We had such a busy and festive first Christmas for Hadley and she made out like a bandit in the gift department. We started on the 23rd - Hadley slept in her Baby's First Christmas PJ's and woke up to a big surprise from Daddy. Andy had found an old Sticks mirror (Sticks is a fancy furniture company that makes beautiful hand carved pieces and though we could not afford a new one, Andy found an awesome deal on Craigslist and surprised us both).
In the afternoon we drove out to Woodinville to my Dad & Allison's and had a delicious prime rib dinner and more christmas cookies than we could shake a stick at. We woke up Christmas Eve morning and had a nice relaxing day, opened a couple of presents that evening and Andy & I were able to continue our tradition of fondue on Christmas Eve which was so fun for us to be able to do! We played one of our new board games and laughed and laughed while Santa delivered the presents. Christmas day was more presents and more presents, some fabulous pumpkin pancakes and off we went to Anacortes for part two.
We were greeted in Anacortes by my mom & Loren & aunt Joan and dug into even more presents (Hadley's first car) and my favorite honey baked ham & scalloped potatoes. At the moment we're gearing up for lunch and a walk around sunny Anacortes.
It was the perfect 1st Christmas for our little pumpkin - who surprised us all by taking five consecutive (unassisted) steps on three different occassions! How exciting to see your kid take their first steps on Christmas! We haven't been able to get her to do it today - she's taking the cautious road and crawling like a little monster but I think we'll see it again some time soon.
In the mean time, here is a picture of my 19 week profile...definitely sticking out a little more than last time at this point. It is so fun to imagine that next Christmas Hadley will be almost 2 and we'll have a little 7 month old bundle as well. That is going to be chaos I am sure - the best kind of chaos!
Merry Christmas to everyone and we hope your new year brings good things!
Andy, Shannon, Hadley & Baby Dos
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