Thursday, December 31, 2009

Christmas 2009

This Christmas we had a lot of fun. We stayed here in Provo and celebrated with my family in Salt Lake. We got a bit of a late start on Christmas due to new babies and trying to finish finals/graduate, but we finally got a tree this year. It was beautiful (thanks to decorations I borrowed from my mom). I will definately be shopping all of the after Christmas sales for decorations for next year.

I just wanted to share some pictures with you that we've taken over the last week or two.


James teaching Baby mad gaming skills. :)


Lanora in one of her many darling outfits. I wish she wasn't growing so fast, she's outgrowing them before our eyes!



Happy girl in her Daddy's arms.


Sleeping, shhhh.


She loves making this face. Her lips pucker up into such a small "O."


Here we are Christmas Eve at Brooke's. We had a wonderful dinner as a family and enjoyed each others' company. Unfortunately this picture was taken after most everyone had left. However, I must point out the fantastic white tree behind us. I love Brooke's decorations!


This is about as excited as Lanora got on her first Christmas morning. Hopefully next year she will be a little more animated. It was fun all the same to have Santa drop off gifts for her.


We did the Nativity play Christmas evening with all of the little nieces and nephews. Ashton and Allison were Joseph and Mary and Hunter was a shepherd. Unsurprisingly Lanora played the part of Baby Jesus while her new bouncy seat was the manger. (Maybe next year we will be better with props).


Christmas night we realized that all of Lanie's pictures taken that day were of her wrapped up in a blanket. We finally got some pics of her in her Christmas clothes, but this was the best. What a chub already!


The day after Christmas I took her on a walk out in the cold. This cute snow outfit doesn't quite fit yet. "I can't put my arms down!"

Who can resist a cute face with a huge flowery bow?

7 comments:

Lindsay said...

Paula,she is absolutely darling!! I am so happy for you guys! Just wait till next year she will be pulling the ornaments off the tree and loving all the wrapping and boxes she gets:)

Unknown said...

soooo many cute pictures! i love the hair bows!!!

Cindy said...

She is SO very cute. What fun!

Catherine said...

I want to see the baby! I demand more Lanie time.

lotripp said...

Congratulations! What a beautiful baby. She is so darling. Give her big hugs and kisses for us. I miss them being so small!

Nichole said...

O my goodness. Hello I didn't even know you had a baby!!! Congratulations. I have been so out of the loop the last two or three months. Sick kids and parents back and forth ya know!!! That is so fun. Thanks for commenting on my blog. I would love to do more professional pictures if I had the time:) Ha Ha. If you ever need pictures, look me up. It would be fun. Congrats again on the little cutie.

Sherry said...

Beautiful little girl! I'm glad that all is well and that you're enjoying being parents. It really is the best! Keep taking pictures.