Christmas Celebrations

Since we drove to my parent's for Christmas, we decided to have Natalie open some of her bigger toys before we left. The trampoline was from Grandma and Grandpa Corn, the rocking horse was made by Grandma Blazzard and the wagon was from Justin's brother's family. 

She was excited and surprised, and could not decide which toy to play with first. 

I don't have a close up picture of the rocking horse, but Justin' mom is very talented and it is very cute. 

We call her "Molly" and Natalie loves to rock on her and give her kisses. 

This was Christmas morning at my parents. Natalie did alright opening presents at first, but after a while got tired of it and just wanted to sit on the cardboard box with a book she got.

Notice her lovely runny nose. She fought a cold for a little over two weeks.

Poor girl.

We had a wonderful time with my family. We had not celebrated with them in about 3 three years, so it was especially nice for me to be there. We had  a lot of yummy food, fun games and visiting. Natalie enjoyed seeing her cousins, but she especially enjoyed them when it was on a smaller scale. 16 of them were there on Christmas Eve night and it got a little overwhelming. My parents were so kind and patient to let us stay with them. Natalie had a hard time sleeping while we were there. Usually she just ended up in bed with us, after crying very loudly. We even had clear roads on the way there. Coming over the Blue Mountains on the way back was treacherous, but we made it and are grateful to be home sleeping in our own beds.

It was also important and good to be able to see my grandparents on both sides. They are getting older and I know they won't always be around. These years every time I get to see them I am grateful for. Christmas is a peaceful time of year.

Justin and Ruth Blazzard