Brighton Tries Baby Food

Here is Brighton's reaction to his first taste of baby food.

Don't worry, he likes it just fine now. :)

Christmas 2013

What a fun Christmas we had this year!!! We spent Christmas Eve at home with just our little family. I'm so glad we did. We got to do a few last minute traditions that we just didn't have time for before now. I won't list all of them.

 After we got into new pajamas that Micah got for the kids we got started in on the fun stuff! 

 

We made cupcakes instead of cookies for Santa this year because that's what I wanted to do. :) 

We were also able to spend more time on Luke 2 to explain it to Lila. She is so sweet whenever we talk about Jesus. Lila really does have a love for Christ.

                     

The next morning we all got up when Lila woke up. We did presents as a family then headed down to my Mum's house for the best Christmas breakfast ever. (We love her soufflé!) Then once the rest of the family got there we opened presents for siblings and cousins. 

Brighton's biggest gift this Christmas was his chance to try baby food! In my next post you'll see his reaction to it. ;) By the time Christmas dinner came around I was READY for it! I was so hungry, but it was worth the wait. It was so delicious. Great food, great dessert, great company! It was a wonderful Christmas.

We headed home after that and just spent some more time as a family. I love this time of year. 

 

(These were the best pictures we could get of our family for Brighton's first Christmas. I'll take 'em.)

Here are some videos of Lila and Brighton enjoying Christmas gifts.

ESA Sing Along and Temple Square

This December we were able to go up to the Energy Solutions Arena Christmas Sing Along with other members of my family. It was a lot of fun this year because Lila actually knows some Christmas songs… okay mostly just Jingle Bells, but she did pretend to sing the others, or at least clap along. 

I really wanted to go because I thought Lila would have a great time and I wanted to take her to the lights at temple square afterward based on her reaction to the decorations in our own home. She had a great time even though it was FREEZING! Don't worry, I kept Brighton all bundled up. You pretty much couldn't even tell that he was there. (I just looked very large :) ) I had some sisters take pictures and I don't have them yet, but until then just enjoy this cute picture of Lila with her cousin Sydney. (Can you spot Brighton in the background?)

Meeting Santa

At our ward Christmas party Lila and Brighton were able to meet Santa. Don't they look so excited. ;)

Maggie

On December 6th we got an early family Christmas present… our cute new dog Maggie! She is a five year old beagle from the animal shelter. She is well trained and VERY good with kids. She has already had to put up with a lot from Lila. The kids love her and so do we. Welcome to the family Maggie!