Two days after Christmas, we headed down to Pennsylvania for Christmas with Rick's family. Sunday we arrived at his parent's house in Dauphin where we opened presents and had a big meal with everyone. Nana's favorite gift to Cate was her fairy princess skirt and wand. Cate didn't leave it on very long that day, but she spent part of today spinning around in it!
Below is Great-Nana Davis with her two fave great-grandchildren- Cate and Barrett. This was also our first time meeting Barrett, who was born in August to Chrissy (Rick's sister) and her hubby Nate.
We spent a couple of nights in Phoenixville with Chrissy, Nate, and Barrett (or Baby Bear, as Cate called him). Cate loved Barrett, as he was pretty much just like a doll baby, but he moved and ate and made noise. Below, she's giving him a hug.
Daddy and Cate. Notice Cate's not quite as excited to hold still for a picture.
We also went to Aunt Tish and Uncle Tom's house in West Chester for lunch and presents and more fun. They had lots of neat Christmas things that Cate thoroughly enjoyed checking out while I tried to make sure she didn't break any of them. :) But we had a great visit, and hopefully we can get back to visit again soon- and maybe pet those horses next door. :)Below, Tish and Tom with Barrett.
Aunt Chris feeding Barrett, and Cate "helping."
Cate got to hold the Baby Bear, which was all fun and games until he tried to take her Nuk (aka pacifier). After that, she tried to drop him like 3rd period French.
Hanging out with Aunt Chrissy, and Cate trying to get her to hand over that baby bottle so Cate could help feed Barrett.
Barrett- the perfect baby. Rick and I left feeling a little jealous and angry that Barrett is so good. Literally, they just set him down or hold him or put him on his play mat or wherever, and he just hangs out. Occasionally he lets out a little cry that lasts for about a nanosecond, and then it's over. So unfair. It reminded us once again how we were cheated out of the nice baby experience. Oh well. I've convinced myself that Cate's outrageously fussy babyhood was just a sign of her genius that will some day make her famous and make us rich. hahaha!! :)But really, Barrett is a doll, and we can't wait to get back and see him again!!
2 comments:
Baby Bear...what a cute name she has dubbed him...bet that sticks for a while! He's a cute little one too....has those pretty brown eyes that Cate does!!
That Barrett is a cute baby! He is such a good little guy. That night after you left us, he was fussy and crying and wouldn't sleep. We spent an hour or so rocking him, burping him, feeding him, etc. Well, it turns out that there was something clogging his bottle. He was sucking and nothing was coming out. Poor guy. We felt terrible. I was starting to think that you guys had jinxed us with your "he's so good" comments.
We had so much fun with you guys around. We will have to plan our trip up to visit.
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