Our Christmas Celebrations Have Begun

Today was Miley's FIRST Christmas Celebration!! It was very exciting! We had Christmas with Mike, Trista, Dylan, Jordan, and Danielle at my parents house as they will be heading south for Christmas to see Trista's Granny so we decided to celebrate early with them. I thought Miley would just tear open her presents but she was really kind of afraid of them. It could have been that she wouldn't take a nap in the morning but once I started to open them for her she would peak behind the paper and point at what was in there, it was pretty cute. She got a toy basket full of big legos, even pink and purple ones, from Mike, Trista, Dylan and Danielle. Daddy will have a BLAST building houses for Miley's dollies with her! And since we are celebrating with just us and my parents on Christmas Day- so they have some company that day- Miley only got to open one present from them. It was a piggy bank with big plastic coins that she puts in the slot and it counts and sings songs. She impressed us all by putting them all into the slot on her first try! I thought it was going to take some learning- but she figured it out right away! Then we went to my dad's side of the family to see everyone and enjoy yummy food. It was a great First Celebration!





And to update you on the Miley stuff-- she now has all four molars in finally! So- that means- four top and four bottom front teeth and four molars for a total of 12 teeth all before she is 1 year old! And her walking skils literally improve overnight. She now walks more then she crawls and in a two day span she figured out how to stand up from a sitting position without pulling on something to get up. Taylor taught her on a Tuesday night and by Thursday she was doing it like and old pro! She can even squat down to pick up something and then stand back up again and take off walking! It is crazy to think that this time last year I was as big as a house and now only 1 year later our baby is walking all around and growing up literally before our eyes! What a special thing- the miracle of life! It truly is God's most rewarding and amazing gift!