After spending 4 days with Brian's parents we stopped in Portland for the night before we headed out to our beach house. We didn't want to make the full trip from Pendleton to Pacific City in one day not knowing how Ashley would do, plus Grammy was dying to see her granddaughter and wouldn't have been able to go another day without seeing her so it was a perfect stopover. The weather at the beach house was cold and rainy, but work needed to be done so Brian bundled up and got all the gutters and windows clean of sand, plus a few odds and ends that needed to be done. We joke that we must love this house because we never enjoy it. Every time we go it's always work. We hope to keep it for a long time so we'll get to enjoy it eventually. We were back in Portland after only a night at the beach house. We couldn't wait to get settle into a place for a while rather than packing and unpacking so much. My parents had an open house on the 23rd where all our neighbors and friends got to meet Ashley. There were a ton of people there and Ashley got passed around to everyone. I'm so proud of how well she did, she was quite the trooper the whole vacation. We were in Portland 10 days so we got to see a lot of friends and family. Christmas Eve was spent over at our friends house for their traditional Ciopino feast (a type of seafood soup). Christmas day was spent at my parents house where my aunt, uncle and cousins came over for Prime Rib. We ate too much, drank too much, and didn't get enough sleep. It was a great vacation. New Year's will be a lot quieter.
Here is the Lewis family after mass on Christmas morning. It snowed on our way home. It was a perfect white Christmas
This may have to be our Christmas card picture for next year.
Ashley slept whenever she could because she was constantly being woken as she was passed around to everyone that wanted to hold her. Here she is on grandpa's lap Christmas night. I love how she has her little hand up by her face. She has grown so much in only the two weeks that we've been gone.
Grandpa loves his granddaughter. He got to spend a lot of time with her, even when Grammy was right at his heels waiting until it was her turn. He made sure he got some quality time in with Ashley while we were down there
Brian and I with snow in the background on Christmas morning
2 comments:
Wow! You guys have been busy! I'm glad you enjoyed your first Christmas with little Ashley. I love the picture of her with Santa...soooo cute!
What an amazing Christmas we all had. Thank you for pictures and comments recapping all the fun we had and great memories we made. Baby's first Christmas is always a special one and Ashley's was a marathon. Two weeks for Christmas merriment. Loved every minute of it and having my precious Timm family "almost" all to myself for 11 glorious days.
We miss you like crazy but are looking forward to our next visit.
Love and big kisses and hugs,
Grammy
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