hana's first christmas
christmas was pretty eventful 'round these parts. there's lots of pictures to post so for those of you who go in for that sort of thing, this post should feel like photo-palooza!
first of all, it was really special that nana - my mom- and granddad - my step-dad fred - were able to be here for hana's first christmas.
my brother richard - also known as "uncle poo" and creator of the nickname "pooty poo" - had been lamenting that despite his best efforts, he wasn't going to be able to make it up there this christmas to see the pooty. but then, my sister-in-law michelle surprised him and gave him a plane ticket for christmas to come up christmas eve and spend the night and then leave on christmas night.
WOOHOOOOO!!!! uncle poo and pooty poo together at last!!!! it was a blast to have him here and hana really seemed to enjoy her uncle. as usual, richard is something of a baby whisperer and he had her up and alert quite a bit which made for some cute pictures.

after playtime with uncle poo was over, hana nestled down into one of her fluffy blankets. this made for more photo ops... behold: hana in a cloud.



on christmas day, we also decided to give hana her first bath at home. nana's friend janie gave her a new christmas outfit that was distinctly southern ("...Tara!") so it seemed appropriate to spiff her up a bit. i decided to actually put on make up and earrings myself for the first time in weeks. these days, i appreciate a shower the way one appreciates a shower after several days of camping...
hana and me before we spiffed up:
and hana and me, post spiffing...
as for the bath, well, let's just say she's not a fan. oh she was fine for the first few minutes. but then the water started to cool off then she was over it. despite her cute and fuzzy pink fluffy bunny towel, she did not really mellow out until she was fully clothed again. although, there was an awful lot of poof in her christmas dress and she never really got comfortable in that either. so ultimately she was back in casual clothes within the hour. in that way, she's just like her mama...



we did have other guests stop by for christmas day. cousin kim (my mom's cousin) came over. "auntie" noelle (my childhood friend) brought a fabulous cheesecake. and auntie yolinda and uncle jim were also in town from paradise, ca. it was a good day. it was nice (if not a little overwhelming) to have a house full of people on christmas. we ate lots of treats, we watched figure skating (of course), we had LOTS of laughs. it was super fun!
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