Christmas Number Three

Around noon, we left my parent’s house and headed north to celebrate at Gideon’s parent’s house.   His brother and sister and their families, and his step brother and grandmother were there as well.  We also got to meet Vanessa, our future niece for the first time.  It was another full house to celebrate Christmas and just being together.

She was so excited by her blue piggy bank and spent the rest of the trip asking for change from everyone

After opening gifts we enjoyed Christmas dinner with everyone. 

During the rest of our time there, we went to lunch with Frank, Vanessa, and Jordan.  It was nice getting to know Vanessa.  She is going to be a great addition to our family. 

Uno Moo

Her first time not sleeping in a crib

Jordan was a little squished during the ride

Three of Gideon’s friends from high school were also in the area at the same time.  We were able to go to dinner with all of them.  Gideon enjoyed catching up with his friends, and the guys went out for a little extra time after dinner was over.

The girls enjoyed some more family time, playing with the dogs, and being spoiled even more. 

The trip back was less eventful then the trip there.  We only had to drive through severe winter storms the whole way.  We decided to drive it straight, which I thought was better, but Gideon and Hadley complained about it being too long.  Who knows when our next trip to Illinois will be; I can only image the adventure it will bring.