Christmas, family, storms, and even the kitchen sink!

You may be wondering by the title what this blog post will contain. Keep reading! Last weekend we celebrated the Baird family Christmas at Kim and Kevin's in Fairbult. They have a lovely home down there and we headed down to stay with them Friday night. We enjoyed dinner with them, Bryan and Stacy on Friday and played some Guitar Hero (my first time!) Amelia enjoyed chasing around their 2 cats. She still has a tough time figuring out why they don't want to play with her, but she tries hard to get them to come out. Saturday Mom and Dad headed over to have "our Christmas" we had a wonderful dinner prepared mostly by Kim then we enjoyed some gifts!! This year we drew names among the siblings so it was a surprise who we had.

Samuel enjoys the puppy plush toy he got from Aunt Kim/Uncle Kevin

Here's where the kitchen sink comes in- Amelia is fasinated with sinks. She loves to pretend to wash her hands in anything resembling a sink. She also has had her eye on a doll that comes with a sink and potty. Aunt Stacy and Uncle Bryan gave her the cottage grove little sink. Amelia could hardly wait to set it up. For the rest of the day she would go up and turn the nobs and "wash her hands" she also enjoyed washing cups and other things she found around. She also enjoyed carrying the sink around with her. One of the cutest scenes came when she carried it into the kitchen and stood by Uncle Keven as he washed dishes. Everyone was giving us a hard time because we had to bring a lot of stuff down for 2 days-- pack n plays, high chair, toys, etc and now we were even going home with the kitchen sink! Thank goodness for the van.

Let it snow! While in Fairbult a snowstorm came through stranding us down there an extra night. Thankfully we had extra diapers/clothes and could just snuggle down for an extra day/night. Bryan and Stacy were able to make it back the 15miles to Owatonna, otherwise it would have been a real cozy party!!

Uncle Kevin gives Amelia a Piano lesson. Notice the headband on Amelia... her new favoite accessory of Aunt Kim's She wore it much of the day on Sunday.

Thanks Kim and Kevin for hosting a wonderful weekend, and everyone for a wonderful Christmas. It was fun to be together. We appreciate your flexibility with my work schedule.