Back to the real world

Well Christmas and New Years have come and gone. I can't believe it is another year already. Time goes by so quickly. We are tired (and full) from all the fun but are also very sad the fun is over. It's always hard to go back to daily life, we miss DJ. Our eventful holidays were spent going between our house and our families houses (most of our family lives in the area). We were out so much that poor Amelia only fell asleep in her own bed 2 nights out of 10. But we loved it and she was a real trooper.
Christmas eve started with a long phone call from my missionary brother in Korea. He was pretty funny, man he could write a novel when he gets back. His emails are equally as good, he has at least one non-member he doesn't even know asking to get them forwarded. Then we had the annual grand kids nativity and onto the annual eat until you can't anymore which continued until Christmas night. New Years followed very similarly. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful family even if DJ's side is going to cause us all to go deaf, man can it get loud.
Here are some pictures of Amelia's first Christmas. She loved watching all her cousins and it was cute to see her with her presents, although I think the wrapping paper was the highlight in her mind. She would play with some from one present and when we brought out another present she would drop it and reach for the new one.

Rare picture of Amelia and I

The best wrapping paper ever

Family picture at grandma's

"I love you more than Santa"

Our little hillbilly


And although it was a little late for Christmas, Amelia got her 2nd bottom tooth today, it finally poked through.

Oh and I can't believe I forgot until now... it snowed...on Christmas...in Seattle! If that is not a little miracle, I don't know what is.