Christmas 2012

Christmas 2012 was a success!  Even with six week old we were able to host and attend several holiday parties and have a great time.  Oliver was a trooper and Gabs loved all the people and was REALLY into presents this year.  The four of us went to a restaurant together for the first time on Christmas Eve and it went well - Oliver slept the whole time and we enjoyed a meal out.  Gabi left cookies for Santa and was so excited to get the only thing she asked him for - a drum set.  Santa also got her a three wheel scooted (purple, of course) because he thought she would be good at it.  She wasn't too thrilled at first, but once she got on it she has really enjoyed it and it quite good at it!  She also got a Hello Kitty bracelet with big beads on it, and when she opened it she said "a bracelet just like Grandma Billies!" I guess because she notices Billie always wears a beaded bracelet. 

She got some books - Pinkalicious, Cat in the Hat, and Rise of the Guardians (the first movie theater movie she saw).  She also got (from various people) a purple jewelry box, Hello Kitty clock, Cinderella dance leotard, microwave, dress up stuff, doll house stuff, art easel, metal pots and pans, the sound track to the Tinkerbell movie, art supplies, a Little People princess castle, and lots of other stuff.  She was a very lucky girl. 

Oliver got some bibs, a few clothes, socks, teethers, a big hippo ball toy, nice baby blanket, and a play table.

Nick got a belt and some belt buckles (by request) and I got clothes and a new coat.  Yay!  We were all very lucky.

We also went sledding yet again this year and Gabs finally LOVED it!  She had so much fun sledding with us on the snow tube and she actually was able to walk up the big hill, carry her tube, and sled down all by herself.  She had a great time and was bummed when Oliver got sick of sitting in his carseat in the snow and we had to go.  She went by herself with Nick the next day and the sled until the tube broke.  Crazy girl.

Decorating Christmas cookies....she loved it.  She got though decorating about half the cookies before it even occurred to her to ask to eat one.

 

She got a whole box of Disney dress up at G&G Taylor Christmas from Aunt Mistye

 

Oliver loving his Aunt Corinne!

Microwave from the Beelers!

 

Oliver in his new bear snuggie

Christmas morning after Santa came

 

Oliver had to wear his Superman shirt for Uncle Greg's visit

And then the Sprague's and the Temelkos came over for a little college reunion!

Oliver meeting his Aunt Caresse!!