This year we decided we would stay home in KY for Christmas and welcome anyone who wanted to join us. Emily is getting older and so we wanted to start a few traditions and have a go at celebrating in our own home. Besides that, we have no idea where we will be living in the next 1-2 years so we decided to be "home" for now. My mom ended up taking a vacation to Cabo for two weeks over Christmas, so we went to Bloomington to celebrate the week before since she wouldn't be coming down to our house. We also wanted an opportunity to celebrate with my grandma. Here are some pics of our time in Bloomington. We had a great weekend (though we were only there for about 24 hours!).
We had a nice lunch with Grandma and Uncle Dave and then played up in her apartment for a little while. She gave Emily a couple books that they read together.
Poor Viktor had just finished a week of finals the day before our trip to IN. He managed to write a total of 57 pages in research papers during that week while working at UPS. Needless to say, he went on very little sleep all week long and was ready to crash by Saturday. This is how he fell asleep at Grandma's house...
After we visited with Grandma we went to my dad's studio. I didn't have any plans to stay and paint, but little miss Em wouldn't have it any other way (and neither would Pop!). So, we had some family fun painting another hand print mug to add to Pop and Mimi's collection and Emily got to paint her first ornament.
Later that night we got out to my parent's house and opened presents. Emily was TOTALLY in to opening presents this year. It was so much fun!
Holding her new "chicka chicka boom boom" tree. I love her face here...it is a little heavy, but she was so proud of it. We have had fun practicing her ABC's with this great toy.
This is her saying, "IT'S HELLO KITTY!" We plan to do a bit of traveling in the next year or so and Mimi found her the perfect Hello Kitty sleeping bag.
Her new baby doll.
Giving a gift to Pop. We gave him a children's book called "Moo Who" about a cow who lost her moo. Emily and Pop have a special bond over mooing like a cow, so we thought it would be perfect.
Look how excited Em was to give Mimi her hand print bag!
And look how excited Daddy is about his new Ohio State shirt from Pop and Mimi!
Emily LOVES her new Duplo Legos. She got a set from my parents and another set sent from Viktor's brother. Double the fun!
This is the night we got home from IN. My parents bought her this sweet little nativity set. When we got it home and set it up, Em jumped up on the windowsill and starting rocking Baby Jesus. It was adorable.
Another Christmas post coming soon!
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