Merry Christmas

We had a fun Christmas Day! We finally learned or looked up how to use our timer on the camera we have owned for 4 years. It was fun actually getting us in one picture together! Dean was excited this year since he understands a little more about Christmas. This picture is the first one we took until we decided to find our camera manual and look up the timer setting. It is cute because Julia is smiling!

Julia did not care about opening anything but enjoyed playing with whatever was on the ground.

I love Dean's look as he is opening his gift.

Brian is reading a message from the Christmas book Nonny and Papa sent.

The kids opened new pajamas on Christmas Eve. We went to my parents home for breakfast after opening our gifts at home. The kids played with cousins at the park in the afternoon as we ate dinner with some of the Gaisford's. It was a relaxing day with great weather, delicious food, and family.

Christmas Eve

We went to the Stock's home for Christmas Eve. We ate yummy food, the kids played, the adults socialized, and then we had the kids act out the nativity scene. My Dad read from the Bible and the kids got to pick there own part since there were so many of them. Noah was a shepherd and Dean opted out this year. Julia just sat and watch as well. We sang Christmas songs after and each child had a bell to jingle to each song.Couldn't resist taking a picture of this cutie!
Brian and his funny faces! The kids are waiting to get their fun gift from cousin Nicole.

Julia with Aunt Rachael

Christmas Pictures

My sister Christin and niece Summer helped take some pictures of our family for some Christmas cards.

Gingerbread Houses

A few days before Christmas my sisters and I got the kids together to make gingerbread houses. They all had fun and this year Dean made one as well. He really liked loading candy on his and did not eat as much as I thought he would. Noah went with a more simply design.Dean, Summer, Noah, Grandma, Joshua, Christin, Taylor, Kate, Rachael, and Jacob

Julia was not interested in the houses so she just played

Santa Picture

Every year Brian likes to get the kids picture with Santa. I was not looking forward to going to the mall and waiting in line. I luckily found Santa at the VF factory outlet, so we checked when he was there and today was the day. No lines, it was wonderful! Dean had tried to see Santa earlier in the month and did not want to get near him. Since Noah was there it helped Dean get over his fear and he sat on his lap. Julia on the other hand cried the whole time. Gotta love it!

We decided to go shopping after and got a few remarks that our little baby boy was so cute! I know she is wearing brown (which is a girl color just as much as a boy color), but as you can see in the picture she has the word love in girly letters. She also wasn't wearing her headband. One guy said "you are a big fellow aren't you". I did not even correct him. I guess it is something to laugh about. One of these days she will have long locks and hopefully she won't get mistaken for a boy!

Julia's 1 year STATs

All went well at the doctor. She is a little behind in her motor skills since she just started crawling and can't pull herself up yet but no worries a lot of babies don't walk until they are 15 months.
Ht: 30 1/4 inches 85 percentile
Wt: 24 lbs 85 percentile
The doctor told me "People think she is chubby but her weight matches her height in percentile, so she is proportionate." So I guess as long as she is tall she can be as chubby as she wants. We love her chubs!

Julia's 1 year Pictures

I took Julia to Target today to get her pictures taken. I know I am biased but they turned out cute! She sure is pretty!