December updates

Sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas you lost interest in walking and resorted back to crawling wherever you went. Daddy and I think it was because you fell one day and hit your face on the corner of the center table in the family room. You were trying to walk carrying a cushion that was twice as big as you and tripped. We think you were mostly scared, because the fall was not that bad…you were not even bruised. So, we just continued to encourage you by holding your hand and walking around the house with you! And then Christmas day came—and all of a sudden you felt brave enough to try the walking again all on your own…you have not stopped since.

This year we spent Christmas at home instead of traveling to be with family. It was a little different, but really good and relaxing. Both Kateli and I were sick around the holidays so we opted to not travel at all. Daddy and I exchanged gift Christmas Eve so that Christmas morning was all about watching you open your packages!! It was so much fun to see you tear the wrapping paper off of each gift and to explore what was inside all of them. The ones that most excited you this year was a baby doll that grandma Sue sent you, and the little tricycle that Daddy and I gave you. It was so impressive to watch you learn how to climb on and off of the little tricycle—you had it mastered before New Years!

New Years we had a fun family reunion in our home. Uncle Dave, Aunt Monica and the cousins came to visit, as well as abuela and abuelo! We had a house full and it was so much fun. There were children running all over the place, and laughter was to be heard at all times! We really just hung around the house, but did get out a couple of times. We went out to eat at Pei Wei’s, we went to the park one afternoon, and we went to watch Charlotte’s Web with the kids (you didn’t go, Kateli, because you are still too little to sit through a long movie). Everyone stayed through New Year’s Eve, but New Year’s day was a sad day to say goodbye to all of our guests. Uncle Dave and family left early in the morning and abuelo y abuela followed shortly thereafter. The house felt so different after everyone had gone, we were sad to be alone again! Hopefully we can have another fun get together sometime soon!