On Christmas Eve Blaine’s daycare was closed so I had both kids in the morning! I’m so happy we survived. First we went to Bakery Nouveau to get a Christmas cake, and Blaine was so well behaved in the line. Then we went to Volunteer Park and made a pile of sticks.
In the afternoon we made a batch of cookies for Santa. Blaine was particularly interested in cleaning up! And taste testing the result.
Here’s a video of Blaine’s take on Santa:
Here are a few random shots from December…
Here’s another group PEPS shot… Sarah is the bottom center wearing a yellow sleeper (thanks, Gram!). Clockwise from her is Rory, Lucy, Jackson, Nyella, Cosima, Noa, Louis, and Noa. Not pictured are Ada and Mika.
On 12/21 we went out for brunch as a family for the first time since Sarah was born, to Vios Cafe. We were in and out in about 40 mins and Sarah looked pretty alarmed the whole time but we managed to keep her quiet with her pacifier.
Sarah has started grasping things with two hands and is pulling things to her mouth to investigate.
It’s hard to believe that two months have gone by…
Here’s the month by month series!
Daddy bought our tree last Friday and this weekend we decorated it. We’ve also been enjoying the Advent Calendar that Gram gave us!
Here are some photos that might be contenders for various Christmas cards…
We had Blaine’s PEPS group over on Sunday, 12/7, and everyone was able to make it, so we decided to take a group photo. It wasn’t quite so easy as it was when they were infants…
Happy Birthday, Doc!! We’re sorry we couldn’t all be there with you for the big day, and extra sorry that these pics are getting posted so late! Hope it was a great one!
Love, Blaine, Sarah, Sally Ann, and Andrew
We celebrated Sarah’s first Thanksgiving here in Seattle, and all the Westbrooks were able to fly in for the big day, including Gram and Grand-dad from Great Falls, Aunt Jody and her friend Amy from San Francisco, and Aunt Suzanne and Uncle Michael from Baltimore. Thanks to everyone for making the trip out – we so enjoyed celebrating with you all!
For dinner we enjoyed Daddy’s turkey and dressing, Grand-dad’s gravy, Gram’s brussels sprouts and parsnip/apple puree, Aunt Jody’s kale salad and roasted gourd, and Uncle Michael’s mac and cheese:
And for dessert we had Gram’s persimmon pudding (flambeed!) and Aunt Suzanne’s apple pies. Yum!
After dinner storytime with Amy:
Happy Birthday, Uncle Tim! We hope you had a fantastic birthday celebration over the weekend even though there were some issues on your actual birthday! Hope you made it to Savannah and are having a great time, and we can’t wait to see you and Liz in January!
Love, Sally Ann, Andrew, Blaine, and Sarah
At this point Blaine decided he’d rather be behind the camera, and insisted that I let him help take some pictures of Sarah…
Every time I put Sarah down with this toy recently she’s managed to get her hand inside the rings:
