Christmas with Aria 2010!!!

Our first Christmas!!! and it was wonderful. :)

we flew down to lynchburg, va to be with my family for Christmas (which explains the lack of posting the last few days...) and so that they could meet Aria - most of them hadn't been able to see her since she was born. this year we definitely had a white Christmas and had to stay very bundled up. Aria got to meet my grandparents for the first time (she LOVED my Papa right off the bat, and Grandma soon after lol) as well as my Aunt Gail, Uncle Tom and lots of cousins. we also got to spend the time with my brothers, both of whom have been away at college since August. Aria definitely made out with the biggest present count, and now has enough clothes to get her to kindergarten. lots and lots (and lots...) of singing animals later, she has tons of new toys to get her through the next couple months as well.

this trip also marked Aria's first time flying, and i couldn't have been more proud of her. she did SO well, despite the fact she had to be held the whole time with very few toys to entertain her. even the flight back (which had to be moved back a day because of the weather, and was not our favorite as it left at 5:26am) went incredibly smoothly.

the night we got back, we then had Christmas with josh's side of the family and, once again, Aria brought home the most gifts :) what can i say though? baby girls are SO MUCH FUN to buy for :) more clothes, singing animals and lots of books plus a very much needed air purifier were among some of the highlights :)

i'm still trying to get pictures posted, but due to my AWOL connecting cord for my camera, they're still not on here. my mom and aunt have posted a few, and i'll try to get a couple of those on here to show Aria's great love for her new dolphin pillow pet :)

i hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and will have a great New Year!! if your child had a special gift that really stood out this year, or there was a great memory made with family members, feel free to share!