Merry Christmas!

We had a great time celebrating Christmas in Danville, Tacoma, Louisville, then Danville again. We took a ton of pictures. Because we can't post them all, here are some of our favorites.

Nine Months Old

Claire turned nine months old today. This month has been so exciting and heart-warming. Claire is quite mobile now crawling all over the place. She still scoots from time to time, but she has also mastered the traditional crawl. What I love the most about this month, is how Claire will now rest her head on my shoulder. It makes me melt every time. Our nighttime routine consists of nursing, then slow-dancing to some classical music, before laying her down. As soon as you walk over to turn on the music, her head will hit my shoulder. Ahhhhh.


Claire got to meet her greatgrandparents, Harold and Ruth Garrett, as well as great aunt, Maureen, and "great cousin" Marcus for the first time yesterday. She was quite the ham and kept smiles on our faces.



We are now in Tacoma, Washington spending Christmas with Andrew's family. This means that in nine months Claire has visited/driven through/had a layover in...Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Massachusetts, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Washington...ten states!

Christmas in Danville

We celebrated Christmas a little early with my mom in Danville because we leave tomorrow for Tacoma to spend the next week with Andrew's family. We're really looking forward to seeing everyone in Washington and for them to see Claire.

Wesley's 4th Birthday!

Claire's cousin, Wesley, turned 4 yesterday and had a party this afternoon. The theme was the "Cars" movie. Laura had seen in a previous post that Claire has an outfit identical to Alex, so we dressed them alike. We had no idea Claire would be so entertained by toy cars. She had a great time.

Holiday Cheer

Claire's Crawl

Clapping

Claire's First Snow

We woke up to a dusting of snow this morning. Claire decided to re-organize her bibs and hats that we keep in the living room.