First Christmas

We had a very busy Christmas season.  We had our first family party last Saturday.  Abby did better than Thanksgiving but eventually crashed.  Baba had Abby's name for Christmas (we rigged it last year to announce we were pregnant).  She got some fun toys for Abby.  She really liked the ball.  She held it the whole way home.

 

My pretty girl.  Mouth open... like always.

 Too much party fun for Abby.  She's asleep, not eating as it kind of looks like.

Christmas eve we started out at the pancake house.  Someone was grumpy.  G made lasagna that night and we just stayed home.  Abby was playing earlier in the day and I took some pictures.

Santa came for Abby Christmas morning.  She got some good stuff at home.

We then packed up and set out for Mesquite.  We had some puke drama before we left that ended with an impromptu bath.  Abby made out big time there. 

After lunch we drove back up to Plano for dinner.  Dinner was delicious; my favorite German meal. We did presents after dessert.  Abby was pretty worn out by then and so were we.  She just lounged across my lap as we showed her all of her awesome gifts. 

 I got a new robe for Christmas that's a lot like my mom's that Abby loves.  She snuggled up in it and took a snooze as we finished up.

 Jessica Simpson faces with Auntie Anna.  And they have matching skin conditions.

This is the next morning, Abby laying in her laundry basket full of new clothes.  We are a big girl in 9 month clothing now.

Here is a picture of Abby reading in bed yesterday morning.  We have had a few slow days to recover from the Christmas madness.

5 Months

We are one whole hand full of months old.  And we are a little late posting these.

Happy smiles!

The royal wave.

Serious face.

She still wakes up at night when she loses her pacifier. We have had our colds all season long and had our first vomit experience last week. She can just about sit up and grabs everything.  We are almost half way to one!

This is what we look like when we eat oatmeal.

And one of many Christmas outfits.

Our Week

We started out the week by getting a text with pictures from the lady who openly breast feeds at daycare.  It makes G a little uncomfortable.  She had taken pictures of the girls.

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Then a fire broke out in my classroom.  The part over the GAS LINE overheated and caught fire with 26 kids in my room.  Thankfully no one was hurt and it was a nice day for a fire.

Then two days later the ice hit.  I barely got out of school.  I had to scrape ice off my windshield to get home.  No school Friday so we watched some 90210 and did some tummy time.

Saturday we were still stuck.  Sunday too.  Only now with a sick baby.

I am still off school today but with a slightly healthier baby.  Back to school tomorrow for nine days then Christmas break.

Thanksgiving

Abby had her first Thanksgiving but did not feel well.  She had a horrible cold all day and wanted to be held.  Thanks, daycare.

We started out the day by watching the parade.  We then packed up and headed out to G's family.  Abby got to see lots of family including her great-grandparents.

We headed back our way to my parents' house for our second Thanksgiving.  Less relatives, more dogs.  Just a quiet dinner with the six of us.

Crazy to think next year she will be eating turkey with us.