I love these shots of Izzy; I think her favorite part of the night was playing in the wrapping paper.

Isabel playing with her new toys : )

Isabel did very well opening gifts but she worked a lot slower than Thomas. I am sure she will get a lot of practice this Christmas!

The girls playing with the cool toy that Jessica bought Izzy.

Who said Christmas only comes once a year??

This weekend we celebrated our Nelson family Christmas with my mom and dad and Jess and Andy and the kids. It was a lot of fun this year with so many little ones crawling around the tree and playing in the wrapping paper. Jessica and I bought the same dresses for Isabel and Gabby without even knowing it! They were both adorable and Thomas was all dressed up in his Christmas best too. Isabel got some many cute gifts and one of her favorites is her cabbage patch doll that Grandma Jodi bought her.

Snow

We had one warm day this week and some fresh snow so I took Isabel out in her sled to play. She had a great time and Louis and Oliver loved having her outside too. We didn't get to stay out too long because the wind was a little cold on her nose and she whined when I took her out of her sled. Hopefully there will be plenty of snowy days to come this winter.

Izzy's Baby

Isabel got a baby for a shower gift when she was born and I opened it last Sunday so she could play with it. She couldn't wait for me to get it out of the package and she has loved it ever since. She carries it with her when she crawls and she kisses it and squeals with delight when she sees it. She is so cute with her little baby!

Isabel loved watching the other kids go up to Santa and she clapped and cheered loudly.

Santa

We went to Jessica's house to see Santa this year. There were a lot of kids there and many of them cried when Santa called them to his lap but Isabel did just stared and looked around the room for me. She is such a brave little girl, her lip started to quiver a little but she didn't cry!

It's been awhile

We have been busy lately as I am sure everyone else has during the holiday season. Grandma Diane came down the first week in December to watch Izzy for us as Barb was on vacation and it seems like it has been something everyday this entire month. We had our 6th annual Christmas party with all of our college friends, I think there were 15 in all last night so Isabel went to our friends Judy and Paul's for the night. It was her first sleep over and she had a great time, she even slept until 8am for Judy! We had a great time visiting with our friends and bowling too.

Here are a few pictures that Diane took when she was down here. Isabel loves the Christmas decorations and she is doing surprisingly well with everything.