Julia's 1st Christmas

Julia made her first social debut at the Christmas Eve service at PBCC last night. She was decked out in her sister Mattie's Christmas dress (I was so excited it fit since Mattie was 3 month old when she wore it.) Julia was very well behaved during the service and slept through the whole thing. However, she has learned that if she fusses in her car seat, then we will hold her. So that's what we did. No complaints here.







Julia also had a pretty great night of sleep (she knew Santa was still watching to see if she was going to be naughty or nice!) Today was the first time that our family woke up at our own house on Christmas morning (ever since Bob and I got engaged.) Luckily for us, we are also joined by Grandma Sally and Papa Pat. Julia had a new doll in her stocking from Santa.





After opening stockings, we all gathered for a yummy breakfast. We had Belgium waffles, maple syrup, strawberries, real whipping cream, and bacon. (Very low calorie! haha)



We cleaned up breakfast and eventually gathered in the living room to open Christmas gifts. Mattie helped open most of Julia's gifts. Julia got some cute clothes, a couple of Christmas ornaments, a stuffed animal lamb that makes soothing noises, a stuffed animal elephant, and some books.









We snacked and hung out for the rest of the day. Around 4:30 PM, we sat down and had a wonderful and delicious Christmas dinner of ham, broccoli, mashed potatoes, and cranberry-apple compote. There was pumpkin pie and Bob's sister's fruit cake (family recipe and tradition) for dessert. We were all stuffed and satisfied. A wonderful day. (The roses are from Mattie. She brought them home to me from the farmer's market.)