The day before Christmas eve Kay's Uncle Scott, Aunt Marcia, and Cousin Charlie stopped by for a visit. We also had several of Scott's friends and our friends stop by. We were busy with the cookie factory that afternoon as well. Grandma converted Scott's childhood stocking into one for Charlie this year. She plans to do the same for Kay next year. What a special gift! I don't think Charlie really understood what it was this year. I am sure soon he will be excited to dig the treats out of it on Christmas day! We tried so hard to get a picture with the two cousins. It took two photographers and one uncle/dad acting silly and we still did not get a good picture! Maybe next year...
Christmas Eve was another relaxing day. We had an early dinner over with some of our closest friends from Church and their families. Hannah and Jimmy threw another great party and it was nice to see their parents again. We left their house to go home and get Kay ready for bed. She went to bed in her car seat so we could go to church. We drove around to see Christmas lights before heading to the church service. Kay was perfect and slept during the entire 9 pm church service. We sat toward the front and the organ music was pretty loud. I thought she would wake up, but she did not make one peep! I was also impressed with myself being able to stay up that late and not even take a snooze! Craig and I knew we needed to take advantage of one last time at the candle light service. The next several years we will probably include going to the kid service. Before tucking everyone into bed we read Twas the Night Before Christmas.
On Christmas morning Kay enjoyed opening presents (with some help). As expected, the box was almost as much fun as the gifts. We relaxed and watched movies for the rest of the day until Craig's parents flew in. We had a nice dinner with them when they arrived. Craig made some very tasty steaks and of course steam pudding (a tradition of my family).
Dad loved the hand and foot ornaments we made for Kay's first Christmas. Nana and Pops gave Kay a stroller made for tall people!
We are trying to get Kay to take a paci instead of her thumb. She showed us what she thought of that as she shoved her thumb in the paci hole to suck it through the paci. One determined little girl...
We tried cereal again. It was much more entertaining for Kay to have a cheering squad for her to eat it. She gobbled it up this time! Unfortunately, after all the family left she realized it was just mom at home on Monday and was not as excited about her cereal.
The next day we hosted all of Craig's family (aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.) We had a houseful including 4 kids under the age of 3. We had a very yummy BBQ meal from Craig's smoker. It was really nice to see everyone again and Kay got a lot of snuggles. It was a crazy house, but a fun house.
It is hard to believe that 2009 is coming to an end and 2010 is about to begin. We are thankful for our many blessings, friends, and family.
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