Christmas Celebrations, Part 1

After being out of town for a week, we are glad to be home! We spent a few days with my family in Fayetteville, and then traveled to Memphis to be with Jeff's family. It's always fun to be with loved ones over the holidays. Because of our travels, we celebrated Christmas several times, including one with just the three of us before we hit the road. Santa and the grandparents were very good to Kaitlyn this year, and she now has lots of new toys to play with and clothes to wear! Our car was packed to the roof with baby gear and gifts on the way home!

Like all babies, Kaitlyn had loads of fun with the wrapping paper. And she was moderately interested in the actual gift too! Here are a couple of pictures from our first celebration at home with Mommy and Daddy. Even though she had no idea what was really going on, she still had a great time.

In Fayetteville, we made the rounds to some extended family members. Here's Kaitlyn with Aunt Judy, my late dad's sister, on Christmas Eve.


And with Jerry and Sue, my mom's brother and sister-in-law.


The family visits continued on Christmas Day. We dressed Kaitlyn up in her Santa dress and took her to see my 97-year old great Aunt Lena. She can't get out of the house anymore, so she was happy to get a visit from her festive "great-grand-niece."


We ended up the day by visiting with Jim and his family. It was Kaitlyn's first time to meet Danny, Moneca, Dan David and Jon Morgan. I can't believe that Dan David's in high school! Time certainly does fly!

More pictures to follow in the next couple of days!