Christmas was wonderful!

I am so grateful to God for our many blessings. I have really been enjoying my time at home with Sarah and to make things even better Aaron was able to work from home for almost the whole week. Having this time together was such an awesome blessing:)
This time of year is my absolute favorite! Our Christmas was so wonderful! Sarah had such a great time opening her presents. She got a kitchen from Santa and absolutely loved it. In fact she played in it for almost 30 minutes before we decided to direct her to her other presents. I was so proud of her because the whole day she was very patient and did not cry or throw any fits. After she opened each present she would ask her daddy to open the box. Aaron had the tough job of trying to get each toy out of the millions of bindings they put them in but he did it all with a smile.
The best part of this wonderful day was that we were able to enjoy time with our families and each other. In the morning we were able to have a nice relaxing morning with Aaron's parents. Then there was even time for all of us to take a nap. In the evening we had a wonderful visit with my family. To finish off the day we went looking at Christmas lights.

My pretty Christmas dress.

Wearing my special Christmas jammies from Kris.

Trying out my singing skills.

Cookies for Santa

On Sunday Sarah and I baked some Christmas cookies for Santa. Sarah's cousins Ali and Bella came to help but they weren't as into it as Sarah was. She didn't really care for cutting out the cookies. Instead she wanted to put handfuls of flour on the counter and then rub flour on her face. By the end of the process she was covered in flour. Thankfully, Daddy helped clean her up while I finished cutting out the cookies.
Her favorite part was icing the cookies. She loved putting globs of icing on the cookies and then adding the sprinkles. Of course the sprinkles would be put in a pile in the middle of the cookie and then spread out with the spoon. Santa is going to love his cookies!

Rudolph Rocks!

Last weekend we took Sarah to see Rudolph at Casa Manana. She loved it!!!! Our seats were perfect because the cast would periodically come right behind us. We got her a Rudolph nose that blinks and she kept it on for most of the show. I think we have found a new family tradition!

Daddy Daughter Time

Sarah loves her Daddy. He puts her to bed every night and reads her a story. She has a favorite book that she likes for him to read. Sometimes she will follow along and read with him because she has memorized the words.

Thanksgiving fun!

For Thanksgiving Sarah and I flew to Missouri to be with Aaron's family. It was Sarah's first plane ride and she did fantastic. I had bought a dvd player so that she could have an in-flight movie. We had many nice people help us along our journey. I think they felt sorry for me because I was pregnant, toting a 2 year old and carry on luggage.

While in Missouri Sarah got a chance to make noodles and pumpkin pie. This is a family tradition that the kids get to participate in and this year Sarah was old enough to join in. She had a great time rubbing flour on her face and mixing the ingredients for the pie.

Our last 2 days there is got down into the mid 20's so we didn't go out much. It even snowed but unfortunately we didn't get an opportunity to go out and play.