Merry Christmas!

At our house, Christmas really begins when Ben gets home from work on his last day before the 25th. This year that fell on the 23rd so we had our "traditional Christmas Eve Celebration" one night early. This is a quiet night of family time when we light our advent candles, have a nice dinner and exchange gifts.

Since Christmas Eve fell on a Sunday, we had a busy morning! After church, we raced home to load the car and feed Maggie, took a quick family picture (with Heather's new tripod - thank you Ben!) and we were off to the grandparents!

Christmas sure is different with a little one. She had LOTS of fun with paper and wrappings and boxes, and even enjoyed her gifts some. haha. This picture shows Maggie with some bath toys from her stocking. She LOVED pulling the things out of the stocking and bounced up and down at each one!

While we were traveling, we worked on some of Maggie's skills - like drinking from a cup! Later in our trip we traveled up to my parents to visit "Grammy and Grumpa". They gave Maggie a very unique gift - a child size rocking chair that had belonged to her great-grandmother! Maggie really enjoys it. And we enjoyed spending time in the quiet mountains of North Carolina.

We hope you have a wonderful 2007 - we are looking forward to watching Maggie grow up even more!