wavywards: Christmas with 2 kids

We drove to VA for Christmas. Both Casey and Garrett were great on the road trip. Casey watched a bunch of movies, read books, napped, snacked and Garrett slept. We got to Grandma Gail and Grampa Tom's house on the 18th.

The week was a busy one with friends and family. We got to see Jessica and Maddie on Tuesday, then ended the day with dinner at Aunt Marcy, Uncle Stuart, Lily and Jack's house with Grandma Gail, Grampa Tom and Aunt Kelly. Wednesday, Dyani came over to visit. Then Aunt Marcy, Lily and Jack came over to ice Christmas cookies. The kids got a visit from Santa afterwards. Thursday we went to Rosslyn to have lunch with Aunt Kelly and to see her office, then headed to Sears for the annual cousin picture. Friday, we met Aunt Marcy, Uncle Stuart, Lily and Jack downtown to see trains at the Botanical Gardens and then headed over to the Natural History Museum. The weekend was a whirlwind of Christmas activity. Casey was very excited about all of her gifts. She also enjoyed helping Garrett open his gifts. Garrett basically slept through Christmas, like he did throughout the rest of the weeks activities.

Garrett is now 6 weeks. He is a little more aware of things, but is still sleeping a lot. He can hold his head up really well and has started to smile, we think for real now, not just gassy smiles. He found his voice and enjoys saying "AH" or "UH." He is spoiled rotten at the moment, being held all the time, so when we try and put him down on his own, most of the time he becomes fussy, so you pick him up and he immediately snuggles in and is content. We started him on formula before we left for VA. He now eats 3 bottles of formula during the day, drinking 3-4 ounces. He seems to like it, especially now that the nasty rash when he first started has disappeared.

Casey is 3 1/2 now and pretty funny. She plays really well by herself, even while at her grandparents house. She remembers what toys are at each persons house and gets really excited about going over to each house to play with the toys. She likes to play pretend. She'll tell you exactly what is going on. She'll play with her dolls/stuffed animals and have them go to bed or school or ballet. She also likes to play school, where one person is teacher and one person is student. Usually during school, she'll take coasters and start doing "Zoophonics" which is an ABC activity from her school. She can definitely be a little sassy, especially when she hasn't had her daily nap, which was often during this trip. For the most part, she is a sweet little girl.

We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and we wish everyone a Happy New Year!

Enjoy the pix.