Merry Christmas!

We hope you are all having a lovely day with your loved ones! We traveled to Chris's dad's house last night to spend the afternoon with him and Chris's brother and family. When we got home, Mira got a mug of milk and a plate of cookies for Santa and put them by the fireplace.



Then we woke this morning to find the stockings stuffed! Mira was especially excited about that. Santa brought her lots of items for her craft box (stickers, pom-poms, glitter, pipe cleaners). She went right to work making a new creation for us. Mom and Dad drove up last night and spent the night at our house, so it was very special to have them spending Christmas Day with us. They left just after the snow started falling, but not until Chris broke out his "Christmas Sweater!"



Here is Mira enjoying a craft table she received. She LOVES to create things. If she's not artistic when she gets older, it certainly won't be for our lack of trying!



Chris and I gave Mira a kids digital camera for Christmas. We figure she'll stop asking to take pictures with ours now. It doesn't take great photos, but it does give her the opportunity to take as many photos as she wants. And it has this great feature where you can put elements on the photos. Check these out!





And Amelia is LOVING her stage and sing toy. She bops around with the music and likes to watch herself in the mirror. Does she know it's her?



In the afternoon, Mira and I went outside to play. It was too bad the snow was too dry for a snowman, but Mira did make her first snow angel:





So far, it's been a great Christmas! We have another celebration at my parent's house this weekend, followed by another at my grandma's the following weekend, followed by one at Chris's mom's house two weekends after that! They are spread out, but it sure does prolong the Christmas season. And the kids love it!

I guess the only bad thing that's happened so far is that Mira got a candy cane stuck in her hair:



Fortunately, no hairs were lost in the removal of the candy cane. And don't feel too sorry for Mira . . . she was told just minutes prior that she couldn't have a candy cane in the first place. Karma!

Finally, a couple more of Amelia to give her equal face time. She's clapping when asked now and is so smiley and happy! We feel the hardest part is over and it's such a wonderful feeling. Now we'll just relax and really enjoy our two girls! The fact that Amelia no longer needs a middle-of-the-night feeding is awesome! We are suddenly well rested.





Merry Christmas to everyone!