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Monday, December 28, 2009

Cricket's First Christmas

What a wonderful first Christmas for the little Cricket!  It's not very often that someone in Texas gets their very first Christmas to be a WHITE one.  Yes, you read that right - we woke up on Christmas morning with 3-4 inches of snow on the ground.  The last time that DFW had a White Christmas was 1926 - 83 years ago!

Luckily, we took precautions early Christmas Eve and changed our plans to get up to Liz's Sister earlier than we originally planned.  It turned out to be a great decision.  We got up there and missed all of the icy road conditions that ended up shutting down several roads around the area.  We had a nice dinner in McKinney with the family and headed back to Liz's sisters house to get Cricket to bed so that Santa could come visit her for the 1st time. 

We opened presents early that morning and then headed to Duke's house for Christmas with my family.  We got a really nice video camera from Grammy and Grampy (Thank you guys very much!), so needless to say, we have over 3 hours of Christmas footage.  Hopefully Cricket will enjoy watching these later on in her life. 

She is really growing up.  She's alert and looking around all of the time.  Daddy loves her little toes (piggies) and her big Payne ears and Mommy loves her giggle when she sleeps and her kissable cheeks.  The Christmas Holiday's really give you a chance to reflect on how blessed we are to have each other, our families and friends, and such a beautiful little baby in our lives!

Below are some of Cricket's 1st Christmas pictures.  We encourage you to leave comments below -  we love hearing from you!










"Who needs Santa when I have Grandma"


Our first Family Christmas photo




WHITE CHRISTMAS


The Fullen Kids


With Aunt Sarah




Waiting to open presents


Family Photo 2


How she spent most of her Christmas - Sleeping on Mom's Chest


"Mommy and Daddy's Favorite Gift is ME"


Hanging out with Aunt Lindsey


Uncle Lucas


Cricket's first time to see Cousin Lucy




The girls in pink pajamas




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