Merry Christmas! Today Baby is forty-five weeks old, a fantastic way to mark the occasion. We went to a cousin's house for dinner with the family. Upon entering the house, we were 'ambushed' by her two little boys, who were excited to have a baby visit them. Baby was terribly frightened at first because they were loud and rambunctious, neither of which she is used to. I took her to play away from the boys, and she eventually calmed down, so when the rest of the family arrived, she was less nervous. We had a delicious dinner, which Baby also enjoyed [she apparently likes turkey and ham, as well as mashed potatoes and creamed broccoli].

We didn't officially get Baby anything for Christmas--we buy her many gifts and shower her with love every day of the year--but she did receive a couple presents from family. She got a set of bath toys from Victoria's family, and a musical vibrating elephant thing from the evening's host family. [This musical vibrating elephant could also be 'misused' inappropriately, if you know what I mean.] We will look for things to buy during our eventual shopping trips later.