Babcock Family Christmas

On December 1st, last Saturday, we attended the Babcock Family Christmas, which consists of my Mom's side of the family. It was held at my Aunt Shawn's beautiful house in New Baltimore, about a two hour drive for us.

When we arrived Noelle was dressed in comfy traveling clothes. My Grandma (unable to make the trip up from Florida because of the cold weather) had bought four beautiful dresses for Noelle. She eagerly tore through the wrapped boxes and exclaimed with bight eyes "WOW! Dresses SO petty!". We held them all up for her and let her pick one out. There was a gold one, a white one with gold snow flakes on it and a matching sweater (she chose this one), and two different pink and black dresses. She was very excited to put the white dress on, I on the other hand was a bit hesitant at the color and certainty of staining it!

Noelle did exhibit a bit of shyness but after a few minutes playing with the dogs and running around exploring the house, she felt right at home! People began arriving and she was happy to see family that we haven't seen in awhile. I, too, was thrilled to see some of my aunts, and cousins that I haven't been around. I try to keep in touch and visit, but like everyone else sometimes time passes by and soon it seems like forever since I've seen everyone.

Extremely yummy Chinese food was ordered, along with some cheesy potatoes (not the best pairing with Chinese food, but a family tradition nonetheless) and we all dug in. After the big group's stomachs were filled to the brim we gathered around the tree. Thanks to technology we called up Grandma and Grandpa Babcock and we were all able to tell them how much we wished they were with us!

Noelle was quick at digging into her presents and made out very well with lots of great gifts. The adult gift exchange was a big hit with everyone getting the chance to "steal" gifts and trade.

Due to a big storm moving in, we decided to hit the road around 7:30pm. Noelle did not want to leave, stating, "stay people's houses!" over and over. She just loved being around everyone and it didn't hurt that she had a gorgeous dress on, because everything is fun while you are dressed up!

When we left, the weather was atrocious. We saw many accidents throughout the drive home and thank God we didn't end up in the middle of any of them. It took us about three hours to get home, but we were safe and sound and everything was covered in a beautiful coat of snow and looked "so bu-ti-ful".

P.S. - 10:30am is the official time that I will be going in for my c-section on January 10th.