Freya at 5 months

Freya was 5 months on Christmas Day. Here are some pictures of her from the week of Christmas in Norah’s pink bunting. I thought she looked so cute in this it made me *almost* wish we had more opportunities to put her in it. At 5 months Freya was just starting to cut her first teeth and there were a few occasions where we put her on her tummy, walked away, and returned to find her on her back.

Christmas in Virginia Part 3

Setting out cookies and carrots Norah received lots of nice gifts but the only thing she asked for was an Elsa dress and wig. She wrote Santa several letters and always made it very clear that she needed the wig to go along with the dress. She was so concerned about that she even wrote and illustrated a letter on Christmas Eve. She loved the dress and wore pretty much it all day. Bryan showing Freya some of her presents Baby Guy and Baby Freya in their matching reindeer jammies It’s preferable to have two grand-nuggets when you have two grandparents Alice’s favorite Christmas gift by far was a doll and a baby mosses basket Mimi made her. She hardly put it down after she opened itSaying “Thank you Mimi” Susan’s older brother Stephen spent Christmas Day with us I couldn’t decide which of these pictures to post of Uncle Stephen and Alice. I think they work best as stop motion animation

Christmas in Virginia Part 2

One of the highlights of the trip was taking the train to the Smithsonian Natural History museum The museum was great too Another highlight for the girls was playing dress up with their custom made capes by MimiAnd just hanging out with family Taylor tutored Norah in Spanish Susan was often busy cooking or baking and managed to pull off multi course meals every night for 12

Christmas in Virginia part 1

Bryan’s family was all together for Christmas. Courtney just returned from her 18 month mission to Brazil so it was wonderful to see her again and enjoy being together.

First row: Alice, Norah, Second Row: Kelsey, Baby Guy, Lindsey, Baby Freya (asleep!) Back row: Kimball, Susan, Bryan, Courtney, Taylor, Greg, Guy Bryan, Greg, Courtney, Taylor, KimballThis was also the first time for Baby Freya and Baby Guy to meet Norah just lost her first tooth the day before so she was smiling kinda funny to show off her new gap