Nick's office party was at the House of Blues this year, and was really fun! The band was great, and it was really nice to have night out. Aunt Jamie babysat for us, and all the baby did was sleep while she was there.
Of course, once we got home, Layla decided to let me sleep for a whole half hour before she woke up, lucky me :) The line for pictures was too long so I don't have any from that night - next year I'll make sure to wear more comfortable shoes so that I don't mind standing!
Kate also held her Annual Girl's Gift Exchange, which was so great as always. Kate is the perfect hostess - everything from the food and drinks to the decorations are always gorgeous. It's so nice to relax, visit with friends, and see all of the cute gifts that everyone brings!
We celebrated Christmas in Corpus Christi and Houston this year. We kicked off the week by taking our first longish road trip down to Corpus to stay with my parents. Layla did great in the car! I will admit, we left very early in the morning so that she would sleep most of the way, but even awake, she just babbled away until we got there.
We set Layla in her Bumbo and just had the gifts around her while we all got ready to start opening. No one was really paying attention, and before we knew it, we heard a loud "Rrriiippp" Layla just took it upon herself to go ahead and start on her gifts! She knew exactly what to do with no coaching, it was too funny.
Everyone told us she would be more interested in the wrapping paper than the toys this year. At first, that was definitely the case, although she wore out her new toys that day too!
And of course, since she's at that stage when everything goes in her mouth, the wrapping was no exception.
We continued the celebration with Nick's parents starting on Christmas Eve. Yet again, Layla knew just what to do.
More yummy wrapping paper. We couldn't get it away from her fast enough!
Layla received such fun toys. She loved the Grinch!
Unfortunately, someone else loved it as well...They will have to learn to share!
We were so happy to be able to see everyone for Layla's first Christmas. She is such a loved baby and we are so blessed to have such wonderful family to celebrate with.
These are just a few more cute Christmas pictures. Kate took the first three - she is such a great photographer and was nice enough to take some pics of Lays so we would finally have some good ones!
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| Look at those cheeks! |
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| She wasn't too pleased with Santa, in case you can't tell! At least she wasn't crying... |
Nick and I were both feeling pretty under the weather on New Year's Eve, so we just stayed in. We did have some sparklers, so we lit them in the backyard to see Layla's reaction. She didn't really know what to think. She seemed surprised/scared at first, and then just lost interest and started watching the dogs run around the backyard.
We can't wait to see what next year brings!
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