Your 12 Days of Christmas - Part 2

Dear Kate,

The fun continues...

On your 7th Day of Christmas you spent the night at Sarahs!!!

Mimi had some errands to run (read "take a break from all of us!!) so me, you and Abs hung out in our jammies all morning. Sarah got off work and Mimi got back from running errands so Sarah and I took your big sister to burn off some energy while you and Mimi bonded. But when we got home, you and I went and picked up pizza and headed to Sarah's house! Mimi was having Em and little Sarah at her house so I knew the 2 of us were better off somewhere else! You did great at Sarah's and got to sleep in the same bed as Mommy! I was a little nervous about rolling on you, but Sarah gave us her big bed, so not an issue! A nice, relaxing day for you baby girl.

On your 8th Day of Christmas we celebrated at Papa Rob's!

On Friday, Daddy finally made it in town! Hooray!!! And, we had our first Christmas of the weekend to attend at Papa Rob's house. Gramma and Papa Rob had all kinds of yummy food to munch on, and the whole fam joined in, including Miss Ida and Mr. Ron and they brought Madison! And Uncle Charlie stopped by to get a good look at you. He was a little disasppointed I didn't name you Theatrix or something weird like that, but he said Kate worked, and the middle name was perfect! You were, as usual, perfect and everyone had their fair share of holding you. The older kiddos ran around like crazy, but you were rather calm, which was nice. Before we knew it, it was present time, but you were so calm and quiet, Papa Rob forgot to give you his present and stocking!! Don't worry, Mommy questioned where your present was and soon enough you were presented with reindeer ears...

Ha! You also got a very stylish pink polka dot high chair/shopping cart cover, which will be coming in handy sooner than later as you are holding your head up so good these days! Everyone had a good time playing with their new toys, but soon we headed home to get some sleep.

On your 9th Day of Christmas you officially met ALL the McCormicks!

To start Christmas Eve off (yes, we're finally at Christmas eve!!) we headed down to Mammmaw's for a delicous lunch that we all prepared. It was nice since we weren't going to have a true Christmas dinner (as we did apps at Papa Robs and are doing apps at Mimi's), and it was nice because practically the whole family came and everyone had a good time playing whether it was the kiddos playing with each other or the adults challenging each other in trivial pursuit, vegas style! After we left Mammaws, we headed over to Sarah's aunt's house for their annual family Christmas dinner (again, apps!) and you got to offiically meet everyone! You were NOT particularly fond of Blair for some reason, even though she has had her fair share of dealings with a "Kate" BUT you were VERY fond of Ryan, Katie's hubbie. Hey, I don't blame you. I'm pretty fond of him myself, but don't tell Daddy. Well, you can. I'm pretty sure Daddy recognizes how pretty he is, too!!! You'd just smile away at him, giggling, acting all shy, then Blair would get you and you'd just cry!!!! We all got a good laugh out of it and a week or so later we did find out that it was nothing personal because Blair and Bebe babysat you while Mommy attended a funeral. She said you were happy as can be, so it must have just been that you preferred Ryan and since he wasn't available, well, you were fine with whomever :)

After the McCormicks Christmas, we headed to Mimi's to get ready for Santa Claus!!! Read "get ready to go to bed ASAP"! A great Christmas Eve...

On your 10th Day of Christmas Santa came to visit!!!!

Oh my!! For being 3 months old, you sure did make a good impression with Santa Claus!

Mommy and Daddy had a little something, too, but nothing like you two...

Your big sis woke up a little earlier than normal, but you continued to sleep for a little bit longer.

Look at all that fun stuff! A bean bag of your own, and blocks and oh my, your own computer just like your sister...

Your sis had fun showing you her presents, too...

She helped you look through your stocking, too...

And you both got soccer balls!!! Yours is a lot more plushy, though :)

After going through all your loot, you gots a little hungry so Mimi took a little break from evaluating all the toys to fill your belly with some goodness...

And of course, the best thing to do with a full belly is sleep :)

After everyone cleaned up (or got a nap in!) we headed down to Mammaw's for our annual Christmas breakfast. Again, EVERYONE was down there, and super excited. The kiddos were all in their jammies (as usual) and were ready to open presents the second we walked in (as usual). Everyone talked about what they got from Santa and we ate a yummy yummy breakfast. You'll be sitting up there will all the girls soon enough!

And then FINALLY it was time to hand out the presents.

You, again, made out pretty darn good with a new wagon, and enough room for your sister, too! I can't wait to push you around in it, and I'm POSITIVE your sister can't wait either!!

Your cousin Sydney REALLY loved playing with you, to the point where she started asking for a baby sister for Christmas. I kind of pushed that a little bit :) Of course, her big sis wanted a bunny at the last second. I think they may not have gotten everything they wanted for Christmas but I bet they made out just fine...

And of course Mimi couldn't get her hands off you either!
But at the end, it was always Sydney wanting to love on you!

She needs a little sister, huh. We all had so much fun playing, and laughing and talking and goofing off, all on Christmas morning! What a great way to start off Christmas Day!

On the 11th Day of Christmas you got even more presents from Mimi!!!

I know, I know, it's not another day, but we had 2 big events on Christmas day, so I thought I'd separate them out. After we left Mammaws, Mommy and Mimi got food ready for that afternoon/evening at Mimi's house while you napped it up...

Soon enough you were awake and the food was smellin' good! Although, I will add that Mimi's oven went out when we had a couple more things to cook. Sausage balls should not have taken 1 1/2 to cook! Not surprising at all, we had plenty of food even with the oven breaking!

We did things a little different this year, since everyone had a little different schedule. We decided to do all appetizers and everyone could eat at their own will rather making everyone eat at 5:30 even if you just ate at 1! It worked out perfectly, other than we ate and ate and ate all night long! Of course, you knew no difference and just enjoyed everyone's company...

Once everyone arrived, we immediately took pictures...

Mimi and Pic-pic and ALL the grandkids!

And your big sis always trying to pet her baby sister!
Here's our family of four - just perfect, huh!
And Mammaw and Pawpaw and the GREAT grandkids!

Soon enough we passed out the monsoon amount of presents to everyone and while we TRIED to get you kiddos to open one at a time (so we could see what you got, take pictures, etc.) there was no chance of that actually happening! Well, you waited patiently, it was all those other kiddos!! Again, some awesome presents including a kitchen and a pink elephant that spits balls out of it's nose!! We had fun fun fun opening presents and tons more fun hanging out afterwards. You actually stayed up pretty late for some reason but finally you conked out. I think we all were a little wound up that night! But oh so fun!!

On your 12th day of Christmas, you partied it up on New Year's Eve with the gang!!!!

And by "party it up" I mean hung out in your bouncy seat with the other babies! Look how precious y'all are. Gonna be the best of friends, too!

Oh, yeah, so Christmas day came and went, and you may have noticed that nothing was in there in regards to the gang. Well, a LONG time ago, we decided we'd do our Christmas on New Year's Eve AND in our brand spankin' new house! More on the house later BUT we finally moved on Thursday, Mommy had to leave town on Friday (where you got to hang out with Blair and Bebe!!) and on Saturday we threw a New Year's Eve party for the whole gang!!! We are indeed straight up crazy. No doubt. But that's just how we roll.

So the gang all came over around 6 where we had dinner ready for the kiddos AND you were all in your matching pajamas! Instead of matching Christmas outfits, this year we decided to do Christmas pajamas, which, if I do say so myself, was a fantastic idea! The big kids ate and then played, or maybe vice versa, or really not much eating, just lots of playing, but soon enough it was time for pictures!!!

Now, remember - 7 kiddos this time! S-E-V-E-N! and 3 were under 6 months and the other 4 were 3 and under!

Considering the obvious, I think we got a pretty good shot! Or maybe the mommies have just lowered our expectations of pictures of all the kids!! Whatever the reason, you guys sure are cutie pies and are loved loved loved by your big sister/brother.

After pictures, Mimi took you and Abs and Ellie to the rental house for one last night, while the adults brought in the New Year adult style! Apparently you did not want to leave the party and cried the whole way home, to the point where Mimi had to pull over a couple times. A bottle satisfied you, but I'm pretty sure Mimi needed a different kind of bottle after that ride! All in all, what a great way to wrap up our holiday season and bring in the new year - with our bestests of friends!!

Merry Christmas baby girl - Merry Merry Christmas! What a great first Christmas for you and many many many more to come! Love you SOOO much!!!!!!!!

Your 12 Days of Christmas - Part 1

Dear Kate,

What a wonderful first Christmas and holiday season you just celebrated with family and friends galore! While you may not remember or even know what all this fuss is about in regards to the holidays, one day you will know and know how truly blessed you are. Here's the low down on your first Christmas season...

On your 1st Day of Christmas we got Christopher! (December 16th)

All week long we had been wondering if we were going to be able to celebrate Christmas this year with our Clark family. Aunt Amy and Uncle Martin and the kiddos are heading to England on Sunday until the new year, and, we're kind of doing a similar trip, except we're headed to Munford on Sunday. I'd say England and Munford are pretty similar, right? Anyway, so we're out of town the week of Christmas, the Ings are out, and Aunt Steph is major preggo with Christopher, and was due December 14th. We've known for a while now about everyone going out of town so we planned ahead and decided we'd do our family Christmas on December 16th. Totally assuming Christopher would be here. And, unfortunately our house isn't ready, so Uncle Jaybee said we'd just do it at their house, because we all assumed Christopher would be here. Has anyone ever told you what happens when you assume??? Well, it makes for a hectic week. So C's not here, it's Wednesday, the party is supposed to be Friday and we don't know what to do. So, we just decide to just go with the flow, you know, last minute decide where 18 people are going to get together to eat/celebrate Christmas. SO - Friday comes and there is no Christopher, so we're having a party at Aunt Steph - yes, the one who was due 2 days ago. Of course, she calls that morning and says she's having contractions but not to really tell anyone because we just want to see what happens. Time goes by, the contractions slow up a bit as she moves around and prepares for a party at her house, and we arrive around 4:00. Within, oh, I'd say 20 minutes, I had NO DOUBT we were going to meet Christopher that night. Aunt Steph seemed calm and collect, as she always is, playing it down, just taking a knee when a contraction would come, or just sit down quietly, hoping no one was looking. Thankfully (and kind of unthankfully) the rest of the family was really late, so they didn't bug her too much, but once everyone got there, we immediately went straight to eating. Well, most of us did. About this time the contractions were 5 minutes apart and we were all getting a little concerned. We all kind of piece mealed our meal, between checking on Steph, checking on the kiddos, just getting things loaded in the car, etc. Finally, she called the doc and immediately got in the car. I wasn't in the car, but have been told they've never made it to that hospital in better time. Apparently Christopher wanted to join our family celebration. They arrived at the hospital and 45 minutes later, a beautiful baby boy was born!

Unfortunately, Aunt Steph didn't make in time for all the good drugs, but, as expected, she rocked it out (or rather him) with no problem. Meantime, we're all on pins and needles, waiting waiting waiting, thinking they'd get there, get her situated, maybe another couple hours, etc. We got a text from Uncle Jaybee that said "We made it" and 45 minutes later we got a text that said "He's here!" along with a picture!! To say the least, we were all in complete shock!!!

We're so excited to have a new baby in our family, especially a boy after all these girls lately!!! We owe baby Christopher a special thanks for holding out until we all were together (and maybe a little thanks to Aunt Steph, too!)

She may never speak to me for posting this, but just to have some evidence that she truly was in labor, and her 'coach' was right there supporting her!!

And when Auntie Jill wasn't counting, she was making sure her sweet Kate was well fed...

And your cousin Alexis was on constant watch, ensuring no one (i.e. your sister and cousins!) were harming you...

While we waited on any news regarding Aunt Steph, we decided to open presents and you got your first diamond, a diamond rattle at that. Yes, it's plastic, but it's so glamorous :)

Everyone but Mommy and you kidddos ventured to the hospital to meet Christopher, but we were forced to wait until the next day - boo!!! All in all, not our typical Clark Christmas, but what a great Christmas present!!

On your 2nd Day of Christmas we celebrated with our own little family!

On Saturday, we woke up and had breakfast with Nona and Papa and headed back to our house to get spiffed up for our little family Christmas. Since we don't get to wake up in our house or even have a few moments alone during Christmas, we do our own little Christmas, regardless of the fact it's a week before the big day!! This year, we decided to go to Maggiano's, the yummy Italian restaurant in Nashville. First things first, we HAD to go meet Christopher!

He's just 3 months younger, but he's got some catching up to do, huh!

After the meet and greet, we headed to the restaurant where you slept for a few minutes but then you ate dinner, too! And you were so good, both my girls were so good. I couldn't have been prouder!

After dinner, we headed home to open presents. You of course were a little limited on opening presents, so your big sis stepped in...

You did pretty darn good, if I do say so myself, including matching outfits for you and your sister, which she was super pumped about and you got a lovely book from Abs, it was her fave when she was a baby like you - Lullabye, Lullabye. And you were sweet to give your sister a snow globe with a picture of you and her on the day you were born. So thoughtful sweet Kate...

And, Mommy and Daddy didn't do too bad either, with new bikes and a new tool box thing and I even got pj's for Christmas morning! Your enthusiasm wasn't quite like your sister's, but I bet in a year or 2, you will be just as excited about matching outfits :) We headed to bed soon after and were ready to head to Munford by that next morning...

On your 3rd Day of Christmas we saw Papa Rob in a play!

Sunday morning we woke up and started some major duty packing. We were headed to Munford (i.e. Mimi's) for nine days - that's right - NINE days! We've got all kinds of stuff planned, but first on the list is to see a play that your very own Papa Rob starred in. For the last couple of years, Papa Rob has been involved in his church Christmas program, with last year being the main star. This year he had a pretty decent part, too, and so I decided to let your sister watch it, rather than go to the nursery. What was I thinking you ask? One answer - Aunt G! Aunt G took you straight from my arms the second she sat down and didn't give you back until the end of the show!! She fed you and burped you and held you, all while you sat peacefully in her arms! Such a sweet baby, and clearly a sweet aunt, huh!

After the show we went to a little reception and Papa Rob showed you off to all his friends. Mommy even got to introduce you to her first grade teacher, Mrs. Brown. She's Mommy's all time favorite teacher, but I think a lot of that has to do with the fact that she was our next door neighbor growing up. And she had the Pac-man arcade game! She's a super sweet lady and was very eager to meet you, as she had heard lots of sweet things about you, from Papa Rob, of course. Soon enough, we headed to Mimi's, who was VERY excited to have both you and Abs for 9 days!!!

On your 4th Day of Christmas the Sawyers came to town!!!

On Monday, we (you, me, Mimi and Abs) had the intentions of getting out early, running to Costcos, and heading back to Mimi's to relax before heading to Mammaws to see all our cousins. All that happened, minus the relaxing part! We got out early, but on our way to Mammaws I realized that Costco didn't open until 10, and it was 8:30! So, we helped Mammaw with a few things around the house and you played with Pawpaw. Finally we headed out, making a quick stop at Target, and made it to Costco just when it opened. Now, let me just tell you. I have never spent this much time in Costco! We did have 3 different people shopping (me, Mimi, and Mammaw) and 3 different shopping carts, but man alive, it just took forever. You did great the entire time, but a big part of that was because Mimi fed you right when we got there. Unfortunately, you weren't happy at first because Mommy THOUGHT she had a bottle in the bag but it was an empty bottle!!! Ahhh! Thankfully we were at a super warehouse where they have PLENTY of your milk, so I ran and bought some, went to the concession stand, asked for 'luke warm water', got a very large glass of pretty hot water, and mixed you up a concoction that apparently quenched your thirst perfectly!

After Costco, we headed to drop Mammaw off (after a small panic of almost running out of gas - totally my fault) and then dropped our stuff off at Mimi's and got a little cleaned up just to head back to Mammaws. Why you ask, because the Sawyers were in from Houston AND it was Sarah's big 1-0 birthday! What a party we had! Everyone, and I mean everyone was there to celebrate. We had tons of fun catching up with everyone and Mimi did a good job babysitting you while Mommy was 'on vacation'! I deserved it after the stressful day at Costco :) Sarah and Emery and Lizzy were eager to meet you and Sarah was so nervous to hold you. She tried, but you didn't care for her holding position, so you whined a little and it totally scared her!! And Emery, well, he's Emery. I saw him sneaking a peek at you here an there, when he wasn't being Emery!!! A fun, fun, fun (and late) night, but we were ALL ready for bed!

On your 5th Day of Christmas you got a rather slow, relaxing day...

But at the expense of Mommy's dear friend's little girl getting strep throat. Oh man, I was so sad. On Tuesday, we were supposed to meet Mommy's good, good friend, Erin and her 3 little girls and hang out with them all day. We've had this planned since your Sip n' See (so like November) and Mimi even had her doctor's appointment and errands to run scheduled for that day. It was going to be so much fun, catching up with my friend, watching you play with the girls, or rather the girls playing with you, but on Monday afternoon, Miss Erin called from the doctor's office saying that poor Elizabeth had strep. She said we were more than welcome, but I quickly declined! The last thing I needed was any one of us getting strep, and she, of course, understood. I did tell her I was making her take a rain check though. So, with Mimi running errands, we were stuck at home by ourselves, oh and it was raining. And at the last minute, Ash-ash had a hair appointment she remembered so she brought Clara Lee over. So, me, you, Clara Lee and Abs. At Mimi's. It got interesting, no doubt. But was relaxing for you. You just chilled all day long, well, other than avoiding the falls and jumps and screamings in your face by your sister and cousin!!! Sarah did stop by, to get her some Kate lovin'...

And Mimi finally made it home and Ash-ash took the big girls, so Mommy darted out of there, I mean, took the opportunity to visit a friend. All in all, a VERY low key day considering the rest of the days of the week! We needed it. It's only getting crazier!

On the 6th Day of Christmas we had a baking day!!!

This wasn't as exciting for you as it was for your sister and 7 other cousins, but you still had a good time watching it all go down. So every year, we all get together at Mimi's to bake, bake, bake. Okay, not exactly bake, but the kiddos decorate, while we make a few yummy sweets to eat over the next couple of days. Mimi made her fudge, and Lizzy her toffee and we had LOTS of brownies and cookies decorated to a T! You did a little sleeping...

And a little watching...
And Sarah finally felt comfortable enough to hold you!
You showed off your underpants!

And got some bonding time with Uncle Bubba :)

Your cousins had a blast and I'm gonna guess next year you will too!

Oh, and this little rascal was sweet enough to turn your music on, constantly...

A great first 6 days of Christmas baby girl! It's so exciting introducing you to all our family tradition, and our family craziness! You're gonna love it sweet girl!!! There's lots more to come... Love you!

The Dickens

Dear Kate,

We've had another great week/weekend of Christmas activities, and a few others along the way. We met Miss EP and "Baby" Grant (you clearly are more of the baby, but he'll always be our baby Grant!) and Aunt Steph and Ellie at the library for story time. You clearly felt the story was way below your level and was boring you to death because you slept through the whole thing! We grabbed some pizza afterwards and headed over to Aunt Steph's to let your crazy sister be destructive with her crazy cousin. Please be the calm one of the bunch - please :)

You and I ran a few errands on Wednesday (and 'few' is used loosely here - all we do lately is run one errand after the other!), and Thursday we went to Sister's gymnastics and cooked candy the rest of the day!

Well, some of us cooked it. And some of us ATE it!!! That would be me and your sister. You had enough self control to just sit back and relax while we cooked and ate.

On Friday, Mimi arrived!! We did A LOT of shopping with her all day on Friday and went to Mexican Friday night. On Saturday we headed out to Dickens Christmas in downtown Franklin. We bundled you up in one of those snowsuit things because it was SUPER cold. You slept the entire time we walked around and even missed Santa. Don't worry, we went to Cece's (yes, even though it was freezing!) and guess who was there???

You sister didn't even get close, but Mommy woke you up to eat and to get a great picture!! I'm pretty sure you told him you wanted a soccer ball for Christmas. We continued to do a few more errands/shopping after Dickens and then headed home, exhausted. You, of course, were fully rested. Sunday came and you and Daddy headed over to Uncle Jaybee's to watch the game while Mommy and Abs went to a birthday party. We eventually wound up over there, which was it's own adventure in itself and I'm not sure Abs will be invited back anytime soon :)

This week has been pretty active as well. We made more candy/sweets...

Yes, she's pulling your ear, and yes she got in trouble. Abs got her haircut and insisted on cutting yours...

She gets really into it and makes you "Look at your Mommy" and "Now look down" but gets pretty frustrated when you don't do what she says. I can't seem to make her understand that you can't follow her every command just yet. She does love playing with you though. And always needs you to sit by her.

You are sweet enough to cooperate most of the time. And you continue to be such a sweet baby in general.

This weekend we have a lot of Christmas activities going on with the Clark Family Christmas and then our own little family Christmas party all before we head to Munford for a whole week of Christmas!!! I love celebrating your first Christmas little bit!!! Love you!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!

Dear Kate,

It's Christmas time!!! Hooray!!! Hooray for Christmas music, and Christmas trees, and Christmas pajamas, and Christmas parades, and, well, you get the picture - hooray for Christmas time!

Last Wednesday (after a VERY stressful move on Monday and Tuesday), we got all the decorations out that we had and got to work on our tree. Now, I know I haven't mentioned the move too much, or well, the details of it, and there is a reason (it's stresses Mommy out!), but you know we moved, and with that move came hardly any decorations (it's all in storage until we move in the new house). So, we were a little limited on our decorations this year - BUT, good news is we made the best of it. I got you and your sister in your matching Christmas pajamas, turned on some Christmas music, and we got to work!

And about 10 minutes later, we were done!

I know it's not much, but all the ornaments on that tree had a special meaning. Three of them were from trips you took in my belly!!! Two beach trips and a trip to Austin! So see, it may not be much, but it has meaning behind it! And doesn't your stocking look just perfect beside your sisters!!! I can't believe it's your first Christmas!! You girls are going to be so much fun!

We've been super busy with the short term move but managed to fit a play date with Jacob and Anna Porter. Thursday after Sister's gymnastics we headed over there to get a little play time in. Anna is getting to be such a big girl now and loves her some baby Kate! We had to keep an extra eye on her, which was rather hard cause when Miss Kristin and Mommy get together its' nonstop talking 'till we walk out the door - and even then we chat it up a little on the front porch! So after lots of fun (and even a little cookie decorating!) we headed to Memphis - yes,I know I said we were busy, but we had to get your 3 month pictures (I know, right - 3 month pictures already!!!), but Saturday morning we headed back to town because our little town of Franklin had it's Christmas parade! We met Ellie and Aunt Steph and Miss Leigh and Ryan (Mr. Lee and Jake were somewhere further down because they had trouble parking and the parade started before they could get to us!!!). We got our typical spot beside CeCe's and got there in plenty of time to get our starbucks, like we do every year. Of course, you didn't get any, but Mommy has a new favorite and cannot wait for you to indulge in it - White Hot Chocolate! Oh my... You girlies looked so cute in your matching Christmas tree outfits and I came so close to getting a picture of the 2 of you smiling at the same time...

But that cute shirt got in the way!!!!! Here's you and Daddy at the parade. You had a wonderful time looking at all the horses and bands and floats.

You and Mommy also had to make a second trip to Starbucks because someone decided to let loose on something they'd been holding onto for about 3 days. That's all I'm going to say about that.

After the parade, we headed over to Ryan's house to hang out for the rest of the afternoon/evening. You actually stayed awake a majority of the time and got to play with your bo, Jake. He's such a cutey and Abby loves to make him smile, which he always does!

Once we got home, we got you and your sister to bed - and may I add that you are indeed sleeping from about 8:30 to 7:30 every night. I thought maybe it was just because of the shots, but nope, you are pretty darn consistent. I can't believe it. I always thought those people that said their babies slept so much were, well, liars, but I stand corrected - those babies do exist. And man alive I am grateful you are one of them and all mine!!!

So, Sunday morning we got up and started getting VERY spifted up because we were going to see Santa Claus! You were super excited about this, I have no doubt, but I was nervous for your sister, as she has been a little, well, scared, in the past. She decided that it would be best if YOU sat in his lap and she stand beside him. I thought that was a good idea, so we went with it.

Now, I would have loved to get a closer picture of the 2 of you with Santa, but your sister had all she could take of that man and that was as close as she was getting. She told him what she wanted and off she went! So Santa got to spend a little alone time with you :)
I heard you whisper something about a little blue box. Maybe Santa and Daddy can go shopping together...

After Santa, we headed over to Opryland Hotel where we walked all around and looked at the beautiful lights and decorations everywhere. You lasted a total of about 3 minutes and then were out like a light! But your sister was all over the place!!!

Isn't it (and she) just beautiful?! I wish you could have been awake because it was so pretty and there were tons of picture opportunities, but we decided to let you sleep. But we also decided to make sure to come back every year, and on a Sunday - it was so NOT crowded and so nice to be able to push the stroller at our own leisurely pace. After a little lunch, we walked around a little more and then headed back to the house. It was a wonderful day with just the four of us, a nice family tradition we've started! And just the beginning of our wonderful holiday season!!! Stay sweet and Santa will visit, no doubt! Love you baby girl!