So Close

Austin likes to get his face close to mine and babble like he is talking to me. I have conversations with him that way and he is always very serious about our discussions. He recently discovered his eyes and eyelashes. At first I thought he had something in his eye but I looked and he just wants to feel his eye and lashes. He poked himself today a little so I'm hoping that he won't continue to try to touch his eye. He is just so funny.

Christmas eve & Christmas Morning

On Christmas eve we opened presents that were from the siblings. Dad also read the Night Before Christmas. On Christmas morning we waited at the top of the stairs so Dad could check to see if Santa came. Austin went right up to his horse the GG and Pap- Pap got him. He spent most of the rest of the trip on the horse. It was so nice to be with family for the Holidays.

Kendra's Senior Christmas Ball

While we were visiting Pennsylvania we were able to see Kendra off when she went to the Christmas ball. Her date came with a dozen beautiful pink roses. Kendra looked georgeous but I think her date got more than he bargained for. He got to meet about 14 members of our family all at once. I think he handled it like a champ.

Sledding in PA

I decided to post pictures from our Christmas trip in pieces. It was a two week trip for us so there were a lot of things happening. We drove 12 hours on December 21st and got to GG and Pap Paps at 7:00. Austin was an angel the entire trip. He didn't cry once. He spent most of his time reading books to himself out loud. He can't really read but he likes to babble and then stop and turn the page, babble some more and then stop and turn the page. It was really cute. The roads were also great on the way. An hour after we got in Jenne` and Jace got there. My Mom picked them up from the airport. About a half hour later Alycia, Nick, Blake, Sydney and Trey got there. It was a full house but we had a good time. We spent most of our time playing games and watching movies. We also went outside to play in the snow. We went sledding with Austin for the first time. He seemed to like it but he didn't want to stay out in the cold for very long. Blake and Nick stayed out the longest. They stayed out until it got dark. I never got really excited about sledding but it was really fun to watch and take pictures.