Whitney's hair has a mind of its own. Whenever she sleeps her hair has a knot tying party, so when she wakes up, even from a brief little nap, her hair is truly a sight to behold! Unfortunately she also has "bluetooth" nerve endings on her head. That means that we don't even have to touch her head with a brush, we just have to get anywhere near it and she screams and hollers in pain. So a few weeks ago she asked to get her hair cut a little short to make hair combing time a little more pleasant for the whole family. Fortunately her hair turned out really cute, here's a before and after shot:
In spite of our best efforts to slow things down this Christmas season, things still got really busy during the holidays (as they always do!). Fortunately Michael did remarkably well recovering from his eye surgery and didn't require nearly as much care as we anticipated. His vision seems to have greatly improved as well. After we got home from the surgery he would stare around the kitchen as if to say, "So THIS is what our kitchen looks like!" He also army crawls greater distances because he can see something he wants that's further away.
We had a great time doing activities together as a family, such as making gingerbread houses and visiting the new Fort Collins Discovery Museum. Santa was also kind enough to visit our house on Christmas Eve, so we had a great time opening presents on Christmas morning.
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| Making gingerbread houses |
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| Lining up on Christmas morning by height (an old Wheeler family tradition) to go downstairs and see what Santa brought |
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| Spencer's new bike |
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| Santa Mikey |
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| Opening presents |
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| Mikey would rather eat the instructions than read them |
We spent a few days after Christmas relaxing in Fort Collins and letting the kids play with their new toys. On Saturday we drove out to Utah to spend New Years with Liz's family. One of the highlights has been seeing all the cool Christmas lights on Temple Square in Salt Lake City.
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| All bundled up |
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| Sarah with Grandma Bellamy |
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| In front of the Salt Lake Temple |
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| Admiring the Nativity |
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| Joseph, Mary, and baby Jesus |
Soooo much WONDERFULNESS!! Uh, Liz, how do you look so BEAUTIFUL in the morning!?!?! There will be NO AM Christmas pictures with this Mama, no matter what the tradition requires. ;)
ReplyDeleteMikey's eyes look AMAZING!! And seeing him sitting up there like such a big boy, what a miracle he is 110%!!!
Merry Christmas and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Yay, it looks like you had a great time! Soooo wish I could have been with you. I still cherish the time you came to Rocklin for Christmas and Sam and I saw you for a visit! Mikey's eyes look great, and that is just wonderful that his vision has improved too. Love you all! Happy New Year! xoxo
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, beautiful pictures! It warmed my heart this morning to see you all having some Christmas joy. We are so relieved that the eye surgery has turned out so well! Happy New Year to all of you in Fort Collins. We will pray that 2013 will bring all of you much, much happiness!
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