First Christmas

Merry First Christmas to my baby girl and my niece, Caroline.   It was special, wonderful, and as crazy as expected, but I know we'll always remember this special Christmas.  With two new babies and my sister in law still cancer free, we have had one blessing filled year.  Here is my adorable niece and gorgeous sister-in-law, Lindsey.

It was so funny at Christmas seeing the difference in the two babies' personalities.  Caroline is so chill, and she will sit peacefully in your arms.  Hannah is so not chill. :)  Her legs and arms move constantly.  Hannah grabs at anything in sight, and it will be in her mouth in literally a matter of seconds.  Joe recently sent me a picture of him working on a Christmas puzzle with Caroline sitting peacefully on his lap.  That would be absolutely impossible with Hannah.  Puzzle pieces would be flying with more on the floor than anywhere else and several in her mouth!  Also, Caroline is pretty flexible with her schedule, and Hannah is happiest on a pretty tight schedule.  And size wise, Caroline is the very top of the growth charts while Hannah is at the bottom.

Like I said each different but perfect in their own way.  Here are the girls with their older cousin, Katie, in matching red smocked dresses that my parents bought for the them to wear to mass.  Aren't all three adorable?!  From left we have Caroline (4mo), Katie (3yr), and Hannah (7mo)

The Hobgood's haven't had a real good track record as of lately with good health at Christmas.  Last year, Weston had a stomach virus at Christmas that nearly landed him visiting the ER.  This year we had a teething baby with her first cold.  First, she popped her very first tooth on my birthday, Dec 19th.  We are still waiting for the other lower to emerge.  Then, I came down with a cold on the 20th, and we just knew Hannah was going to follow.  Poor girl got hit with it on Christmas Eve.  She is still congested now, but thankfully she hasn't spiked a high fever or anything.  I'm hoping for a healthy Christmas in 2014!  But if a cold is the biggest illness we're dealing with then we are pretty blessed!

We traditionally spend Christmas Eve with my side of the family, and Christmas day with Weston's side.  My brother and his family from Texas always travels to Tennessee for Christmas and stays with my parents.  We had our ham dinner and then celebrated Christmas Eve mass together.  We all fit perfectly in the pew as one big family.  It was absolutely wonderful!

My oldest brother's family: Bryan, Jennifer, and kids:Ashley, Matthew, and Katie

And then we have my middle brother, Joe, and his little family.  Joe, Lindsey, and Caroline.

Getting excited for Santa!

 

Hannah had a little helper to open some of her presents.

Christmas morning was spent at Weston's parents house.  Santa came and left Hannah some wonderful gifts!  She got some new spoons in her stocking which was one of her favorite gifts!

 

Ripping into her new walker.

Checking out her loot, but still mostly interested in the spoon.

 

After all the unwrapping, she rolled over under the tree to admire Nonna and Pop's tree.

Later in the day on Christmas, we had a delicious turkey dinner with Weston's side of the family.  Then we opened gifts from each other.  Hannah was quite fussy from not feeling well at that point so I didn't take too many pictures, but I did catch a few cute ones.  She loved the soft blocks her Nonna and Pops gave her.

Pops helping her open her gifts.

Weston's brother, Travis, and his fiance, Jade, came to celebrate with us on Christmas Day.

Nonna always has the solid feedings covered.

We unfortunately had to leave on Christmas day because Weston had to work, but we are so looking forward to not traveling next year as we'll be living in town!!   Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!