I'm getting to this post a little late this time. December was a fun and busy month for us. It was filled with lots of family and Christmas activities. This year Mia was starting to understand Christmas a little more. Whenever we passed a nativity scene she would get really excited and say "Baby Jesus, Baby Jesus." She had her Santa hat that she loved to run around wearing and would tell you that Santa Claus was going to come. Of course we had to take her to see Santa. She was really excited about it until it came time to sit on his lap. Then she decided Santa was scary.
A large amount of my mom's family lives in Utah now so we get together and have a Christmas party now. My parents came down from Idaho and we had a fun filled day at my uncle's house. We hung out, ate lots of food, and enjoyed each other's company.
Mia wasn't quite a fan of having to sit down to eat.
The day after my mom's family Christmas party we drove up to Idaho for my dad's family Christmas party. It had been a few years since we'd been able to make it and my Grandpa is getting pretty old so we made the 2 hour trip each way all in one day. I told you Mia loves her Santa hat.
While we were there we got a 4 generation picture. My grandpa is now 96 years old.
Keeping with tradition we bundled up Mia one evening and went to the Christmas Village in Ogden.
Mia loved all the pretty lights.
In mid December we ordered some new furnace filters. Mia thought the box was the greatest toy in the world.
No December would be complete without a trip to see the lights at Temple Square.
Once again Mia loved all the "Pretty Lights."
Mia also got to see all kinds of baby Jesus too.
Shortly before Christmas we got Mia's hair cut for the first time. She did great. We didn't get any pictures during her haircut because she had to sit on my lap but we got a great one with her and our friend her cut her hair after we were all done.
We had a get together with Mia's birth mom's family. Her birth mom, birth mom's parents, and 2 brothers all came over for a night of pizza, fun, and gift exchanges. Mia got her first chocolate ball that night and loved it...even if it looked disgusting.
Mia got an adorable hat and some really cute clothes for this summer from her birth mom for Christmas.
Every year on Christmas Eve Mia gets to open one present. It's a new pair of PJ's to wear to bed that night.
Our house Christmas morning after Santa came.
Mia had a great time opening presents.
We enjoyed Christmas morning at home.
Of course Mia ended up spoiled.
After opening presents we went to Monty's parent's house for brunch, opened more presents, and spent the day with his family. Sadly I somehow didn't get any pictures from there but of course once again Mia was spoiled.
Three days after Christmas I took Mia sledding for the first time with some friends of ours. Mia had a blast and wasn't scared at all and it was a pretty good sized hill. She enjoyed going down with her friend Eli the most.
I managed to get her to make a couple runs down the hill with me.
The hill was next to a school and Mia eventually found the playground. She wouldn't let a little snow (8 inches or so) stop her from playing in the tubes and on the slides.
The end of December Mia also took her new crayons and tried her hand at wall coloring. Needless to say she ended up in her room while I scrubbed the walls clean...Thank goodness for washable crayons!
