It has been a whirlwind holiday season! We had Thanksgiving at our house, since both of our parents took off to go to Utah. We had some friends over for dinner, and it was a blast! It was a lot of work to host Thanksgiving dinner, what with all the cleaning, cooking, finding and setting up tables, chairs, tablecloths, cute centerpieces (yeah right), and navigating all this with a busy 12 month old. And when I rejoiced that Zac would be home from work that day to help me, he said sweetly, “Actually, there is a turkey bowl game that day”. Translation: I’m going to play football. Peace out.
BUT everything worked out well and we had a good time eating and playing Catchphrase and watching football an chatting. Sorry there are no pictures. I guess that was not on my priority list that day.
Since then we have been in CHRISTMAS mode. I am excited for Adelyn’s first Christmas! She loved playing with the wrapping paper while I was wrapping presents, so I think she’ll be a lot of fun when it comes to actually opening them. She has been pretty good about not messing with the Christmas tree too much, although she has removed a few ornaments brought them to me. I’m watching her pretty close these days. She got her own nativity set, which she loves to play with and calls all the little people “BABY!”
Here she is in front of the Christmas tree. You can see a couple of her teeth: she has 9 now. She is still jabbering away, and mimics us constantly. She is adding words to her vocabulary all the time these days.
In front of the tree
She has REALLY become a Daddy’s girl also. When Zac leaves for work, she flips out and cries. It’s like she can’t stand the thought of spending all day alone, with Mom. It only hurts my feelings just a little, because the look on her face when he comes home from work is priceless. When she hears the garage door open, she looks at me and says, “Daddy!” and then she’ll run the to back door to wait for him. She lights up and giggles and runs to him when he walks in.
Little grin
We are spending Christmas with the Brassfields this year, so we’re here in Dallas. Right now it is snowing outside, and they are predicting that we’ll have a white Christmas. This would be the first white Christmas I’ve ever had in Dallas! Exciting!
We are so grateful for the Christmas season and the time we can spend as a family, reflecting on the blessings that have come to our lives through our Savior, Jesus Christ. We hope you all have a Merry Christmas!
