. Oh well.
We will gladly make a trip to come and see you all, but seven people (soon to be eight) in a one bedroom/one bath condo doesn't equal fun. So, as soon as you move to a place where we can all fit we will start planning our trip.
Have a great week.
We miss you all...enjoyed the x-mas pics. We're finally settling in here and already have people staying. Love you, Marion
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