When Bob and I got the news that North Carolina was going to be our new home, the thought of moving farther away from our families really bummed me out. This year Christmas was different because we decided to stay home with our baby instead of travelling. Fortunately, all of our family came down to visit. After my parents left, Jill and Steve came down for the holidays. Jill was here for a week and Steve joined us just in time for Christmas Eve.
Bob had to work for most of the week so Jill and I spent time together with Lily. Grandma Jill just loves Lily and sits and talks to her non stop.
Lily is starting to smile more and more now and she absolutely loves a hanging Santa that I have up on the wall. We laughed because she likes the Santa more than all of us. When we weren't oogling the baby we decided that we needed to make some Christmas cookies. We made sugar cookie trees with homemade frosting. Lily helped by sleeping soundly.
Jill and I were talking about how much different next Christmas will be with a 14 month old. No doubt she will be walking and getting into everything. We might have to invest in a playpen for the Christmas tree.
On Wednesday I decided that it would be so much fun to go and get her picture with Santa.
Two weeks ago the line for the Santa was nice and short, not so this time. The line wrapped around the whole Santa area and zigzagged too. Yeah, I don't care about Santa that much. Instead we took these pictures near the Santa.
On our way back through the crowds we had to stop by the Build-A-Bear workshop and couldn't help but take her picture with all of these teddy bears. Isn't she soooo cute??
Lily has been discovering all sorts of new things lately. It is really cool to watch her see something for the first time. I think that she saw Rocky for the first time this past week and it just about blew her mind. She was laying on her little mat with Rocky snuggled nearby and she just couldn't take her eyes off of him. She is going to love him!
We also took her to the library for the first time and rented her first book.
Grandma Jill told her all about the library and how much fun they were going to have reading all sorts of books. I kept thinking about how long ago it was that I was in a library. They have some great books in there and they are free to read. Who would have thought???
On Christmas Eve we headed to church for the service and then came home to enjoy our dinner of ham and sweet potatoes followed by present opening. I really enjoyed having Christmas dinner because I got to use my wonderful Christmas dishes that have sat untouched for a couple of years.
We really did have a good time and stuffed ourselves thoroughly.
Opening all of the Christmas presents was a blast. Here are some of the highlights.
Lily got clothes and books from Grandma and Grandpa Hill as well as Feddy and Kemo. She also got her first set of overalls. They are pink! So cute Mom! She also spent some time in the laundry basket. Her Daddy is so funny.
I got my first Coach purse from Jill and Steve and my dear hubby got me a digital frame. Perfect for cycling through the thousands of Lily pictures we are accumulating.
Bob got lots of cold weather running clothes. Very needed with the temperatures not much over freezing here.
Lastly, Lily got her first remote control CAT tractor from her Grandma and Grandpa Longmire. I can't wait to see her in her frilly dresses movin' some dirt.
Overall it was a wonderful Christmas with family and our precious little miracle.
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