December came and flew by so fast! I can't believe it's already the new year, and that this baby is just weeks away!
Hallie is loving the snow. She loves to get bundled up and play outside with anyone who will play with her. She was super excited to decorate cookies. I am looking forward to when she has a little brother who is old enough to get excited about doing all this with her.
Christmas was so much fun this year. On Christmas Eve, we tried something new and had a brunch at my parents that morning. All the cousins were there for Hallie to play with and it was a lot of fun. Then when Jessica's family went to their traditional Christmas Eve movie, we went to Tony's dad's house, where Hallie was spoiled rotten and so was baby boy too! Tony and I were spoiled as well. It was nice to get together and spend time with Tony's family. Then we ran home to set out cookies and milk for Santa, and Grandma Cathy and Grandpa Doug came to bring by the Christmas Eve jammies! Hallie got Big Sister jammies that are just adorable.
Christmas morning we let Hallie sleep until she was ready and then let her come on down. She was so fun this year! She really understands finally, what with school and all, Santa came to see her at school, so she was really excited. She asked Santa for one big thing...a Get up and Go Pony. She asked Santa for this kinda of late in the year, but she has been so into Cowgirls and horses this year, that Santa just couldn't resist. :)
She doesn't look thrilled in this picture, but she couldn't of been happier when she saw it. She came down the stairs and pretended to faint when she first saw it, then got herself together and ran and hugged it!
She also got an easel that she loves playing school on. This was the best idea Santa ever had, it keeps her attention for hours!
Grandma Cathy and Grandpa Doug and Stephanie came over for breakfast on Christmas morning and to see what Santa brought. We went to Jessica and Kevins later that afternoon to see what Santa brought them, then spent the rest of the afternoon at our Grandma Jensen's with everybody. It was a nice day, not as rushed and busy as most of our Christmas's have been.
On to New Years! Jessica's kids are getting old and all have friends and things to do now on New Years, so we had a low key party with Grandma and Grandpa, Ben and Lauren stopped by and we just hung out and ate. Here is Hallie at 'midnight' (actually 9:30!) We kinda tricked her, but it worked and we were all in bed well before the new year :)
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On New Years Day, Ben and Lauren came out to Grandpa Jensen's pasture and we went sledding behind the fourwheeler. Hallie loved this and all the kids had a blast! I think Ben and Tony had the most fun though.
Now life has returned to normal. School, dancing, work, playing with friends. We are trying to get the baby's room ready as quickly as possible, I have a doctor's appointment this Friday to see when little boy may make his debut! We are so excited. From the way I blog, most likely the next post will be for baby. Wish us luck!
