Christmas 2009

I'm obviously a lot late in posting these pictures from Christmas this year. Plus I can't seem to get them in the right order, so the activities are backwards but you will get the picture! Christmas was fun this year, Sonora was 14 months and enjoyed it a lot more than last year at 2 months! BUT, I know this will be nothing compared to the excitement of next year when she's 2 and can understand a lot more about Christmas and all those presents to open! We were able to spend Christmas with both sides this year...the Farris' on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, the Kessler's on Christmas evening and the following week when Team Kess joined us for a late Christmas celebration.

Here is Corey & Jordan playing one of their new Wii games.

All three...they even look like brothers from the back!

Sweetheart Jordan reading a book to Sonora. All three boys enjoyed spending time with Sonora and she was in heaven with all the attention she was getting.

Sonora drinking water from her sippy cup. It cracks us up how high she has to lift her head back to drink!


This is Sonora's Christmas Day outfit. Isn't she so cute?!

Opening presents at Grandma & Grandpa Kessler's house.

A family picture on Christmas.

Christmas morning making herself some tea, a gift from Great Grandma Marie.

This is the horse we got Sonora for Christmas. I think she was excited!

A new puzzle from her cousin Ryan.

Christmas morning with Daddy.

Christmas morning with Mommy.

Christmas Eve at the Farris'. She is attempting to climb this antique horse which is why we got her a toy one instead!

Her new giraffe "bike".

The cousins on the Farris side. Randy, Tanner, Haley, Sonora, Trenton, & Carter.

Trying to open up a present but I'm pretty sure she gave up and went off somewhere else.

A new little Bounce & Giggle pig. It was quite funny.

She also got a Jack in the box and wasn't even scared at all. She's a tough cookie.

Christmas 2009 was a great celebration! We look forward to the new year and all the new things this year will bring! Happy 2010!

An early Christmas celebration with Lon & Nancy

We celebrated Christmas early with Lon & Nancy last Saturday as they were making their way down south for a mexican cruise. We had a wonderful time with them and Sonora enjoyed looking at all the bags and boxes that they had brought for her. Of course she would get more fascinated by a simple bow or crinkly tissue than the presents, but she loves the toys and looks super cute in all of the outfits she got!

A little "horsey" time with Aunt Nancy before they leave! Sonora loved it!

Bye Nancy & Lon - see you next time! Thanks for all of your love and presents!

Picking out our Christmas Tree

Last Saturday we picked out our Christmas Tree and Sonora loved looking at all the trees. We knew we had to get a small one so that we could put it up on a table so that she wouldn't be able to pull off ornaments or yank the tree down! We love our Charlie Brown Christmas Tree and Sonora does too!

Christmas Tree Farm

After Thanksgiving we usually try to visit the Hillcrest Christmas Tree Farm with the Kessler's for our annual train ride on a steam train. This year Sonora was much more excited and interested as she was only a month old last year at this time! She really enjoyed the toy trains that looped around the grounds and could have stood there for a lot longer than we could handle the cold. The temperature had dropped considerably from earlier in the week and it was quite cold out there but it definitely had the feeling of Christmas in the air!


Here is Sonora standing by the fence watching the toy trains.

Our family of 3, soon to be 4!

The Kessler boys

Sonora with a typical leaf in her mouth as we wait for the steam train to pick us up.

I think Sonora hears the train coming!

Sonora on the train, trying to stay warm cuddling in Daddy's arms.

Uh, it's really cold with the wind blowing in our faces!

The boys in the "cattle" car on the train. I think they stayed warmer in there than we did.

Sonora checking out the boys in the cattle car. I think she thought they were noisy!

We had a great time but we glad to get back into our car and turn on the heater! Time to have some hot cocoa!

Happy Halloween 2009

For Halloween this year we dressed up Sonora as a "Halloween Kitty" (general Halloween clothes with a mask and tail!). She wouldn't wear the Kitty mask so we drew a black nose and whiskers on her face. We decided to go to a church harvest festival this year instead of trick-or-treating around the neighborhood since we don't need candy anyway. The festival was geared towards older kids but we did go on a hay ride and pet some animals at the petting zoo.

For fun, I decided to dress up similar to Sonora just so she didn't feel awkward. Ha!

Sonora had just woken up when we took her to the festival and for some reason she did not seem to enjoy the festivities at all! She stayed solemn and quiet the entire time and didn't crack one smile. Maybe all the costomes scared her! So she appears to the be the sad kitty.

But isn't she a beautiful sad kitty?

Daddy & Sonora at the church festival.

We had to wait in line for the hay ride. Sonora is just chewing on some hay (just like a country girl!).

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Happy Halloween!