The Holidays

Ok...so we woke up Christmas morning to...nothing! Well at 4 months and 2 years and 4 months, this household doesn't quite get the whole Santa concept yet. So Daddy and Mommy relished perhaps one of the last Christmas mornings for quite some time when we'll be able to sleep past 7am!
Now, Rowan might not understand that Santa came to house in the middle of the night and left her some presents, but she sure does know how to look cute in her "My First Christmas PJs".
The picture of Holiday Serenity:)

Here's a pretty cute picture of both of our girls on Christmas morning, Kaylee has now started posing with her sister and asking me to get the camera. Am I Mommy-Whipped or what?

Here's another requested shot near the tree.

Then, Kaylee wasted no time ripping open both hers and Ro's presents. Ro is too little to open her own things afterall. Enjoy it while it lasts kid...you've got 1 more year of that max.

Then, we got all gussied up and headed down to Grammy and Grampy's house. Here's the girls on the couch with Daddy and Great-Grandma Chip; or as Kaylee calls her, just plain ol' "Chip."

She wanted Great-Grandma to play the piano with her so she said, "Chip, come on now, play piano!"

Here is Kaylee reading Great-Grandma's Christmas gift from her...a picture book starring her and her little sister.

Here's Ro with her Grampy.

And Kaylee, in her pretty holiday dress.

And Rowan in her Christmas finery.

The Saturday before Christmas we gussied the girls us and took them down to Connecticut to see Daddy's family.

Here's the oldest and the youngest of our branch of the Daddy's Clan (and actually it might be the oldest and youngest of the more extended branch too, I don't think there are any babies on that side younger than Ro, and Ba is certainly the patriarch.)

Auntie Abbie made sure to snag some Ro time...not the best picture of Abbie for which I apologize but we now have a better camera so future pictures should be better.

Here is Bampa using Kaylee's head as a good luck charm...I wonder if he was making a last ditch wish to Santa?

Then it was time for Bampa to color with 2 of his favorite girls.

And that was how we celebrated Christmas this year.

Kaylee also learned how to say "Happy Hannukah" which came out more like "Happy Kana." We also taught her about a menorah and lighting candles. She asked on several occasions to light the "nora" and once it was lit and she waited through the prayer she made sure to sing "Happy Birthday" all 8 nights! But since Mommy was generally busy doing the lighting and saying the prayer, I didn't actually manage any pictures...oh well, next year.

Happy Holidays all and Happy New Year. Look for new pics in the new year taken by our newer and better camera...hurray!