Christmas Post #1

In looking at all the Christmas pictures, it is obvious that I can't do justice to our time with the family in a single post. So this is a start on our time in Columbus with Brian and Emily and Katy and David and Melanie.

We arrived in Columbus on Wednesday, and Opa and I got settled in time to go to Christmas Eve services at Heritage Christian Church in Westerville with the family. This picture is Katy in her Christmas dress before we left for church. She looked so sweet . . . even with the crumbs on her face, which we washed off before we left.

This is smiley David opening his fireman toy on Christmas morning. David is now 9 months old and weighs approximately 22 pounds. He crawls and pulls to a stand when he feels like it. Generally, he is delighted to be carried around so he can see what you are doing at all times.

Here we have Katy demonstrating what it means to be mobile and wireless when you are two and a half. Apparently, playing with your toy laptop while sitting in your new sled is the way to go!

For some reason, 2008 was the year of the COAT. This is Aunt Mel's new coat, which was really nice and quite stylish!

Katy got a chest full of Dora "princess" dress up clothes. Here she is helping her daddy take pictures with his camera while wearing one of her princess outfits over her pajamas. We spent a good deal of time waltzing to Christmas music on the stereo . . . because everyone knows that a princess has to DANCE!

Emily also asked for a new coat. This is her new outfit with the trendy scarf.

One of the Dora princess outfits had high heeled shoes. These were quite intriguing to Katy, and she spent a lot of time putting them back on and trying to figure out if they were on the right feet. We finally convinced Katy to take off this outfit and put on some pants and a long-sleeved shirt. She was getting cold.

Opa couldn't fit in the little outfits in the Dora princess box, but he was still required to play. The little skirt made a nice hat as he waved the magic wand and danced around the living room. (I think this picture might be worth some money, don't you think?)

After dinner, we let David look at the lights on the Christmas tree and play with a couple of the kid-safe ornaments. This is the perfect end to a wonderful Christmas Day.