Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve, everyone came over to the Johnsons for their traditional festivities: dinner, nativity, cookie trains. Unfortunately, Gwen slept through it all. Fortunately, Regan and I did not.

Regan helped his mom paint this when he was young. Adorable, right? 

Actually, I'm glad Gwen wasn't awake to be Baby Jesus because then this picture never would have happened.

Angel Junie

This was the climax of the story, obviously.

It was a long journey.

 

We got a little progressive and made a G subway car for our cookie train.

 

(I can't believe I had 2 back-to-back posts with no Gwennie. Not to fret, so many more bloggins from Gwen's Tour Around the West to come.)

Forever Ago

Way back in December, we left a sleeping Gwen with a friend and went to a fancy-pants tapas party. I don't think these pictures do the wall-to-wall seating justice. It was pretty cool. These people just really know how to put a party together. The food was so so yummy and surprisingly filling for just a bunch of small things. It made me want to throw some parties again (haven't done a single one since our wedding) and also made me wish our baby knew how to drink a bottle so leaving her at home wouldn't be such a foreign concept.

Four Months

Giggly
Drooly
Chubby
Strong
Rolly
Splashy
Spazzy
Smart
Grabby
Cuddly
Sweet

Motor Skills

She knows how to keep a tight grip on things and she knows she wants every thing in her mouth but she doesn't always know how those two things can work together. Bless her heart.

Also, definitely thought Sophie the Giraffe was over-hyped just because she's French but I take it all back, always gets a smile/frantic kicking over here.

Thanksgiving

We took the bus down to Maryland for Thanksgiving. It was delightful. We ate delicious food while wearing a variety of handmade headwear:

 

We helped the Calls pick out a Christmas tree:

 

And in true "Andersons during the holidays" fashion, we did a lot of this:

Are those sweet cousins or what? Who can blame me for deciding last minute to stay 3 extra days? We had more shopping at big box stores and parking in parking lots and eating at fast food restaurants to do. Dream come true.