Belated Christmas Fun

We very much enjoyed our first Christmas with Abby. It was busy and full of loved ones! It turns out that Abby's favorite part was not the boxes as we thought. The tags were her favorite part of the packages. Thank you to everyone who helped make this such a special Christmas.

Here is how the whole thing happened:

On Christmas Eve Eve we started with a trip to church that
apparently wore out Abby.

Then, we went to Uncle Tim, Aunt Debbie, and TJ's
to have a feast and open presents. Here TJ and Abby
play Santa.

After presents, it was time to play. Abby was
in charge of the grenades in the battle of Daddy vs. TJ.


Here she is with a bag of toys and a tag!
(Notice what she is playing with.)


Uncle Tim and Aunt Debbie's living room
had lots of space to crawl around.


On Christmas Eve, we went to Grandma and Grandpa's for
dinner and presents. Abby loved her big green bow.
The present was nice, too.


She is the third generation to sit in this high chair.


Her outfit made it a little slick, so we had to
put a non-slip pad under her. It worked great!


All of the excitement really got to her. She decided
to get an early nap so she could watch for Santa later.


On Christmas Day, Santa had arrived and brought a
toy box. She is also the third generation to use this.
Her Great Grandpa Jerry built this footlocker for
her Great Aunt Kathy. Grandma then used it when she was
a camp counselor. Then, Steve used it for a toy box. We re-painted it
and put some girly decals on it for her.


Here, she and Daddy play with some Christmas treats.


After Daddy got his present from the box, she was
more than happy to use it to play in for awhile


We had to put the box away for awhile because Uncle Tom
came over with Ethan, Aleigh, and Mathew for traditional
Christmas sausage balls. We were also treated by a visit
from Mamaw and Hal.


After breakfast, it was off to the races, so to speak.
We headed to Bristol for a late lunch with Granny,
Grandma, and Grandpa. . .


and Phil, who enjoyed the pile
of paper very much.


Abby had lots of fun playing with Grandpa!


Then, it was back home to play with the
Christmas loot!


Talk about one tired baby at the end of the day.


The next day, Uncle Jared came for a visit.
It was great to see him.

Abby even dressed up for him to take her out to eat.

Daddy, Can I have a steak?

On Saturday after Christmas, we went to Georgia to
see Granny White and had lots of fun visiting.

Uncle Kenneth and Aunt Paula couldn't believe how
much she had grown!

As you can tell, we had a very busy Christmas, but it was fun. We have recovered and are getting back to normal. Abby is, as I type, in the floor playing with her new toys and practicing her her crawling. She is growing so fast. I will try to get some video of her crawling efforts and her saying her new word. She says "bye bye." We are pretty sure she hasn't a clue as to what it means because she says it all the time, even when someone has just come in to the room.

We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. Please keep in touch. Leave comments! We love to hear from you!