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December 29, 2009
Christmas and Crafts

Week 33

 
I'm a little behind on my blogging, and so have a number of fun things to report. 
 
First, we made some improvements to Amelia's room!  My niece, Aubrey, read this blog a while back and must have noticed my decorating stress.  She had the great idea of adding some name letters to the wall in Amelia's room.  Aubrey has already made name letters for her own room, and so she offered to help me make some for Amelia.  We spent a day during the weekend before last making them.  They turned out GREAT.  Here are the photos (click on the thumbnails below to view the larger images):
 
 
Next on the report is our fun trip to Kansas City.  We arrived in KC on Wednesday.  On Christmas Eve, we went to Bill's grandparent's house for the traditional family gathering and "white elephant" gift exchange.  This year, Bill's family was sneaky (and very thoughtful).  They all conspired to turn the gift exchange into a surprise baby shower for Amelia!  We received all sorts of great things that we will definitely need.  Loads of diapers, blankets, booties, baby leg-warmers, cute clothes, a "booger vacuum" and a VERY special handmade quilt from Amelia's great-grandmother.  All I can say is that our baby is very lucky to be born into such a loving and generous family.  We are grateful.
 
Overall, it was a wonderful weekend.  There was lots of snow -- a VERY unusual white Christmas for me.  It made me realize what is really great about a white Christmas.  You can't really get outside to do things, so it is a perfect excuse to cuddle up inside and read, play games, visit with family and generally relax.  I totally took advantage of the relaxation opportunity.  While in KC, we enjoyed visiting with Poppi and Puter, Bill's Grandpa, Uncle Terry, Katie & Jon and even Annie & Dylan (via Skype).  We also enjoyed a short, but fun, visit with our friends Tom, Steph and Ava Sullivan. 

Here are some photos of the Kansas City Snow, including some updated photos of Amelia's Awesome Playhouse! (Click on the thumbnails to view the larger photos):


Christmas Morning in KC

Bill in the Snow

Amelia's Playhouse
 

Inside Amelia's Playhouse

Inside Amelia's Playhouse

 

 
There are a lot more photos from our trip, but probably too much for the baby blog.  If you are interested, you can see all of the KC Christmas photos in our online photo album.  Enjoy!

We made it home without much trouble on Sunday.  Now it's back to work, but luckily, this week has been pretty slow.  It's nice to be able to ease back into things.

 
Next week will be week 34 . . . only six or seven more weeks until we meet Baby Amelia Stay tuned . . .

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