Christmas

We were extra excited this Christmas. Lily started to comprehend what Christmas was all about. She loved the Christmas tree lights and the little wood Santa that we had as a decoration. She constantly hugged it and told it she loved it. Smart girl.

Dan and I stayed in bed talking for a whole hour until 7am when we couldn't wait any longer and had to wake Lily up. The pictures are in no order but I don't want to redo it. So I'll label each pix.

This was at my parent's house Christmas afternoon. Lily got a Memory game from my bro Daniel (the one picking his nose in the background) and his wife Kaitlyn.

Lily was funny opening the presents. When all the grand kids were opening at the same time she watched them all and then opened hers last.

Lily wearing the bib Grandma Mecham gave her.

One of Lily's favorite presents from Santa was bubble bath. When she saw it she said "Oh thank you thank you!" I love grateful children!

Another favorite present was Lily's "wips" (lips). It was attached to a necklace. Now she doesn't have to eat mine!!

All the kids in my family. Fun times.

Dan's parents went to Washington DC for Christmas to see two of their children who live there. While we missed them we were glad they got to go see some of the far away grand kids.

Dan had to work Christmas Eve and Christmas. He had New Year's Eve off and was so excited to play games. Unfortunately we all came down with the stomach flu and ended up sleeping through New Year's Eve! Hopefully things will be better next year, Dan!

We did get to go see him Christmas Day at work. He works at a rest home and my family went in to sing to all the old folk. It was a fun new tradition.

Cousins

I have been able to babysit Lily's cousins on Monday for the last 4 months. We have had such a fun time!

The three do everything together...

As a holiday going away present we gave them all sunglasses. They were pretty hot stuff.

We found out over the holidays that their mom would not have to work anymore so we wouldn't be babysitting them anymore. We miss them but are so glad they get to stay with their mom!

Go Aggies!

With Dan going to school at USU we get to attend all the games. Lily has become an extreme Aggie fan. She has an Aggie bear, an Aggie flag that she had to sleep with, an Aggie foam hand. She runs to get the paper every morning so we can see if there's a picture of the Aggies in the paper. I've never seen anything like it!

We've gone to almost every basketball game this season. On the way to each game she chants "Aggies, Aggies, Aggies!"

Below is a song that the Aggie fans sing at least once at every game. Lily caught on quickly:



We have to sing this song at least 3x a day. When she gets tired of doing it we have to sing it so she can move her doll's arms up and down.

Baby It's Cold Outside!

It turns out that Lily is definitely a California girl. She is not a fan of the snow.

I got her to lay in the snow for about 2 seconds and then she was done.

She did like this big pile of snow, though. She was sure proud to get to the top!

Lily loves to wrap up in Daddy's coat. This is my favorite picture of Dan and Lily.

This is the coldest winter in the longest time. So sad that we had to be here for it!! I'm sure we'll get used to the cold but holy cow I sure miss the CA weather!