The first few days of Christmas

Gwen got to meet her newest cousin, Brennan and boy did she love it! She reached out for her, touched her, pulled at her clothing, pretty much wanted to just scoop that beautiful baby right up and eat her! Actually, I would not put it past Gwen to try and put Brennan in her mouth, she seems to do that with everything lately! The two babies were very fun together and it was nice seeing Niki and Shane right away. The let us use their crib for Gwen so that was great, too. Gwen loved it, passed out almost instantly. Her RSV was gone within the first few days being back in Iowa and she was a little cranky, but nothing compared to the week before.

We went over to Jason's grandma Rumley's house on that Sunday to have a Christmas and she just loved Gwen to pieces. Gwen enjoyed her too letting her pick her up and carry her around...we were very shocked and very proud of Gwen. She got some bath stuff which was good because I didn't bring any! Perfect gift although all she seemed to want was the paper inside the bag!



We had a holiday party at our friends house to go to that first weekend as well. Emily and her husband Brent held it and Gwenie got to see one of her boyfriends, Tyler! She even got presents...spoiled much by her aunties or what?! It was very fun though. The guys pretty much drank beer and watched football (Vikings were on) and the girls stared at the babies interacting on the floor, munched on great snacks and gossiped like we should :) I really do miss Iowa for those fun times with friends, you really cannot beat them and honestly, I am so blessed to have such great friends, so is Jason. It truly is a huge part of us that is missing being out here which makes us cherish it even more when we do get it.

Gwen loved being around Tyler. They played with toys together, held hands once again and even crawled on the floor...under the footstool...onto the food...every where. Tyler was crawling forwards while Gwen was crawling backwards so it was a pretty funny show. Of course they did their baby talk which makes you wonder what on earth are they could be talking about? Gwen did pretty good with other people that night, but she definitely got better at the end of the trip.

Oooo, I did win the movie 27 Dresses and some chocolate during the gift exchange game and that movie is really really cute so I made out well. Way to go Jennifer on the Black Friday find...$10 gift limit...sweet!



We did manage to snap a shot of ourselves after the party. I should have had someone take a family picture of us and one of just Jason and I, but this will do!