We're still here!

What a whirlwind. I can't believe Christmas has already come and gone. Our decorations are already taken down and in the attic. The tree is out on the curb. Tomorrow is New Year's Day. Crazy.

We have been overwhelmed (in a good way, because of all the help) by both sides of the family being at our house the past 2 weeks. My family came in the weekend before Christmas to celebrate and then Brad's family followed the next weekend. Mallory was spoiled by all the attention she received. She was read more books the last 2 weeks than she has been her whole life probably!! Morgan was spoiled as well by all the arms that held her! We are so thankful for the help from our families. We know that the holidays are crazy anyway, and the fact that we added a birth to it made it even crazier! We'll try not to make a habit of having anymore Christmas babies:)

We've had some milestones already in Morgan's short 2 week life so far. She has already been to Houston. Yep, we had our first overnight trip last week. Brad's great uncle, Roger, passed away the night before Christmas Eve. The four of us made the trek to be with family. We were grateful for the time we got to visit with him at Thanksgiving this year. And, we were grateful to be at the funeral to celebrate his life.

Another milestone, because of some feeding issues, is that she has already taken a bottle! It took her sister 2 months to take a bottle without screaming, so this is HUGE!! She also likes the paci already. That one took Mallory 9 weeks to do. Amazing how they can be so different and from the same family. Her temperament seems to be much different than Mallory also. She pretty much only cries when she gets hungry or tired, so it's easy to soothe her!

Okay, onto the pictures.

Mallory got lots of cousin time over the holidays. Here is Tate and Mallory sporting their Santa hats that Aunt Kelly gave them. Mallory LOVED hers and wore it almost all day!

My sister has these Gymboree bubbles that the kids love. Mallory goes crazy and says "bubblessssss!" over and over. They are also sitting on a parachute (like from PE when you were a kid) that they both love too. It was a hit at Tate's birthday and a hit at Christmas. Good job Kelly!

Here's the Santa hat again during the stockings. These are the stockings from Mimi and Grandpa (my parents).

This is what Morgan did during both Christmas celebrations. Seriously. The life of a newborn has to be pretty sweet!

One of Mallory's favorite presents from Mimi and Grandpa...a vacuum! The perfect gift for a daughter of 2 type A people:) She will get her vacuum and walk around pushing it while Brad vacuums. Such a little helper!

This was Christmas Eve night. Mallory loves to give Morgan kisses and hugs. She is always asking for Morgan and interested in where she is.

Here's Morgan Christmas morning.

More cousin time. This is Mallory and Julia. Julia is only 5 months older than Mallory, so it's been fun to see them actually play together and get excited about seeing each other. They are dancing here.

Stopping for a drink of water before moving on to the next toy. Elmo and the baby doll were favorites of them both.

The favorite gift from BMom and Pop (Brad's parents)...a slide! It took about 20 minutes and Mallory figured out how to climb up the stairs and do it herself (with our hands around her just in case!).

Mallory and Julia saying goodbye to each other at the end of the weekend. Destined to be good buddies...and to get each other in trouble!!

And now, it's time to welcome 2008. In true "mom and dad" fashion, I don't think we'll make it to midnight tonight, so Happy New Year early!!