Christmas 2011

Christmas was great! We were able to go to Indiana the weekend before Christmas to visit with my parents and attend the Maenhout family Christmas. Emma, of course, acted very shy at first, but then she came to life and had fun playing with second cousins. It was nice to see family we don't see very often.

For Christmas, my parents came up to Michigan. We celebrated with them on the Friday before since that worked best for Jeremy, but they stayed until Christmas morning. We were able to lounge around a lot, make cookies for Santa, attend mass and then watch Emma open presents on Christmas morning.

After my parents left, we headed to Debbie's for Christmas with her. We ended the day at Dennis' house. It was a busy, but great holiday. The two days following, I didn't leave the house!





Emma got a ton of pajamas - lots of Dora. She also got her first train set, a Rapunzel doll, dress-up clothes and shoes, puzzles, books, an art easel and I'm sure more that I am forgetting.

It was a wonderful holiday and the week afterward was also great! We did a lot of relaxing, but I also accomplished a few goals I wanted to accomplish before Baby Brother comes. I even took Emma to the treehouse for the first time. That was quite the experience! I was a nervous wreck watching all of the much bigger kids zoom down the slides and run full speed, but we survived and Emma enjoyed it!