Abigail's First Christmas!

Daniel has had so much fun opening all his presents the past several days and I think we did a great job finding the perfect toys. It seemed that with every box he opened his eyes grew wider and his smile brighter. What a joy to behold! Apparently I have neglected his need for toys the past two and a half years - it seems that he finally has something to play with that will keep his attention and hopefully keep him out of trouble. This is a gift for Jason that Daniel helped me wrap. Little festive girl! Tuckered out!

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was another busy day. We went to church services at 3:00 thinking that the early service would keep Daniel's attention. They apparently didn't bother to adjust the services at all for younger kids - Daniel lost all interest in about five minutes and we missed out on most of what was happening while trying to keep him under control.

If nothing else, we got some really sweet pictures of the kids.






After church, we had dinner and a second round of Christmas presents at Jason's parents' house.
Our little girl is the sweetest, smiliest little thing.

Cute

Just found these adorable pictures of 8 weeks old Abby (and her brother who is ALWAYS there when Mommy holds her).

Last Trip to the Zoo

Our annual Zoo passes expire on 12/31 so we tried to squeeze in one last day while the weather was still nice. The cooler weather really makes for great zooing - the animals like the weather and the crowds don't!

These beautiful cats were out playing with each other and we were obliged to watch!

My sweet treat: I'll take a small dish!



We stopped at Chocolate World too for a light lunch, the Chocolate Ride, and milk shakes! Santa wasn't there that day but his house was pretty cool.

Becomers Christmas Party

Saturday night we left Daniel with Kat's parents and went to our Fellowship group's Christmas party. We had a really fun time and got to know some of the other couples a little bit better. It makes it much easier to have conversations with people sans toddlers!

Abby had to come to the party so we got her dressed for the occasion.


This must be an instinctual male behavior - staring blankly at the television with drink in one hand and - well something else in the other.

Christmas #1

Kat's parents were headed to California for Christmas week so we had our Stallings Christmas a week early and Daniel got his first dose of toys.

Yard Work Continues

Jason and Daniel are still working on cleaning up the downed branches and leaves from the October snow storm.


At least we aren't the only ones still doing harvest time work a few months late. The farmer is just now taking down his corn from our back yard!