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Happy New Year!

 We got to have multiple Christmas celebrations this year - starting with our family of five at home on the 23rd.  We had a fun morning opening gifts, but Peter was a little under the weather....he had a good time napping on and off throughout the day :)

This is what our couch looked like: 





Because Peter wasn't feeling very good, my parents, sister, and brother-in-law decided to come to us (with lunch!) on Christmas Eve instead of us coming to them.  How wonderful.  Their gifts also provided some Christmas cheer for Peter:










We all felt better on Christmas morning and made the drive to Kevin's grandparents.  It's not every year that you can take a stroll with the youngest on Christmas Day! It was really quiet and he actually fell asleep while we were out!



The gift exchange is always chaotic, but it was still fun!




This scarf was part of an outfit from Mimi -- she put it on and hasn't taken it off. 


Pretty excited about this barbie ;)



On the 26th, we headed to Kevin's parents house. On our way we stopped at a museum.  It had a train display which everyone loved!  There were rooms with art displayed and a doll display. I think Chloe and April really liked it. On a nicer day, there were grounds that could be explored.




On Sunday, we had a few extra minutes before church and snapped this picture.  Only the girls and I made it to church on Christmas Eve, so this was one of all three kids dressed up :)


In the afternoon we exchanged gifts with Grandpa, Grandma, Mark and JungMin.  




Peter got to open his gifts after his nap.  He loved them all!




I'm currently listening to the theme song to Thomas while he rides around as I type.  Christmas with the Hoffmans in the next post!


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