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Holiday Season

What a wonderful first Christmas!!
Callie was spoiled rotten by her grandparents, great gram, and aunts and uncles - and she, of course, was in heaven. We had 3 days to celebrate Christmas - and all of them were packed full of family and smiles.
We started Christmas Eve off by heading to church - Callie was quite intrigued by the glow sticks that were handed out during the service, then Preston and I made our traditional Christmas Eve dinner - sushi - YUM!
We spent Christmas morning in our pjs and opened a few gifts. Then we headed down to see the Knowles side of the family. After a wonderful dinner of ham, we headed down to Vancouver to spend a few days with the Graham side of the family. A great time!

First present - she was a pro at opening it with her mouth

Hanging with Daddy in pjs

Cousin shot - Callie got to lounge on all the others

Presents sure are exhausting!

Callie's new favorite person
So, Callie is normally VERY shy with people but the second she met Gram she was all smiles! (she even let Gram get her out of her car seat - no warm up time at all)

Pretty impressive Grammy - all kids are ready for bed, yet are all smiles for Gram

Hanging with Grandpa and Grandma

Playtime in Vancouver

Have I mentioned that she has found her feet - and yes, in case you were wondering, she can get them to her mouth

Cute hats ladies!

We had a wonderful Christmas and we are still working on getting Callie back to her normal schedule!

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