Team Work

Mox got to play with Kai and Claire over Christmas. They were both patient with her. She's such a baby. 

Christmas Preview

There will be more. 

Oh Christmas Tree

We are spending Christmas in Colorado this year so there has been limited decoration at our place.  We have our leg lamp up and a felt christmas tree for Moxie to decorate (she's actually much more interested in de-decorating).  

Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone!

 We had a fabulous Christmas with family and friends.  The Shaffers hosted everyone down in Durham North Carolina.

We had lots of family all stuffed into the house and Moxie enjoyed all the attention.  She got to meet many of the family for the first time including Uncle Owen, Aunt Mary, Megan, Ashely, and Jack.

She also got to see some folks she hadn't seen in a long time including Hannah--who left town after meeting one day old Moxie and has just come back.  It was fabulous.

Sadly, we spent Moxie's first Christmas away from her grandpa and grandma but we got to have a video chat with them on Christmas Day and they gave Moxie the coolest gift ever:

On Christmas morning we had a lazy start with lots of hanging around in PJs.  Luckily Moxie got in contact with her cousins and they coordinated outfits.  The rest of us looked like total dorks.  We all left our footie pajamas at home.

Stockings were a serious event.  First they were all hung (by pencil) on the giant beautiful hearth at Château Shaffer. Please note the stocking at the top of the group is Moxie's.  Her father decided to hang it there on Christmas Eve.  While the fire was burning and everyone else was in the kitchen--he snuck a stuffed ottoman onto the brick and climbed up.  Totally safe and totally worth it.  

Mary, Catie and Bibi worked all year to collect the goodies and then all night to stuff the stockings.  We all made out like bandits.  

Strider tried to wear all of his gifts.  It was his way of showing his appreciation.  You can't see it but he is actually wearing his stocking on his foot.  Classy. 

A while later we had Christmas dinner.  Holy fancy pants.  Everyone chipped in with cooking (directed by Chef Shaffer) or setting up the living room.  It turned out to be a really lovely way to spend an evening. 

Megan and Jack brought poppers for everyone to pull.  Each one had a crown, some jokes, and, if you were lucky, a toy.  Uncle Tony got a whistle.

We also took some nice group photos of various kinds.  Here's one our immediate family.

Here's one of the girl cousins.  It was taken by a bear.

We had a wonderful time and can't wait for next year. When we told Moxie we wouldn't be doing this again for another twelve months this is how she reacted: