Christmas 2009

Here's a belly picture of me and "baby sister" on Christmas Eve - I'm 20 weeks in this pic!

Christmas Eve we spent as a family of three (and a half). We went to church at 5pm and then came home to make a yummy dinner. We opened our Christmas Crackers (an English tradition in which we pop open a cylindrical tube to find a paper crown, a small toy, and a usually not-so-funny joke to share) and read the Christmas story in Luke 2.


Chloe and Daddy after we popped open our Christmas crackers on Christmas Eve

Christmas Day we opened presents with Will's family via Skype. They got to share in the enjoyment of watching Chloe open all her fun presents. We even got a special treat - we got to talk with Chloe's great-grandparents!


Chloe looks so sweet all dressed up for Christmas!

After Skyping with Will's family, we headed toward my hometown. My mom's side of the family is so large, the only place we'll all fit is a rented hall so that is where we celebrate Christmas. The kids had fun running around and we even had a visit from Santa! Chloe was not so happy with Santa and said, "No yike Santa," and "Santa's scary." Needless to say, she did not sit on Santa's lap this year :)


Chloe playing with Grandma!

Later in the afternoon, we headed toward my parent's house. The roads were icy, so it took us a while to get there. That was fine with Chloe - she napped until we arrived at Grandma and Papa's house! Christmas evening, we opened presents and had a fun time with my parents, sister, brother-in-law, and nephew!




Hugging Madeline - a gift from Grandma


bath paints from Auntie


Very excited about Elmo bubble bath!


Trying out Papa's new winter hat!