A Very Merry Christmas

Another holiday season has come and gone. This year was super special because it was miss Nina's first Christmas! Our family enjoyed every moment and it was much less stressful, since we were already at home and did a lot less traveling! Here are some of the highlights:

• Nate and I took Nina to see Santa, the tree at the capitol and to drive through the light display in Madison.
• We went with Aunt Caitlin, Uncle David and Jayden to see the lights at Rotary Gardens. Jayden looooved the trains!
• We made cookies and peanut butter balls at our house with Gigi, Grandpa, and the great grandparents.
• Girls lunch with Genna and her mom.
• Kicking off the holidays weekend by celebrating Christmas at Nana and Papa's with Uncle Aaron (who has nicknamed Nina, Nina Bobina....it's so cute, I think it's gonna stick or quite sometime) and Aunt Caitlin, Uncle David and Jayden on Friday evening. 
• Going to our first ever church service as a family on Christmas eve with Papa and Nana. 
• Getting together with my family and our friends at my parents' annual Christmas eve party. 
• Santa came!!! Nina must have been a good girl during the first four months of her life!
• Christmas breakfast at our house with Gigi, Grandpa and Uncle Austin.
• Christmas lunch with my extended family at Great Grandpa and Grandma Stearns'. 
• Christmas dinner at Gma's with Nate's family. 
• A trip to Schaumburg with Gigi, Uncle Austin and Stephanie. 
• Making a second round of peanut butter balls and a sleepover with Nina's second cousins; Kristopher and Jessica. 

Whew....what a fun and tiring first Christmas as a family!!! I have to say it's been one of the BEST holidays we've ever had. We hope everyone out there also had a wonderful holiday season.