Family of 4

Family of 4

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Avery is growing up!

Our babe is growing! She's trying all sorts of exciting things, like rolling over and eating solid foods (see below)! She started rolling just a few weeks ago, and is getting pretty good at it. She can now roll from tummy to back and from back to tummy, but not always when she wants to. It's a little unpredictable, but when Bryndon lured her with his shiny watch (which she's obsessed with), she made an extra effort and rolled toward it! It's fun to see her learning so many new things!

 My mom made this beautiful hat for her, which doesn't fit quite yet, but that noggin is growing!

 
Avery wanted to get in the picture of the totally cool and cute and fun cupcake platter (which is currently being used as a fruit platter for lack of cupcakes) that Aunt Kari and Uncle Jake made for our family for Christmas!

 Happy girl! She's wearing the cute "Just Chillin'" onesie her Aunt Elisabeth gave her. She likes wearing blue, even though this is one of the only articles of clothing she has in that color!

FIRST SOLID FOOD!!! (If you can call watery rice cereal a solid...) This was so fun! We started her on it just a few days ago. She's 5 months old now, so we figure it's a good time to begin. If you see a kind of concerned look on her face, that's the face she makes (and even more dramatic) with the first bite every time we feed her. She has to remember that it tastes different than mommy's milk. :)

She is really starting to like it! The first few times she'd hold her jaw tightly together, just allowing a piece of her tongue to stick out when we'd try to put a spoon in her mouth. But now she's getting to be a pro! Look at the happiness on her face! :)

I love this face. Check out those huge round eyes. I wonder who she gets that from...

Naked baby in the bath! (Still being as modest as possible.) What a little lady.

She loves spending time with her daddy.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Christmas After Christmas with the Williams

We had a fun time with the entire Clayton and Denise Williams Clan (16 of us, including Claytie!) the week after Christmas. Here are a few pictures of our Nativity (kind of hap-hazard this year) and then some pics of the 3 newest grandkids!

This shepherd didn't know why she had to wear something on her head. :)

Mary riding the donkey, her dad, with other supportive figures

Wise men (and women) bringing gifts, and other such events...

Good donkey

More events that cannot be named... (because I'm not sure what's going on here)

Luke with a cape on (or some sort of costume)

Wise women :) ... or maybe shepherds

Singing "under the tree"

The shepherd with one of the wise men or something else with a costume

Cousies!!!

It's kind of amazing how they all look pretty close in size (mostly Avery and Sadie)

What a gentleman! Henry offering his arm to Avery :)

This is where they started getting a little too close for comfort... arms flailing

Such good friends... Avery and Sadie linking arms :)
Fun stuff! It was great to see all the out-of-towners that we miss so much!! And Sadie's blessing was beautiful. We're so happy to have been here for it! 

Hatch Family Christmas Eve Nativity

The Hatches all got together for Christmas Eve and acted out the Nativity story. It was fun to see everyone dressed up and to sing Christmas songs together! The kids played their parts so well! :) We only missed Shan and Katia and their family, but we were thinking of them and we hope they had a wonderful Christmas!!!

Our darling shepherds:

  Shepherds with the angel and Mary and Jesus:

 The youngest shepherd :)

  Mary and Joseph:

With the baby Angels:

 The 2 Kings:

 The 3 Kings :)