Monday, January 7, 2013

Christmas Party #4

Last weekend (Dec 29-30), Grandma and Grandpa Gillette came to our house so we could celebrate Christmas with them. Saturday night, they were able to feed Annaliese dinner and get her to bed before I came home from work. After I got home, we sat down to a delicious dinner of barbecued chicken...thanks Kyle!



Sunday morning we celebrated Christmas. They also brought with them gifts from Uncle Jon and Auntie Sarah, the great-grandparents, and Great Uncle Mark and Aunt Penny, so there were lots of presents for us to unwrap. A big thank you to everyone! We are so blessed!! 


 One of the most intricate pop-up books I have ever seen!



Grandma and Grandpa gave Annaliese a swing set for Christmas, so after a little clean-up, Grandpa Jay and Kyle headed outside to assemble it. Since cousin Reed also got a swing set and Grandpa helped set theirs up earlier this week, he knew exactly what to do and the set-up went very quickly! Annaliese is a big fan of both the swing and the slide! 

 The assembly...as mentioned, it went rather smoothly!

Swinging with Grandpa

 Trying out the slide

Someone's hiding underneath! Not sure- she's either watching her Daddy or Brodie!

Brodie likes the slide too!

This was the final party for Christmas 2012...and I must say, we are so incredibly blessed! It's amazing to have so much family to celebrate with! Looking back at Christmas last year, when Annaliese was just a few weeks old and very much unaware of the things around her, I can't help but smile at the changes that have happened this year. She is so inquisitive and you can just see her little mind at work. She may not be walking or talking yet, but she is taking everything in! I am excited to see what this next year has in store for us!

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