After wrapping up the wedding festivities in Columbus, we continued our journey westward to celebrate Hannah's first Christmas in Chicago with my family! We were there for a week, and there were waaaaay too many fun and hilarious pictures for just one post, so this is going to be part one of a three part series. Get excited :)
Gotta start with the reason for the season - celebrating Christmas and the birth of our Savior. I have to say, it was different experience this year to read Mary's story of giving birth in a stable and sing about Jesus as a baby after having given birth and while holding a baby. Something about the innocence and complete dependence of a baby contrasted with the glory of the angels proclaiming the birth of the Lord...it just struck me in a new way.
Of course, since our girl had been very good this year, Santa was very good to her, and Christmas morning was a blur of wrapping paper and brightly-colored plastic, all shaped in various ways and singing various tunes. It was all so much fun - I got glimpse of what it will be like in the coming years to experience Christmas morning through fresh eyes, the eyes of a child again. So much joy :)
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| Hannah got to sneak a peak at some of her haul on Christmas Eve... |
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| ...and she liked what she saw :) |
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| Our sweet girl looked so beautiful all dressed up for church |
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| Our little family :) |
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| Nana and Papa give some great hugs! |
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| It's Christmas morning! |
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| As predicted, the biggest hits were the bows and wrapping paper :) |
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| Hannah let me help open some of her gifts |
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| "Santa!!! I know him!!!" |
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| Basking in the glow of her very first phone |
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| What did I tell you - great hugs :) |
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| Enjoying the post-Christmas morning coma with great grandpa |
Great pics - glad she liked all her toys!
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh that head wrap is amazing.
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