Friday, December 30, 2011

Christmas in Huntsville (#4)

Our fourth and final Christmas celebration was in Huntsville.  We had a great time visiting with Great Grandma, Great Granddad, Grandpa, Uncle Steve, Ethan, and Uncle Jeremy.

Gwynn loved showing Grandpa how she is so close to crawling.

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Gwynn and Daddy are so much alike…

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4 Generations of Belchers…

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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Christmas #3

We celebrated Christmas with Uncle Brandon and Aunt Abbie on Thursday.  We had a great time eating dinner and opening presents!  Gwynn is becoming quite the wrapping paper connoisseur…she really enjoyed the taste of Abbie’s fancy wrapping paper!

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Thank you Uncle Brandon and Aunt Abbie for the cool instruments.  Gwynn even took the guitar to daycare for show and tell…all of her friends loved it too!

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Christmas with Grammy (Christmas #2)

We went to Grammy’s house to celebrate Christmas on Wednesday.

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Shelby the dog was the only one ready for the picture.

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Gwynn got lots of presents from Grammy.

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Kristen got a Kindle.

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Gwynn’s first time to play with a real Christmas tree.

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We had a great time with Grammy and Shelby.

Gwynn’s 1st Christmas (Part 2)

Christmas Day started with everyone opening presents. Gwynn got tuckered out and didn’t open all her presents at once but eventually opened them all. After presents we all went to Mass at Holy Spirit.

Lots of presents for Gwynn!

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Christmas isn’t complete without somebody getting a Snuggie...this year it was Great Grandmom.

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Gwynn intently checks out the box as if she has a clue how to read.

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Gwynn got a penguin that bounces back up after you knock it over. She was a little surprised how it never stayed down and she loved all of the silly noises it made.

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Aunt Carol Ann got Gwynn a dolly that she seemed to enjoy. Here she is laying hands on her doll trying to expel any evil spirits.

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Mommy is very excited about her new shoes.

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Here is Daddy opening his first present. He has a mischievous grin.

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It’s a “forever lazy”. It’s half snuggie/half jumpsuit and all class.

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Gwynn quickly made one of her toys into jewelry.

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Here is Mommy using her whisk/head massager on Gram. She really liked it.

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Gwynn got a slew of books.

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This is a picture that spells out “Crimson Tide” by using various buildings on campus. Daddy was much more excited about it than he looks.

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Pop got a coffee mug that incorporated Gwynn’s foot into the design.

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Just in time for Daddy’s diet!

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OH MY GOSH I LOVE IT!

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Gwynn’s favorite thing to play with was Aunt Carol Ann’s necklace.

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Ready for Mass.

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Gwynn has lots of new toys to enjoy!

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We had a wonderful Christmas.  We’re so glad we got to spend it with Grandma, Pop, Uncle Jack, Aunt Carol Ann, and Great Grandmom.

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Gwynn’s 1st Christmas (Part 1)

We went to Tuscaloosa to celebrate Christmas this year with Grandma and Pop. Uncle Jack and Aunt Carol Ann came down from Pennsylvania too! We got to check Great Grandmom out of the nursing home for a day, so she got to come home on Christmas…we all had a great time!

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Gwynn is plotting for a future escape.

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All for me?

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Gwynn didn’t want to sleep much in Tuscaloosa, so whenever she did end up napping we’d milk it as long as we could.

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Long day for Gwynn.

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Gwynn has mastered the art of raspberries.

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Gwynn loved Aunt Carol Ann!

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Dreaming of Santa bringing her lots of presents tomorrow…

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