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Christmas 2010 - The Second Post

The Kole Family had such a beautiful Christmas. Marshall and I (plus Norah!) are so thankful Momma T was able to fly out and spend a whole week with us. We are sad to see her go but cherish all the memories we made this Christmas.

Here are a few memories captured:

One word to sum Norah up by this photo -

SPOILED (as 95% of those presents were for her)!

But yes, she is very much loved.

STOCKINGS!

MK and I bought Norah a shopping cart. She loves to push her stroller around but is a little too short to actually push it successfully. The shopping cart was a hit. Grandma (or Nana, as that's all Norah can say) got her a Memory Game. YAY! Pops and Ma - I'm sure you remember how much I loved this game growing up, and I am so excited to play the game with Norah!

Wings provided by Nana (and Aunt Grace).

Marshall's Dad and Jody bought us a knife set. THANK YOU! We are very stoked about this gift as most of our knifes are dull and quite old. Marshall does cook frequently, so I know he is going to enjoy putting the knife set to use.

We gave Momma T a neck pillow she had been wanting for traveling and reading.

By the look on her face, I think she was pretty excited about it!

Norah got a cute bag from Auntie Rod and

some great alphabet books from Great Grandma and Grandpa Mabon.

Norah loves music and loves the "Little Drummer Boy" Christmas song!

So when we saw this, we knew she'd love it.

".....pa, rum, pum, pum, pum...."

Christmas for us literally took the whole day. Norah would open a few presents, and then would want to play with them. Who wouldn't?! So she'd play, open presents, eat, sleep, open more presents, play....etc. By dinner, she still had a couple of presents left under the tree.

We decided to go to the park after nap time just to get some fresh air.

When we got home, Momma T made delicious enchiladas for Christmas dinner. YUM!

Our white Christmas came a day late. After having only small flurries here and there in the early part of December, we got our first "blizzard" the day after Christmas. Our area only got about 5ish inches but the rest of New England was hit pretty hard.

This picture is Papa and Baby watching the snow fall.

Last night Momma T and I played dress-up with Norah resulting in lots of laughs and smiles. Norah was pretty pleased with herself, enough so that she hugged herself (aka the mirror) multiple times. Thanks Nana and Grace for all the dress-up clothes!

So that was our Christmas. Pretty awesome, eh?

Thank you Lord, for all of our blessings -

for family, for love, for joy.

Thank you.

Christmas 2010 - The First Post

We open one present each on Christmas Eve. This year, we decided the Christmas Eve gift would be our stocking gifts from Dad and Jody. Amongst other, more educational and practical gifts in her stocking, Norah got a kazoo.

And she lost it. Best (?) Christmas present ever for a 20 month old?




More posts and pictures coming in the next day or two!

GO PACK GO!

What's that? Football is the best and greatest thing ever? Oh yes. You're quite correct. Thanks for pointing that out.

We got tickets to go see the Packers play the Patriots at home in Gillette Stadium this past Sunday night. It was cold and a little bit snowy, but totally awesome in every way. Our seats were excellent, the people around us weren't too hostile as we cheered for the Pack, and the game ended up being pretty exciting. This might have to be something we start doing every year....

Seven-dollar Bratwurst. Delicious explosion.

Finally...

I'm finally feeling better. MK caught the flu and got sick on Tuesday night. Not good, but he was fortunate enough to only get sick once. I caught the flu and got sick roughly six times early Thursday morning. But my loving husband has allowed me to get a TON of sleep the last couple of days, and I am finally feeling almost normal. WOOT! Just in time to go to the Patriots vs. Packers game. And yes, we will be cheering for the Packers while sitting on the Patriots side.

I uploaded some pictures off of our camera tonight.

Just thought I would share...

One of my favourite pictures, ever.

Norah is obsessed with trying to wear my clothes. All of them.

The second photo is how she looked after a good solid nap.

I am so thankful she is, in general, a good sleeper. Whew.

Another awesome picture. Pretty much sums our kid up.

Second photo - finishing up the tree. Norah was a "big" help. Ha!

Norah loves playing in this kitchen drawer. She is going to be so devastated when she is too big to sit in it. Second photo - Norah hugging Z (a little one who belongs to friends of ours from church. They watch Norah quite often and we watch Z. It's great!).

We love and miss you all.

Sending BIG hugs your way!