What a week it has been! I thought the 1st 2 Christmas's with Kate were the best but this year won me over. The excitement in her eyes and voice on Christmas Eve were priceless. As you can see from the pictures, she was very excited to help me bake cookies for Santa and throw the carrots on the back patio for the reindeer. As I think back though, I am not sure if she was more excited about baking the cookies or eating the peanut butter filled Hershey Kisses. There is a video in the attached pictures from Christmas morning. She was a little overwhelmed with all the goodies but quickly came out of her shell and enjoyed all of her new presents. The biggest hits appear to be the new baby dolls; the American Girl Bity Baby from Santa and an antique Madame Alexander Baby Victoria from my mom, which is a collection of dolls that I have passed down to Kate. The last two days have been filled with putting the babies to sleep along with trying to play with all of the other new stuff! Oh the excitement...We had several wonderful celebrations, including the one in Somerset with Ryan's family, the celebration Christmas Eve with my Dad, Aunt Granny and Uncle Pal, Christmas morning with my Mom and Bob, and lastly, Christmas evening with Thirza and the rest of the Ellis family. No one will ever understand how much it meant to all of us that everyone made the trip to Louisville this year versus us doing so much of the travel! Enjoy the pictures.
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1 comment:
Hi Whitney,
Happy New Year to you too! Wow! She is growing like a weed. Thanks for staying in touch and move back to Virginia! :) Ha ha
Love,
Janet
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