Christmas!

Christmas a.k.a December 25th was Isabella's actual due date but Eric and I were thrilled that she decided to make her Debut eleven days early. Not only were we assured the tax break (Hooray for the gov-ment shellin out money for little ones) but we also got to have Bella here to celebrate the holidays with us. It was truly a wonderful day, since Isabella was still a mere 11 days old we kept everything really low key. We went to my parents for Christmas morning, home for a nap, and then back to the folks for Christmas dinner and movie night. It was the perfect way to spend Bella's 1st Christmas.

Here she is with her first stocking, It's good to begin her Jayhawk education early.






















The Averill tradition inckudes stockings first and the stockings themselves are truly something. We stuff them full of as much useful crap as possible until they overflow. This is vastly different then the Neuteboom tradition of well thought out gifts in the stocking. Here is Eric's first true immersion in the Averill stocking.






















Eric also spoiled me rotten this Christmas. Here I am with my beautiful pink sapphire past, present, future necklace he gave me in honor of Bella and our amazing life together.

















Now the necklace was something but it doesn't hold a candle to this next present.. A BABY LEASH!!! Now Eric knows how strongly I feel about the utter nonsense of this particular product ( sorry to anyone that "walks" their baby, You may hate me now) So this was almost the best gag gift of the morning. It was beat only by a little British gift from my bro that is so bad I can't even talk about it on the blog.

















Ahh family, It was a wonderful day ending with National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, a roast for dinner and Bella snuggling with her Averill Grandparents. We couldn't ask for a better Christmas.
















~Trish