Christmas Photos

We celebrated Christmas Eve with my family, then split Christmas Day between Kevin's and my families, and then the following evening with Kevin's family. Sharing holidays can be kind of tricky! But we were happy to get the chance to see almost everyone.

The best part was finally getting some time for Nora to spend with all her family members (she met them all at points in the last six months, but I feel like now she's a little more interactive and fun than as a colicky newborn).

* Just a note: These photos are taken by me, my sister, Sara, or my mom. I didn't do any photo editing here, mostly due to lack of time.

Nora and her BFF (as per her pajamas, which state "Me + My Aunt=BFF):

Nora's grandparents were super happy to see her. Here's 3 generations on my side of the family (plus Dante the dog):

Nora and Dante hung out a lot. Nora was fascinated by Dante, but wasn't a fan of doggy mouth kisses! Here are the floor buddies:



The Christmas tree. My parents did a great job decorating it!



Christmas Eve, we drank homemade eggnog that Kevin made, had a delicious dinner, and lit Chinese lanterns. And took pictures in front of the tree!

Me and my siblings:



Me and Kevin:



Our little family's first Christmas together:



On Christmas morning, Nora got to open her very first stocking from Santa and Christmas presents from her aunts and uncles:



She got her very first cell phone from her Uncle Andrew and Aunt Sara (eek!):



(Her onesie has cookies and milk and says "For Santa. Not Daddy" on it). She thought this Christmas thing was pretty fun:

Then late morning and that night we went to celebrate with Kevin's family. Unfortunately I was a terrible picture taker (Nora tends to be clingy at night, making it hard to focus on photo-taking). I apologize, Kevin's family! I know there must be pictures out there from other people who were there- I need to hunt some down.

The rest of the week was packed full of visiting friends and family, including my two college roomies:

... and taking care of sick baby Nora (who had been feeling okay Christmas eve and day, thank goodness, but started feeling worse the day after Christmas), getting family pedicures (ah, so relaxing) and going on some nice snowy walks:

It was seriously so good to see my family. We haven't all been together in a really really long time!

And Nora was so happy to have all the attention. I'm sure she thinks it's really boring back home now. It made me really wish we all lived closer together. (How cute is this picture of my little brother and Nora? Thanks Sara!).