Christmas, etc.

Christmas was so fun this year! Having a child around truly makes the day extra special. Then again, every day is special with her! We spent the night with Mom on Christmas Eve and drove back to B'ham Christmas Day to spend some time with the McLanes. Alston wasn't too interested in the presents but she loved the ribbons an wrapping paper. We got to see some of our favorite people, The Youngs, before Christmas. We don't get to see them enough! Here are a few pictures of Christmas. I have some more randoms to post later, but I'm running out of time!


She was totally comfortable in Will's arms.

This picture of Alston makes me laugh.

Whoops, Alston, you blinked.

Jane loves her cheese puffs!

Rainer crashing out on the floor.

Jane is clearly not in the mood for Rainer's affections.

Sweet Rainer sharing a candy cane with Alston.

I left the plastic on there since she's technically not supposed to have sugar yet. She still enjoyed the heck out of it. And no, I didn't let her have it for long so she didn't swallow any plastic.

Goofball.

At the farm.

I have no idea why she is trying to eat her boot.

This is her camera face.

Opening presents!

She has just now figured out that when my camera beeps she is supposed to smile. I took a ton of this pose because it was so funny watching her head snap in the direction of the camera.

Posing!

Thanksgiving

Alston had a big time on her first Thanksgiving! We started out the day heading to the McLanes' Thanksgiving at Jeff's grandma's house which is so close to our house so we didn't have far to drive. Alston flirted with everybody and enjoyed sitting in her Papa Jim's lap. She fell asleep there and we came home and started packing our bags for our trip to Aliceville. Mom decided to have the Alston Thanksgiving meal the next day at the farm. As always, we had full bellies! I gave Alston some of my mom's sweet potato casserole, which is unbelievable, and she spit it right out. Oh, well. Below are some photos of our day!

Talking to her CC.


Sitting on Papa Jim's lap.


Deep thought maybe?


Clowning around.


Talking to Ted's awesome dog, Chloe.

Our first Thanksgiving as a family of three.