Christmas 2012

Christmas has come and gone and we are still enjoying our break from school. Things have been busy! Lily had her Christmas program at school. We spent the weekend before Christmas in Chicago with the Printz side of the family, then we spent Christmas Eve with the Stehlin's and Christmas Day with the Binzer's. Lily was super-excited to see that Santa had visited our house! She was very happy that he ate his cookies and drank his milk, and that the reindeer ate their food, as well!

The day after Christmas was our first "big snow." It's too bad we're already on break because we would have had a snow day for sure ;) We all enjoyed some sledding time in the backyard, and Lily loved making snow angels and eating snow, like always! We have a few days of break left and I plan to enjoy every minute. It always goes by so fast! It's so nice to be able to relax and not to have to worry about any schedules!

Merry Christmas! Look's like we'll be spending New Year's Eve at Tracy & Brian's house, as usual :)

All my Christmas pics are on my camera, but I did get a few while we were playing in the snow and when the girls were playing in their new tent. It's so cute to see them playing together and giggling in there. Lanie is really growing up quickly and starting to play with her big sister more and more!

Lanie's First Birthday!

Our sweet Elaina Violet turned one this past Tuesday, December 4th. This was the fastest year ever!!! The birthday girl was the only one of us who wasn't sick on her special day--the rest of us all had a nasty stomach bug. At least she's still too little to know that her birthday was not very fun this year! We did get better though, and we celebrated with a party at her Mamaw and Papaw Stehlin's house. We decided to have it there to prevent anyone from catching our germs! Jay's parents came down, too, and we had a great time. Here's hoping that her next birthday is a healthier one for all of us! Oh, and did I mention that she's walking??