Merry Christmas!

Emmie loved Marsha's I mean Nicolas's trampoline

Nonie and Emmie

Nicolas didn't want Nonie to be cold!

Emmie was fascinated by the glass table

Now Dutchie's ears will not be cold on her scooter!

Beautiful quilt made by Mama Hollis for Emmie

Casey, Hollis, and BamBam

Sara and Emmie

Gdaddy, Mimi, Emmie, and Nicolas

Hollis and Emmie

Teddy Bear Tea at the Roosevelt

Who dun it?

slickster Bill
Bah humbug!- She's innocent!

Rolling in the floor with cousin Will

Aunt E

Checking out Jaycee

We have been terribly deficient in our blog postings (sorry Steltz!) and the harassment never ends (Steltz)! Liz is reportedly working on Thanksgiving post. I am trying to round up more pictures from Thanksgiving and I'll post those. In the interim, I'll post Christmas pics.

We left on Tuesday and drove to Dothan, Alabama to spend Emmie's first Christmas. I'm not sure how people travel with a small car or more than one child. We looked like we had packed the entire house and were relocating permanently! It was so fun spending time with family and friends and celebrating Emmie's first Christmas. Thanks everyone for making it so special. Emmie was particularly enamored with Nicolas. It seems that boy can always put a smile on her sweet little face and she's sure she can do whatever he is doing.

We celebrated with Gdaddy and everyone Christmas Eve and then on to Nonie's on Christmas day. It didn't take Emmie long to figure out how to open presents! After just a few, she was diving at the next one. She especially liked the taste of the red tissue paper! Her favorite though was getting to eat all of the food. So far, she hasn't met a food item that she doesn't like! She thought all of the holiday overeating was a fantastic idea.

We were home almost an entire week, but it seemed to go so quickly. It was so nice to see everyone and we especially enjoyed the "murder mystery" at mom's Christmas night. It was essentially "Who dun it?" at the Gunn residence with the Snell/Bancroft crew. It was great seeing all of our cousins/aunts/uncles/etc. and Emmie loved having all of the babies to pummel. She literally had them all crying within only a few seconds due to "loving pokes and pulls of the lips/eyes/ears/whatever body part was close!" The costumes and character acting was especially good and I never realized how much "talent" my family possesses. =) I think we should definitely make this an annual event.

Thank you all for the conversations, family time, laughter, and love. It was a perfect Christmas. I only wish we could see everyone more often.