Christmas Eve

Stephie and Mommy were finally able to fly down to St. Louis this morning to meet up with Daddy! Stephie wasted no time finding her rosy glasses... ...and opening some great presents with the family. Four generations:Christmas Eve should always involved practicing the Itsy-Bitsy Spider!Happy Christmas Eve to all!

CHEEEESSEEEE...

Does anyone remember the Friends episode where Chandler has trouble smiling for his professional pictures with Monica?Kind of remind you of this? This is Stephie's "say cheese!" face! Nice!

Rody

Meet Rody, the awesome inflatable bouncing horse that Stephie got from Grandpa Allen for Christmas! Rody is FUN!Someone has a real sense of humor at the toy company as this is seriously how you blow Rody up. No, we are not kidding. Poor Daddy!

Happy Birthday Grandpa John!

It's Grandpa John's birthday! Stephie particularly enjoyed the chocolate cake. Happy birthday, Grandpa!Also, check out Grandma Julie's latest sweater creation for Stephie for Christmas. How pretty!

Pizza party!

Stephie got an awesome present in the mail today from Sophie: Melissa & Doug's Pizza Party!Stephie's favorite topping in real life is probably sausage, though Mommy really tries to encourage mushroom.Mmmm!!!

Myles and Avery

Myles, Jenny, Avery, and Hilary came to join us for lunch today!
Myles and Stephie sharing the trike:Daddy remembering what it's like to hold someone less than 30 pounds..."Hi, baby!"

Music Together Christmas Party

The Christmas party for Music Together was marginally more successful than the Halloween party as Bozena did manage to get Stephie into her holiday-appropriate outfit for this one. However, Stephie has a monster tooth coming in which did dampen the cheer a little bit. Ouch!Nothing a little maraca-shaking can't fix!"Hey man, keep on your clothes! This isn't that kind of party!"