Christmas Evening

After Aunt Kay was taken to the airport, we went over to Grandma Sandy and Papa Scott's house. We ate an amazing dinner of prime rib and lobster tails. After dinner we did our traditional Christmas gift exchange.

Here we are in the living room and the children are opening presents.

More gift exchanges.

Here is Addy opening her "My Baby Can Read" program from Aunty TJ.

Here is Addy getting frustrated and uncomfortable. Not even her new big piano or rattle is making her feel better. She is just too hot and grouchy.

Here she is happy after Papa Scott took off her Santa dress and let her hang out in just her leggings for a little while.

Addy put on her pajamas and pretended to be behind bars.

We had a wonderful Christmas and we were so happy to spend it with so much family.

Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year. As usual, we hosted and we invited friends and family. Aunty TJ and Rick were first to arrive followed by Grandma shortly after.

Here is Grandma teaching Addy to reach for her.

When Carlos and Iris arrived, we had to break out the puzzle, a tradition at our house.

Uncle Will gets in on the puzzle action, too.

Papa Scott also loves to work on puzzles.

Here is TJ enjoying some yummy bacon covered shrimp that she brought.

Andrea and Alexis were in charge of decorating and setting the table. Here is Andrea making our Thanksgiving table look great.

Alexis was in charge of napkins.

John spent time overseeing the girls and being helpful.

Lora jumped right in and carved the turkey. She did a wonderful job getting all of the meat off of the turkey.

Just before our meal Adelaide went down for a nap, which gave me an opportunity to actually eat something without a baby in my lap.

Just after I finished eating, Addy woke up. We fed Adelaide her first meal of rice cereal, but she was so hungry that she was getting a little frustrated that the food wasn't coming fast enough, so Mama Rox gave her a bottle. Alexis wanted to help feed the baby.

Here we all are after the meal.

Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves at Addy's first Thanksgiving.

Here are the Thanksgiving pants I just had to buy for our special day.

Visiting

We went over to Grandma Sandy and Papa Scott's house. While we were there, the girls from next door came over to meet the baby. They were very excited to see hold Adelaide.

Here is Alexis holding Addy.

Adelaide started to get a little hungry and fussy while Alexis was holding her.

Here is Andrea holding Addy.