Christmas

The siblings and Sophie in her tight Christmas t-shirt


Lots of presents to open


Leah testing out her new toy

Waiting patiently for breakfast

Visited Family and Friends

Christmas Sing-Along

Free Christmas concert at the Energy Solutions Center.


The Utah Symphony Orchestra played and the crowd sang.


John Schmidt and his daughter performed.

There was tons of free stuff -- hot dogs, drinks, Jazz tickets.

Sledding

We borrowed snow clothes

and a sled

and had a blast

sledding down the hill at Burton Elementary

Santa Train

Before we left for Utah, we took a ride on the Santa train.

It's been going on for years, and the tickets sell out within an hour.


Lots of people crowded at the station waiting for the train.


Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus handed out candy canes.






Leah was indifferent to Santa. She preferred watching the kids sitting in the seat behind us. We had very high expectations given how popular it is so in the end we were left a little disappointed.

I'll be posting tons of pictures from Christmas in Utah soon.

Toys

Leah loves the toy her friends gave her for Christmas yesterday.

She can move herself backwards really good, and she is working on going forward. It also converts to a walking toy. Today she took a couple of steps before falling backwards. She is still a little nervous to walk around with it, but with a little more practice I'm sure she'll be a pro.

Aren't they so adorable? She looks like such a big girl in this picture. These two are really good friends. It's so cute to watch them interact with each other.

Babies

I saw this movie on a friend's blog today. I totally want to see it.

Balloon

Leah wanted this balloon by her side all day today.

A new tooth is coming in so the balloon was a nice distraction for her. She also is starting to get up on her knees from her stomach. Maybe she'll be crawling by Christmas or her 1st birthday!

Let it Snow

We had our first snowstorm on Saturday.

We stayed inside for most of it enjoying the view.

It rarely snows in Virginia before January so we were very excited. Most of it has melted now.