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Kyle and Alissa came down for Christmas too. Their little boy is getting so big! He is almost ONE now. Whenever he got close to Abigail, he would hold her hand. It was so sweet. We had their car seats next to each other a couple of times and he would just reach over and hold her hand while we drove.

Meeting some Family

Abigail got to meet my dad, "Pops" for the first time

Cousin Logan


Aunt Becca


This was how Logan let us know he was done holding Abigail. haha... he would just kind of slide out from underneath her

Pre-Christmas with the Himmers

Before we left for Texas, we got to have our Christmas with our family here. We had a lot of fun and glad that we got to celebrate a little early here before we left. Abigail got some fun books, the Christmas PJ's she's sporting, and some fun toys. Along with our PJ's Charles and I got tickets to see the Broadway "Lion King" in February when they come to Seattle. I can't wait!! I love my musicals :)

Abigail opening her presents

Going after Grandpa


Does she look interested in those presents or what?

We're Back

We have spent the last two weeks in Texas visiting my family for Christmas. It was a lot of fun and so good to have ALMOST everyone together. Lori and her family were far away and we missed them. I have a TON of pictures from our trip, so I will be doing scattered posts for a while. Abigail got to meet lots of her family for the first time, and got to see a few familiar faces that came out when she was born or blessed. We had a blast and Abigail was so good the whole time. Abigail liked Texas a lot, we can't wait to go back this summer. So there is the quick update- we are back, had a fun new years day, and today we are back in the swing of things- ready or not. Hope you all had a Merry Christmas!

Let it Snow :)

you know... snow is actually kind of fun when you can just step out for a second and enjoy it, then come back inside and get warm. I had come to despise that white powder when I had to walk to school in it every day. But here, it doesn't happen often, and when it does, everything is canceled. In fact, last night, it got me off the hook for at the stake Christmas fireside with Sam, which I just so happened to be terrified about singing :) Thank you snow, see you again soon!

Rice, Rice, Baby...

We had our first successful rice cereal meal yesterday. We'd tried once about 2 weeks ago, but she wasn't really feeling it. I decided it was time to try again yesterday because Abigail was really interested in our food. When she saw our breakfast, she started making chewing motions with her mouth. She tried chewing the rice cereal too. It was really cute. She's growing too fast, but I can't complain, she's just getting cuter by the day.

Sittin' Pretty

We got Abigail a bumbo seat for Christmas... only, I can't seem to wait until Christmas to let her try out any of the new things I have bought for her. So here she is, checking out her new little seat. I can't believe how big she's getting!

Hide and Seek

I had Charles take Abigail while I did a few things I needed to before I started putting her to bed. When it came bed time... I found Charles hiding in the closet, and Abigail in our laundry hamper. I felt like a party pooper taking her out and getting her all ready for bed. No wonder she has more fun with Charles :)

Happy Birthday Brudder

Happy Birthday Brad! You probably never read this (shame on you), but I had to give a shout out!










Thanks for all you do for our family, Brad. You have done far more than anyone has expected of you, especially over the last 2 years. You have really stepped up and taken a ton of responsibility upon yourself, that you really didn't have to do. You have really given of yourself and your time, when you were already spread pretty thin. Thanks for coming out for Abigail's blessing- you'll never know what it meant to us for you to be here.

I absolutely cannot imagine our family without Brad. He IS the party when we get together. He can make fun out of just about any situation. He is great with all the kids, and so cute with Logan.

Thanks for your example to us all Brad! We love you more than you know!!

Small Packages

It's true. Good things DO come in small packages.

Santa??

Abigail got to meet Santa for the first time this weekend too! I love these pictures because of how she is looking at him in all of them. She is only looking at the camera in one picture, and looks like she is saying, Mom- I'm not so sure this guy is legit.





We had to keep her from tugging too hard on his beard too. The holidays are a lot more fun with a little one, we have been missing out!