Muilenburg Christmas and now we're on break!

We're on Christmas Break! Hip hip hooray! 58 letters of recommendation written this year, about 500 applications sent in, but now we are done and it's all about family, friends, and celebration. I love it. Lucy and I kicked off break by making cookies.

Baking Christmas cookies with my daughter was really a dream come true - what a blessing to spend time with my sweet Shmoos. It will be twice as much fun when Sofie is able to join in!

Lucy & Sofie's room is coming together. It's supposed to be Lucy and Sofie's room, but since we've decided to just go ahead and make the same mistake twice and let Sofie sleep with us, it's mostly Lucy's room currently. She likes to climb up in the window - I don't have the heart to tell her that it's not a bay window and someday, very soon, she will grow out of being able to sit there.

Sweet Sof is so, so, so very close to crawling. She has all the skills, she just needs to put them together.

I like this pic.

This year's Christmas picture, coming to a mailbox near you soon. I met to get them to the post office today, but, alas, I did not, which probably means delivery after Christmas. No letter this year, just a pic. There was too much going on - I feel like now that break is here it is the first chance I have had to breathe in months.

We had Christmas with the Muilenburg's a couple of weekends ago. It was lots of crazy fun to have all the kids and family together.

Drew and Sof getting to know each other during a simultaneous diaper change.

Sofie and Papa Norm. Norm is doing pretty well after surgery. We can't wait to get home and spend more time with him over the holidays.

All the Muilenburg grandkids together in their Santa hats.

Lucy got a shopping cart that she absolutely loves. She walks around the house telling us what she is buying and what she is making for dinner. It's too cute.

Lucy and Brady eating Christmas dinner and watching a movie. The watching a movie part allowed everyone else to eat and have at least two minutes of conversation.

Brady and Drew got Sofie and Lucy this fun playhouse. Lucy absolutely loves it and I have a hunch Sofie will too very soon.
I'll end with this cute picture of sweet Sof. She had her 9 month appointment today - I don't have her stats in front of me, but I do remember that she is 21 pounds. She is such a wonderfully sweet baby - what a blessing these two little girls are!

Merry Christmas one and all! We are sending lots of holiday loves to all of you near and far. May your Christmas be wonderful and your New Year bright!