Merry Christmas!

I miss you Dad

Today has been a hard day. I was feeding Vree and listening to some Christmas music when the song "The Chrismas Song" by Nat King Cole came on. For some reason this made me think of my Dad. I guess the idea that my dad would never meet my baby girl had been pushed out of my head but all the sudden it came flooding in, all at once. My dad will never hold her, never coo at her, never say he is a proud Grandpa of a new baby girl. He will just be "mom's dad who died before I was born". She won't learn funny things from him like how to tie a noose (ok so I really don't want her to learn that but my dad taught Jordan for some weird reason!). She won't color with him or learn things about cars from him. She won't be excited to visit him and be spoiled by him. I am thankful for the grandparents she has.

He would have liked her alot. I know he would have loved her but he would have really liked her too. She kinda reminds me of him, she's always has a shi# eating grin on her face, like she has something really funny to say. And when she is looking and concentrating on something, she does this thing with her mouth that he used to do. He would have liked her. I miss him. Merry Christmas Dad.

Merry Christmas!

Hey all, I know it's been awhile since I lasted posted but I have been VERY busy with work. There have been few weeks when I haven't worked overtime. Things here are doing well. Avery has become a pro at eating food, she cleans off the spoon and really likes apples. She has also been working hard to sit up. She can do it for about 2 minutes without help but then she falls over. And ever since she learned she could sit up, she doesn't care much for laying on the floor and playing!

We finally got picture of her with Santa. We were very happy that she smiled for the pictures. I was afraid she was going to be afraid of him but she didn't seem phased.

I'm pretty sad we aren't going back to MN or SD for Christmas but we just couldn't work it out. I'm hoping that we can visit some time in January or February.

Hope your Christmas is fantastic!