Christmas time in our New HOME!

We have been in our new house for 2 weeks now, and it feels like home.  It's not super familiar yet, so we still lose things, or trip over stairs, but it's really starting to come together.  It was especially nice this year, to celebrate Christmas here.  We even found time to get a tree up.  It made it really feel special. 
 



 Christmas eve day we went to Winterfest at the Seattle Center.  We got to see a huge train display that was so neat.  There was even a train with Santa on it.  We saw lots of snowmen (though we had no snow) and even watched the kids on the ice rink.  Next year we will take her ice skating, but this year she really enjoyed watching. We did too.  It was pretty hilarious to see all the people skating who have no idea what they are doing.

 
We went to church in the evening and Anora was SOO good.  She even clapped and sang at the end with Mrs. Michelle :)  After church we came home and unwrapped matching PJs!   They all had moose on them.  Anora got a moose stuffed animal and the If you give a moose a muffin book.  She was so excited. 

 Two of Anora's prized gifts: the Little People house & car from Gammy & grandpa and the kitchen set from Santa Claus!

Christmas morning we ate Monkey bread while opening our gifts from family and Santa.  Anora could barely find time to shove a piece of bread in her mouth between gifts.

That night we took a walk around the neighborhood to see Christmas lights.  We stopped by the Porth's house and Anora liked playing with the kids and seeing all the new toys.  It was such a great day. 

But wouldn't you know it, the binkie fairy came the day after Christmas and swooped away all Anora's binkies.  We were expecting choas, tantrums, and lots of tears, but Anora has taken it all astonishingly well.  She asks for it periodically, but gets over it quickly.  She even sleeps just fine without it.  What a relief for mama and papa!  Our Anora is such a big girl.