Ever Baby

Our little love, Everly is 2 months old

She laughed for the first time. I was singing to her and she giggled. It surprised her and her beautiful blue eyes got so wide. She is so ticklish.

She sleeps about 6 to 7 hours a night. waking up like clock work at 4:30am.

She loves to suck on her hands.

She is such a happy girl!

 

 

 

Explosion of Christmas Cheer

We love Christmas and we really try to bring the true meaning of Christmas into our little home. Any chance we had, we would explain to Elanora that Christmas was the day Jesus was born and how much Jesus loves us. I told her it was Jesus's birthday. She didn't skip a beat when she said, "Yeah it's Jesus's birthday and we need to eat cake and sing to him." Sounds perfect to me :)
 How about presents. We love the spirit of Christmas and we also love presents!!!

A week before big man in red would come, Nory and I went through all her toys and put the ones she didn't play with in a bag. Her and Chris took them to DI. We explained to her that we were giving toys to kids who didn't have as many as her. As she put each toy in the bag, she said, "These toys are going to kids who don't have any toys." She made sure to add, "Santa will bring me more toys." Because really, who doesn't love more toys?

Before that excitement there was this, because we did have to wake the wild child up.

She is such a good natured, happy baby girl. She loved every present she received and was so excited that she wanted to play with each one before moving to the next. We had to keep reminding her to open another one

She was excited to get the movie, Tangled

She loved her Anna doll from Frozen
 She really loved her piggy bank and immediately had to go get her "monies" and put them in her piggy bank. She gave it a good shake and then she dumped it all out just to put all the "monies" back, shake and then repeat. After a few 100 times of this process we redirected her to more presents. When she saw her sled she screamed enthusiastically "Yay, I got a boat!"
Everly love hung out in my mom's arms as all this excitement and noise was going on

After presents we had our traditional baked praline french toast

Then of course a holiday photo shoot that went as well as to be expected with a wild 2 year old, whose hopped up on presents and candy canes and a new, little baby girl.

We got one good picture of little Ever and then the rest of her pictures went a little like this

 Big sister's patience lasted 2 seconds longer then Baby Girls

Nory knows how to chillax

These sisters love each other!

After 2 minutes of pictures, our cozy cottage exploded with Christmas cheer and toys

 

 



100 Chocolate Kisses and the Spirit of Christmas

We started our holiday season in a sickly manner and ended it in a sickly manner but we definitely had an enjoyful time in between.
Due to some awesome viruses that were lurking behind every door of our house we weren't able to do all of the Christmas activities we wanted to. In fact we slacked off quite a bit, darn it.
We did get to act out the Nativity at a family party. Nory was an angel, Chris was a shepherd, I was the picture taker and baby Ever was the super cute, cry in the background so everyone has to strain to hear the scriptures being read, until at last she falls asleep, baby girl. Pretty sure the last 2 characters listed are located in Luke 2, right?
 I'm not sure if angels can get much cuter and they definitely can't get much louder. The little angel was having so much fun running around screaming with her cute cousin Camryn. 100 chocolate kisses helps the singing voice for sure!

 

Our production of the nativity is going Broadway, it was that good.

 

 

We had a great time with family! It was a wonderful way to feel the spirit and remember why we celebrate Christmas.