Well we have had a most wonderful Christmas break so far. Olivia and I got to attend our annual girls brunch, but this year it was appetizers and sadly we were missing Gracie. It was a blast, though, with all the newest members of our girls group ;) Jeff and Livi and I then traveled West to Montrose to have Christmas with the Schurz family. Needless to say we were dreading the nearly 5 hour drive. Olivia isn't much of a fan of the car, even after getting her new big girl car seat. BUT, she did a pretty great job, I do believe. On the way there I decided to calculate it all out (so I could remind Daddy just how bad it really WASN'T ;) She cried for about 1/15th of the time, which was a total of 20 minutes. She slept for 1/3 of the time and we were out of the car for about 1/15th of the time. The rest of the time she was awake and Mama was rightthere entertaining her 100% of the time. It was a bit exhausting for my neck and not relaxing at all, but a heckuva lot more relaxing than a crying baby for 5 hours, am I right? The way home consisted of even LESS crying! Jeff still says we're never going anywhere again, but I am hoping I can twist his arm :) Now for the photos. There are so many but I just couldn't delete them. Scroll quickly unless you are a die hard fan. Merry Christmas!
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| Tiff's son "Baby John" and Olivia |
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| Me, Livi, Sarah, Steph, Jaxon, Tiff and Baby John |
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| We miss you Grace! |
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| In Montrose getting to know Lucy the dog |
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| Olivia loved looking at all the birds outside this window |
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| Playing with a vintage and amazing Fisher Price toy in front of the gorgeous tree |
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| Playing with an old wooden train. Granted this picture makes it look more magical than it was, it only captured her attention for a couple of minutes ;) |
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| Bundling up for a walk downtown |
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| Lots of cute shops. This one had gorgeous handmade wooden toys. I think Jeff should start a similar business! |
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| Every year Patsy makes a boatload of cookies. Daddy introduced Olivia to quite a variety this year. |
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| Yay sugar! |
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| Getting to use a neighbors hot tub. It was snowing. We all had fun! |
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| Let's not forget the Cream Soda |
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| Santa came! |
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| Teething biscuits. You should have seen her go at one of these in the car on the way home. A delicious car ride distraction ;) |
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| Grandpa and Grandma checking out what Santa brought |
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| Glasses on the eyes and on the head. You never know what you might need to see ;) |
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| A new family tradition that I'm so excited about. A puzzle! You should see the pieces. Made of thick wood and cut into actual shapes like horse and carriage, monkeys, men and women. Amazing! |
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| A new baby! She has had a blast with her new baby and now she has a friend that isn't 32 years old. (she's been playing with my old dolls.) |
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| Giving baby a bottle |
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| Grandpa helping hold Ben the cat so Olivia could shower him with the same love she shows Clarence. |
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| Taking a ride in a box |
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| Giving baby a ride |
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| Love that smile :) |
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| New pajamas and Leopard |
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| A gorgeous dress from Great Grandpa! |
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| A wink and a point? |
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| I know. I'm just cute. |
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| Cute in a dress. Cute in snow pants. |
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| A walk with Grandpa and Lucy |
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| "playing" in the snow for the first time |
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| Cousin Asher, who is about 3 months older. |
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| Hi! |
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| Story time with cousin Hannah who is almost 5! |
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| Asher got a firetruck from Olivia and when the noise and lights came on he would get so excited and do a little dance! |
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| playing together |
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| Olivia LOVED Hannah's new doll. |
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| Sharing snacks |
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| This was grandma's attempt to get the three little grandkids in a picture. The attempt was a failure :( |
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| Olivia loves these puffy cheeto type things and it is hilarious to watch her shove them in her mouth |
And that is that. Stay tuned for more random winter pictures AND birthday pictures!
