Christmas

Dear Baby Rose,

Your second Christmas was a great one.  We headed to Kansas City on the morning of Christmas Eve.  We went straight to Grandma Dorothy's house where we enjoyed food and exchanged presents with Aunt Cindy, Uncle Royce, Cousin Kelli, Kami, and James.  Aunt Cindy and Uncle Royce gave you a whale.  You looked so cute in your Christmas dress that Noni brought you back from New York. We then went to church at White Church with Grandma Dorothy, Grandpa John, and Noni.  You really enjoyed looking at the lights.  There was a harpist who did a beautiful job.  We then went to dinner at Herford House near Noni and Grandpa's house where we had an amazing four course meal.  We shared stuff mushrooms, buffalo wings, and spinach artichoke dip.  We then had soup and salads.  We all had steak of various kinds.  Then amazing desserts were brought out.  We tried Georgia peach pie, custard, and carrot cake.  

After dinner, we went to a 10 pm mass at St. Patrick's where Aunt Cindy is the Director of Music.  It was a lovely mass, but we were all very tired from our long day!

This was our Christmas card for this year.

On Christmas morning Grandma Dorothy and Grandpa John joined Grandpa, Noni, your dad and I for breakfast.  We had corn beef has, eggs, potatoes, and povitica.  Grandma always brings povitica from Strawberry Hill in Kansas City.  It is about $20 for a loaf!

We really enjoyed spending time with everyone! We then exchanged presents.  Noni brought you many beautiful clothes from New York.  Grandpa bought you your first train from Zoom.  It is a circus train with animals (like giraffes) and hay for them to eat.  Grandpa and Grandma got you a Pew Wei fancy bicycle that you can use to learn to walk.  They also got you a few cars to play with.  

On Christmas Eve we went to go visit Grandpa/Lolo Phil, Lola Maribeth, Nicole, and Natalie.  It was great to see them all.  You were such a sweet little girl for the trip.  We love you so much, and are so thankful that God entrusted you to us!

Love you,

Momma