December and Christmas Vacation!

Sorry it's taken me awhile to get this post up, but I'm still trying to get back in the swing of things. December was a fun month for us. At the beginning of the month we went to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert which was so good. Unfortunately you weren't supposed to take pictures, so we can't give you an idea of how awesome it was, but we do highly recommend it. We also went to Drew's work Christmas party which was fun and had good food :) I also got my hair cut and highlighted. It had been a long time, so it was fun to finally do something different. I wasn't going to post a picture of it, but Kathryn just looked so cute in this one and was actually smiling (lately when we try to get her to smile for the camera, she just starts studying the camera and is so distracted she won't smile for us), so I just had to :)

For Christmas we were able to go to my parents house in Cedar Falls, IA for about 10 days. Unfortunately Drew was sick and/or working for most of the time we were in there, so it wasn't exactly his favorite vacation, but he hung in there. We had a great time with my family and friends. Six of the nine kids in my family were there with their families, so it was really fun for us all to spend time together. Kathryn had a great time too. Here are some pictures...

My mom is so good at getting Kathryn to sleep on her shoulder. She did this several times while we were there and it was so cute.

All of the cousins that were in Iowa for Christmas.

While we were in Iowa, my sister-in-law, Sarah, did a photo shoot of Kathryn for us. She did such a good job and it's hard not to post all of the cute pictures she took, but here are some of them...

During the photo shoot, Kathryn rolled over for the first time! It was most likely because she was mostly naked and tummy-down on a cold table, but still, it was pretty cool to get a picture of it...

(Disclaimer: Even though you can see her ribs so clearly in this picture, be assured that Kathryn gets plenty to eat. Just look at her cute little pot-belly in the other pictures :)

On our way home, there was a sign on the freeway for a place called Drew's Chocolates in a little town called Dexter, IA. With how much Drew loves chocolate, how could we pass that up?! So we stopped and got some tasty chocolates and truffles, and of course a picture...


Kathryn is 4 months old today and is growing and developing so fast. She likes to put everything in her mouth and her neck and legs are so strong. She has also been sleeping 8-12 hours almost every night since we were in Seattle for Thanksgiving (which was when she started sleeping in a different room from us)!!! Is is so nice to get more sleep and she looks so cute sleeping in her crib. Alright, well, sorry this was so long, but I hope you enjoyed the pictures even if you didn't read it all :) HAPPY NEW YEAR!