As always I am posting late, but here are a few pictures and stories from the holidays....
Dawson had to work Christmas Eve so Josiah and I went and spent it with my dad's side of the family. None of them had met Josiah and I thought it would be great to see them. Early Christmas morning we went and met Dawson, my sister Helen and her husband and two little boys, and the rest of my family bright and early at my parents. It was a fun morning filled with yummy coffee, boys playing with trains, sleeping babies, and family memories.
About lunch time we headed home real fast to shower and grab a few things before we went to Dawson's grandmothers to celebrate with his side. Cousins, Aunts, and Uncles were there as the snow began to come down. We are very blessed to have both sides of the family here in town and this year I feel that we did a pretty good job of dividing the time between the two. About 4 o'clock Josiah had had a super long few days (I say Josiah but what I really mean is I :) ) and we called it a day by heading home to enjoy the snow and warmth of our own home.
We were blessed beyond words this past year. We had a lot of challenges but also a lot of accomplishments as well. We became parents, celebrated our first anniversary, I graduated college, and Dawson got on with Forsyth just to name a few things.
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| Josiah and Dawson watching Derek restring Dawsons guitar |
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| First thing Christmas morning at Mia and Pops house, looking at the tree |
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| Going through his first stocking |
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| Playing, well getting ready to eat a new toy :) |
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| After his morning nap |
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| Playing with Mia and Sugar on the floor |
Its amazing to me how he is with my parents dogs, Sugar and Dodger. He loves them! And whenever we are there they will come up and just let him pull and slap and push them. And when he cries one of them is right there to see what is wrong. So cute!
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| On the front porch when the snow really started to come down |
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| Trying to figure our what was going on |
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| Watching the snow |
New years came and we had several friends over. We made dinner and margaritas and played Skip-bo till the peach dropped. We were so happy to be able to spend time with friends from out of town as well as friends that we consider family. A few to many margritas a late night, and almost 6 month old is a rough combo so needless to say it took a few days for me to catch up on the sleep.
Sorry for such a long post and I am going to try to be more diligent about posting this year.
Hope your year has begun with laughter and encouragement!! Until next time...
