Tuesday, January 26, 2010

one month ago today

One month ago today, my family was still Christmasing - this time with my mom's side of the family . . .

In the spirit of Christmas, Tekia gave Ashley a Whoville-ish hairstyle.

Quick story . . . my cousin Caleb brought his girlfriend Brooke to our family Christmas this year. It was the first time that most of us had met Brooke. We do the name-drawing method for giving each other gifts, and Brooke got Avery's name. She got a Avery a very cute, personalized hairbow-holder with some very cute bows on it. Avery was a little disappointed devastated to discover that it wasn't a toy. Upon opening her gift, she made the very unhappy face that you see below for about thirty seconds (seemed like thirty minutes!), while everyone made a huge deal about what a great present she'd gotten. And then she buried her face in my lap and sobbed as if we'd just strangled a puppy in front of her. Welcome to the family, Brooke.

Chase, on the other hand, was very pleased with (and quite surprised by!) his dinosaur from Aunt Callie.





the "grown-ups" engaged in a serious conversation

Mom, Cindi, and Aunt Bernie

a very random group shot of Ashley, me, and whomever was closest to us at the moment

And then Avery decided that her new bows weren't so bad after all, and the little kids did the Cupid Shuffle and the Cha Cha Slide.
The end.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I just laughed out loud HARD when I read and saw Avery's expression for her gift. HILARIOUS!