Christmas

A Merry Metcalf Christmas

This Christmas was so fun. You know your life is good when your list of blessings exceeds your capacity to recall them all at once. Christmas was a first this year for some of our family members and a milestone for others. Most of all it was a beautiful time together.


Christmas is always heralded by the coming of the elf. Piper's mischevious elf Lizzy joins us after Thanksgiving to give us all giggles. And apparently she likes to make cookies too!
The kids Christmas picture and milestone number one - Zac's last one in braces. He got them taken off 2 days before Christmas.
If y'all have been following this blog you know there had to be at least one picture of "the poser".


Milestone number two: First Christmas cousins Judah and baby William. They met for the first time the week before Christmas and Judah seemed very interested in getting to know Kristi and Justin's new addition.
New Mommy and new baby, old mommy and new baby. haha!
Wannabe mommy. Piper gets to hold baby William after much begging. She is such a little mama at heart and always wants to love on the babies.
Down to business - Judah gets a jump on learning how to open presents at our family Christmas party. He mostly learned that the paper and the pacifier can't both go in the mouth at the same time.
One of the many adorable angels watching over baby Jesus in the presentation of the nativity at church on Christmas Eve.Too pooped to party. The day after Christmas Judah slept a lot. I went to check on him at one point and found him slumped over with his toys and everything else he could reach. I giggled when I realized he was resting on the bumper pad like a pillow and what you can't see is the toy still in his hand. I knew exactly how he felt!
Milestone number three: After five years of being a blankie baby, Piper decided to be a big girl and give it up. Santa Claus not only leaves presents on Christmas Eve, he also takes all the elfs back to the North Pole. Piper gave Lizzy her blankies so that Santa could take them to another little girl who needed them. I rewarded her with a prize befitting such a big girl...a fabulous mani/pedi complete with trendy purple polish and flowers on her big toes. And yes, I have created a manicure monster.