Probably the most popular material gift of the year was the Wii. Melody gave this exciting gift to Jim. Here are seven of the eight of us pictured as miis (Eric's mii was created after the photo). We played several games together and had a blast. Half the fun is watching the players really get into the game. I will admit that I take my playing very seriously, paying little regard to how ridiculous I look bouncing up and down and vigorously swinging at air. Talia was a little frightened by seeing her mommy and daddy shooting wildly at ducks, clay pigeons, and aliens. She cried for a minute or two. After that, she was as hooked the rest of us (although we tried to keep her from watching the screen too much). Another activity that we enjoyed was making miis for many of our faithful readers. That includes: Nikki, Daniel, Angie (aka Cheek), Mike, Evelyn, Brian, and Jen. Sorry, I didn't take your picture yet.
My parents came to visit. They had lots of play time with their grandbaby.
Beau was supposed to be in the previous picture, but he decided that posing for this picture was boring (at least you can see the top of him). Talia had a lot of fun being cuddled and loved for several days. She didn't even miss her solitary playtime.
Talia also got a great deal of attention from her other set of grandparents. We spent Christmas Eve and much of Christmas day at Jon's parents house.
Uncle Eric even got in on the fun.
Needless to say, Talia was very spoiled by family. The following are pictures of Talia opening presents. Here she is looking at some of them:
What you can't see in the following picture is Talia holding the edge of the paper while the gift is being turned. Yes, she helped open her own gifts.
You can see that opening gifts takes a lot of concentration when you are four months old.
Here is a picture of some of what she received from family near and far.
Talia doesn't even know how blessed she is. Mommy and Daddy are thinking that we will either need to buy or build a toy chest for Talia.
One of the joys of this Christmas was all the time Talia had with her daddy. Here they are playing:
Talia has been learning to "walk." Here she is walking on Daddy.
Daddy is teaching Talia concepts about print. She is learning tracking skills, directionality of print, and that the print contains the message. Okay, okay, Daddy and Talia are just trying to enjoy a good book. The kindergarten teacher in me jumps for joy (and so does the wife and mommy)!
Never underestimate the importance of cuddle time.
Mommy even got in on the fun (and, yes, that is spit-up).
Just for fun, here are a few more pictures of Talia from this last week.
Talia's hat helped Talia nap on her walk (she generally stays awake on her walks these days).
Imagine that her jungle is an engine and you could say with conviction that Talia is developing her fine motor skills.
As I mentioned in our previous post, Talia enjoys pushing herself backwards. Here is further proof.
Finally, a picture of our little family as we enjoy the celebration of our Savior's birth.
2 comments:
It was wonderful to be a part of Talia's first Christmas!
I made a Mii of myself. And then I made one of Michael Jackson. Scary, but true, he's really not that hard to replicate in Mii form!
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