Huff Family Christmas

We were able to spend Christmas Eve with my family in Denton. Sally had a wonderful time opening presents and playing with her cousins. What a special first Christmas.

A new family tradition...Daddy reading The Night Before Christmas.
Christmas dinner.
Ellyn is loving the snow!
Her new walk/ride toy!
A tutu!! How fun!!
"Oh boy! Look at all this paper I can eat!"
"Thanks Aunt Megan, I love my tutu!"
Ellyn got one too!!
Daddy and Uncle Mark.

Sally's First Christmas

We celebrated Christmas as our little family on December 23 before we headed off to Denton and OKC. It was a very special morning of firsts...Sally's first Christmas, first Christmas in Tulsa, in our house, etc, etc, etc. We are so blessed. Waving good morning to the Christmas tree. We do this every morning. I will be so sad when its not there for Sally to say hi to each morning. Sally's favorite place to hang out was this big present with my name on it...I was so surprised to see that it was a Keurig coffeemaker from Ted!
Sally and her rocking bunny from Santa.
Opening her dog, Violet. Violet is a big hit at our house these days.

Copper and Sally examining the wreckage. From the looks of this mess, I would say Christmas # 1 was a success!

Special Visitors

Andress and Patrick came for a special Christmas visit. I am so thankful that they were able to squeeze in a trip to come see us. A & P, thanks for coming up during the craziness of the holidays- it made our Christmas holiday so special!

We were very busy with the usual holiday activities while they were here...opening presents, visiting Santa and ice skating....You know, the norm...wait a minute!!! It was such a fun weekend of good friends and fun, wintery events! The ice skating crew. It was beautiful downtown.
At the rink. Sally was a trooper. She slept for a while and then woke up to watch everyone slip and slide around.
Sally liked Santa...kind of. She kept looking back at us like, "Why am I over here with this guy and you are all over there together looking at me...this seems weird."
Andress and Patrick brought Sally the most adorable winter sweater. It was the first present she got to open!
Big fan of riding in the box. Patrick took her for a great ride around the living room!
Sweet, sweet friends.

Long Distance Best Buds

Sally finally got to play with her very special friends, Mason and Hudson. They live in College Station, so it is now quite the trek to get together. Kim and Rhonda made the trip up to Denton when I was there earlier in the month. It was so fun to get to spend time together and catch up. I loved seeing Hudson and Sally play together. Hudson is 3 months older than Sally so he was able to show her all his tricks! Mason did a great job of being big brother to two little ones for a couple of days! The visit was too short, but I am thankful for the time we spent together. Next time Sally and I will make the trek to College Station to play!

Sweet boys.
Busy playing.
Precious Mom and Son.
Mason looks like he's ready to roll....3 going on 16?

8 Month Old Sweetie

Our Sally Claire turned 8 months old last Wednesday. Remember Animal from the Muppets? One of Sally's nicknames is now Animal...in a good way, of course. Ever since this little one became mobile, we have had some fun! She is in to everything. She can go anywhere, and she's getting very fast! Her newest trick is standing at the windows licking them. Nice trick, huh? I have got to get a picture of this! She is a big eater these days. Her newest favorites are cheese and waffles. Right now she really prefers jarred baby food instead of my homemade food. Apparently she doesn't think I'm the best cook! She is teething again...yea. She is working on her top four teeth. Laughing is one of her favorite activities. She still has a hilarious fake laugh. She now laughs everywhere we go...we get some looks in Target. Dada is her favorite word. Everything is dada right now. But Ted swears she said "Hi Dada," one morning. She waves now. She mostly waves hi. We're still working on bye bye. We are counting the days until Christmas. Her first Christmas should be amazing!

Happy Girl!
8 Months old with Lambie
"I'm outta here!"

She looks like she's about to take off, doesn't she?
This is a nightly occurance around our house. Sally and Copper help me cook dinner.
Sweet lil owl.

She's getting ready to be one of Santa's elves. Her very own Christmas tree.