Holidays

One of my New Year's resolutions was to do a better job of keeping Gianna's blog updated.  It's now Jan 21st and this is my first post of the year so I've got some serious catching up to do!  Gianna had a fantastic holiday - we traveled to Tennessee to see my side of the family, and Matt's family came in from West Virgina after Christmas.  Gianna was surrounded with family and she loved every minute of the excitement.....except for her visit to Santa Claus.  Afterwards, she kept asking to see the pictures, but as you can see she was not at all happy to be there!  She learned the sign language signs for "Santa" and "Reindeer" and is now saying Nana and PapPap and MiMi and is working on learning "Granddaddy", but that one may take a while.  She loved the Elf on the Shelf and would look for it every day and yell "Elf!!!" every time she saw it.  Here's some pictures from the Christmas holidays that I love! 
 

Visiting Santa's Reindeer

Candy cane......yes, please!  Santa.....no thanks!

 

With brothers and cousins in TN - I think Gianna and Aspen are sharing secrets!

Under the mistletoe with Dominic :) 

In the sleigh at Hillenmeyer's

 

Gianna is telling us "shhh" - she saw the baby Jesus
sleeping in the live nativity scene

 

All dressed up for Christmas Day. 
GiGi was so happy with her sparkly tree!



Showing love for Daisy and Minnie



One of her favorite gifts...a helmet with a tiara attached!

And finally....New Year's Eve!  We spent a fun evening with our friend Tara and her boys playing Just Dance on the Wii and watching the Times Square festivities.  GiGi was a trooper and ALMOST made it until midnight.....here she was passed out by 11:10 on Matt's lap.


This pose looks SO uncomfortable!!