Tuesday, December 30, 2014

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.IMG_0581

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Saturday, December 27, 2014

Christmas in Virginia Part 3

IMG_1215 Setting out cookies and carrotsIMG_1225 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.IMG_1231IMG_1233 Bryan showing Freya some of her presentsIMG_1234 Baby Guy and Baby Freya in their matching reindeer jammiesIMG_0617 It’s preferable to have two grand-nuggets when you have two grandparentsIMG_1242 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 itIMG_1248Saying “Thank you Mimi”IMG_1251 Susan’s older brother Stephen spent Christmas Day with usIMG_1253IMG_1255 I couldn’t decide which of these pictures to post of Uncle Stephen and Alice. I think they work best as stop motion animationIMG_1257 IMG_1258 IMG_1259IMG_1260 IMG_1262

Christmas in Virginia Part 2

One of the highlights of the trip was taking the train to the Smithsonian Natural History museumDSC_0491DSC_0493 DSC_0497 The museum was great tooDSC_0502DSC_0504 Another highlight for the girls was playing dress up with their custom made capes by MimiIMG_1187And just hanging out with familyDSC_0507 IMG_1202IMG_1205 IMG_1207 Taylor tutored Norah in SpanishIMG_1227 Susan was often busy cooking or baking and managed to pull off multi course meals every night for 12 IMG_1214

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, KimballDSC_0452This was also the first time for Baby Freya and Baby Guy to meetDSC_0462 Norah just lost her first tooth the day before so she was smiling kinda funny to show off her new gapDSC_0446