December always gets away from me and there is so much going
on but I don't ever blog or tell anyone about it so... here is a quick review.
Christmas decorations with a 10 month old is a challenge but
it was one that we whole heartedly accepted.
When we first put up our Christmas decorations and the tree Elizabeth
didn't seem to care much but as the month went on she became more aware. We had the tree behind the couch/chair and
she did okay at leaving it alone- there was some ornament snatching! She also
was young enough not to know what presents were; I would actually wrap in the
living room while she played and she would leave it alone (even the wrapping
paper laid on the floor)- believe me this changed after she learned what to DO
with the presents. Throughout the month
I got fun naked baby with ornament pictures.
Here are some I took at my parents house (12/6/13):
My parents got Elizabeth a push toy for Christmas to help
her walk but it was pretty obvious at the beginning of December that she was
not going to wait, so they gave it to her early. She has been walking around furniture and
standing on her own for a while now but has not shown an interest in walking
alone. Why walk when you can crawl
REALLY FAST? It took her a while to get used to pushing the walk toy around
(our house is small so she runs into walls quickly) but she soon learned how to
maneuver it around.
We went to the Crocs Christmas Party and this year it was at
the Denver Broncos Stadium (the Pepsi Center).
It was a cool location because they gave free tours of the stadium; we
got to see the boxes, guest locker rooms and even got to go down to the field.
The night was fun with dinner and dancing.
It is always fun to see Ben with his work friends and get to know that
HUGE part of his life better!
We had other activities we did and parties and events we
went to; Brea had her annual Book Club White Elephant Exchange that went well
(she read 43 books this year and is proud of that accomplishment). Brea also went to a baby 'sprinkle' (a shower
for friends who already had babies) and got to pamper herself and her
friends. Brea did days of baking and we
all got to take treats around. Elizabeth
and Brea drove out to the airport one day and got to have a fun lunch with
Michael Angelo (at his layover on his way home for Christmas). We both sang in the Sunday Ward Christmas
Program. We had a fun night of treat
giving and Christmas Caroling with the Newson's!
One of the BIGGEST parties, at least in Ben's mind, was the
Ward Christmas Party at which Ben was in charge of the program.
He was really nervous about this and stressed
but it turned out GREAT! People loved it (he might have done a little TOO good
and risks being asked again next year).
The night ended with a big surprise, we learned that our outgoing,
personable, social, fun loving baby girl does have a phobia; Santa Clause.
It was a shock to us how scared she got (she
will go to strangers all the time) and is it bad to say that I kind of loved
the cuteness of her fear!?!
