We've also had a few extra parties in between. My wonderful Moms Group (seen in such posts as "halloween party") hosted a cookie exchange party and Addie thorougly enjoyed hanging out with her baby friends.
While the moms exchanged cookies and gabbed, Addie formed a rock band with Chase...
...tried to help organize another "pile o babies" picture...which thoroughly failed due to the babies' increasing mobility (but isn't Wyatt's santa outfit adorable?)...
...and convinced Chase to break into the Mommies' cookie stash. Yum! Too bad for the babies we got it cleaned up before the others got wind of the conspiracy.
The first night of Hannukah led us to Grandma Eva's house where Addie snuggled in with Uncle Dan in front of a football game...
...opened some fun presents...
...oohed and ahed over the calendar we made for Grandma, starring Adeline herself...
...and waited excitedly for the delicious latkes (which were, of course, fantastic).
We got Addie 8 little presents which she opened up on each day of Hannukah (okay, most of them we just handed to her...and we did forget some days--surely in future years "forgetting" a gift won't be as easy), but she loved them!
Here she is hugging day 2's gift--a little stuffed monkey. Gotta love the Target dollar aisle!
Then it was onward and upward--we drove up to New Jersey to celebrate Christmas with the Silvestro side of the family. Uncle Doug and Aunt Alli hosted at their house, so we bundled up, packed up the car and headed up for the fun!
Doug and Alli have all the comforts of home that a baby needs. They have their own portable crib, they've covered all the outlets (thank you!), and they even have a super-cool Batman hooded towel for Addie (and Alli's nephew Chris) to use on visits.
Addie got to explore her stocking on Christmas Eve.
And we found her hiding in Doug and Alli's crazy huge stocking (yes folks, it's 4 feet long, and it was FILLED with their presents for each other
Christmas morning was fun, cozy, and filled with fun gifts!
After a few days, we headed south to Gramma-san and Poppy Silvestro's where we got to catch up with the extended Silvestro clan...
...be snuggled and kissed all day long...
...and got even MORE cool gifts, like this tutu, which she clearly adores.
All this celebration and fun is wonderful, but it certainly tires a little girl out!
Happy Holidays to everyone and a Happy New Year. 2008 was an amazing amazing year for us and we want to thank each and every one of you who have followed our journey from brand new parents of a little itty baby to slightly more experienced parents of a curious, fiesty, expressive, vivacious toddler.
Love,
Monica, Steve, and Adeline Eve
3 comments:
{{{HUGS}}} and Happy Holidays!
I would absolutely look for identical socks if I would know that Addie would share the adorable tutu with me one day.
Wow! Looks like you had a wonderful holiday season, Addy!!!! See you in the New Year! XOXOXO, Ellie
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