A Very Mickey Christmas

We had a great Christmas with the Ahlstrand family. Lexi insisted on wearing her new dress up outfit during the celebration. She also insisted on trying to open up everyone else's gifts, but so did the other two little ones, so she had company.

Lexi got the hot toy this year from Grandma...the dancing Mickey Mouse. She absolutely loves it, and claps every time she turns him on. She's going to be excited to see him in person next fall, when Grandma takes us to Disney World, which was our big Christmas gift.

14 kids and one laugh

We had our annual Christmas gathering with Laura's mom's side. This included 14 kids under the age of 9 in one house. Although it is chaos, it is great to see the cousins interact. Lexi has had a great time being around so many kids. She has jumped right in and tried to keep up, which is great to see. Conner hasn't seemed to mind either, and he even laughed for the first time tonight. Brian and I were in the kitchen talking with Cori, and we all started laughing about something, and he just joined it. He's figuring out the social graces of laughing at mom's and dad's jokes early.