Merry Christmas! Milo survived his first, arriving at Uncle Ryan’s and Aunt Kristin’s house well-rested despite the previous night’s church-bell disruption (the church across the street decided to ring their bells over 150 times at midnight… yes, we counted, it was hard not to when our entire house was vibrating with every chime). We enjoyed a feast of brunch (delicious, Kristin, thank you!), a family-friendly cartoon about the facts of life (don’t ask), present-opening, and playing with cousins. Milo has now gotten used to Ava’s eye-pokes and has learned to close his eyes before actual contact. At least she is predictable, coming at Milo with a pointer finger in slow-motion from across the room, and we can save Milo’s eyesight for the time-being.
Some pictures from the special day:
Our baby-genius, already reading at 4 months:
Getting some love from Cousin Ava:
Kristin, loaded down with kids- watch out, this is a sign of things to come. This woman is amazing! She cooks, she works, she welcomes chaos into her home, she carries 4 children at once! The mystery baby will be joining his/her sisters and cousins in April… is it a boy? Is it a girl? Tell Aunt Lauren… PLEASE!
Thank you everyone for sending Milo so many Christmas presents! He is enjoying them all, and becoming more spoiled by the minute! We are looking forward to a visit from Aunt Krista and cousin Charlie at the end of next month…
It looks like Christmas was a blast! We miss you all…thank you for all the fun goodies for us and Reina. I love the picture of Kristin with all the kids…she looks like a mythological fertility goddess!