The holidays!

2011 is officially over so I'll try and sum up the last 6 weeks in one blog. So many fun times filled with lots of friends and family and getting used to having a new baby girl around :)

We celebrated Thanksgiving at my house. This was the first year that nobody was working and all of the out of town family was in town so it was a packed house. Unfortunately I wasn't feeling the greatest (a looong trip to the ER the next day with some medicine made everything better). After all of my family left, Joey, Morgan and I went over to Joey's house for Thanksgiving with his family. Not as many people with just his parents and his sisters and their families but with 5 grandkids under 9, almost as loud and crazy!

Second cousins Morgan and Carter

Morgan and Great grandma at Lance's  birthday party

Hollidazzle parade with Betsy, Kelsey, Katelyn, and Jayme

My mom, my dad, my friend Lauren and I went downtown to Rock Bottom Brewery for dinner before we went and saw Les Miserables at the Orpheum. I was pregnant for my 21st birthday so this was my first legal drink! Also the first night I was away from Morgan. She spent the night with Joey and Nana and Papa. It was a nice little break but I was eager to get back home to her.

The week before Christmas we celebrated with Joey's dad's side of the family. It was a fun night filled with lots of good food and company.

Big cousin Chace

The first picture of Morgan with all her cousins. Avery, Chace, Riley, Devin and Morgan :)

Christmas Eve after church

We spent Christmas day over at my aunt Debbie's house. I never get sick of seeing my family so much during the holidays :) Great grandma and grandpa with the great grandkids, Morgan and Carter

Morgan and Great Grandpa Fran

We had our annual christmas party with all my friends this year at Brittney's new house. Glad that we can all still get together. Some of the girls with Morgan : me, Kelsey, Shannon Becca, Lauren, and Brittney

On the anniversary of the day our friend Marissa passed away we have made the tradition to bake christmas cookies with her mom.

Future baker Morgan!

                         I'll end with my favorite santa picture! I found a groupon for the Eden Prairie Center Santa. Normally I don't shop there but it's my new favorite mall. They have special nursing rooms that are very private and even have nice rocking chairs, loved it!