Merry Christmas!!

Christmas weekend was packed with lots of activity! We went to Austin on Sat. (12/22) to have Christmas with my mom, brother and his girlfriend, Jessie, on Saturday night and Sunday at my dad's! We enjoyed doing fondue at my mom's..it was Jim and Jessie's first time fondueing...yum! And my dad made us a great ham dinner..also yum! Sydney had a great time opening all of her gifts. It was fun to look back at last years video from Christmas to see how much she has changed. She is such an independant little girl (wonder who she gets that from...not her mommy...haha!) and is the light of our lives! All the excitement and an incoming molar got to her by Sunday evening at my dad's...she hit this wall and was not a very happy girl all the way through Christmas. She had her moments where she was super happy, but those moments would quickly turn to just plain miserable...poor thing! Her mouth hurt and she couldn't understand why. She doesn't like the stuff that will numb the gums...we try tricking her with it and even force it on her, but she hates it. She hates it so much now, that she doesn't even let me put my finger anywhere near her mouth because she thinks I have that stuff on my finger. Oh well...she does at least let me look...and that molar has finally made a break through...thank goodness!

It took us 5 tries to get one where everyone was smiling and had their eyes open...thank goodness for digital. Notice Sydney is standing...she didn't want to be held, she wanted to stand like everyone else...and that she did. Love her smile / laugh...she was getting into the pictures!
Opening presents...her big thing from grandma was a wagon! Yeah! Uncle Brad and Jessie got her a huge Elmo and Share Bear Care Bear! As Sydney said when she was all done opening gifts..."thanks guys!" (where does she come up with her sayings...they crack us up!)
More presents!
Fondue...we had oil, beer cheese and chocolate....YUM!
Mom, Jessie, Brad and Jim

Brad and Jessie moved in together this year...finally...and mom got them a set of pots and pans. They loved it!

AT MY DAD'S......

Mommy and Sydney...check out how red her cheeks are...a true sign she was teething!

Handing out presents...she had fun doing that! Love the Santa hat again!

Oh...what is it?!! A Elmo / Cookie Monster Cell Phone!

CHRISTMAS MORNING AT HOME!

Checking out the stocking!

Keys...she kept asking for her own keys....

What else?

Love the ladybug bean bag chair....

Oh, coloring books!!Lots of presents!!

We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas with their loved ones!!

We have Christmas with the Bottema's on Saturday and Christmas with the Jagow's on New Year's Day....more pictures to come! Plus, her birthday is less than a week away...wow!