A Growing Lindsey Family

With 2015 already here, our Christmas celebrations have come to an end. This was a different year for us this year with changes coming next year.

On Christmas we stayed home and Abigail enjoyed seeing what Santa brought her. Her instant favorite was big girl underwear. Another big hit that will be used for years is an indoor trampoline. It was bigger than expected so we will have to change some things in the basement, but it is worth it to see her jumping and having fun. I think it will save all of our sanity this winter! Overall we had a great family day of playing with new toys and relaxing.

That night my brother Andrew and Erin got into town from Oregon. Gosh it was great to see them both. The 26th was a travel day as we headed back to Mishicot for our last Bennett family Christmas there. Scott and family joined us for an afternoon of visiting and gifts. The girls all had fun and it was nice to see everyone together. Kind of strange to think that next year we wI'll be celebrating in the new house! Yeah for us on not having to travel for both family celebrations.

This weekend we trekked down to Matt's family and had a wonderful time. Abigail warmed up to everyone and was quite entertaining! Once again the food , gifts, and time spent was great. Abigail was also able to share her bandaids with everyone here!

So overall another great Christmas is in the books. We all survived ..... which is always the goal. With 2015 here, our family is looking forward to what is ahead......2015 will be another great year full of love, fun, craziness and adventure!

Below are the pictures that I managed to take during all our celebrating. ...enjoy!

Big A and Lil A busy playing!

Koda has had enough of this Christmas stuff....

Abs and her pup watching dad shovel

Abs and the pups sharing a banana

Loving her new tote from Aunt Kelly, Uncle Kim, Caitlyn and Ian

The family relaxing

Watching Frozen with Andrew and Erin

Grandma busy with Abigail and Jade

Another shot of Koda sleeping

Grandma, Grace and Jade

Pretty Abs in her Christmas Dress

Grandma and the girls

Koda enjoying the trampoline

The Girls - Abigail, Jade, and Grace

The Bennett Family - last full family shot in Mishicot!

Sleepy girl....the bandaid is a new obsession, don't worry, nothing wrong with her!

Washing dishes

Busy!

The Trampoline!

Koda helping Abigail

First and foremost - we want to wish everyone a very happy holiday season! Crazy to think that Christmas is already this Thursday!!! Also, sorry for the delay - but life has been crazy busy lately!!!

Here is what Abigail has been up to lately.....
-She LOVES to sing....right now her favorite is Up on the Rooftop Click Click Click. She loves all Christmas songs and will repeat them to no end all night long. She also loves to sing Let it Go from Frozen and the ABCs along with a few Mary Had a Little Lambs and Ring Around the Rosie! Besides singing - she loves to dance and "shake your booty!" Makes us laugh all the time!
-Abigail continues to talk up a storm and hold conversations with us that we pretty much understand. We can ask her questions about what happened at school and she will tell us. Not sure if it is all true or not, but the people she talks about are real!
-We have moved her out of her crib, to the toddler bed and now onto a twin mattress on the floor. So far she loves her new bed and her Princess Sophia sheets!
-She sure loved helping with the baking this year for the holidays. I didn't do much but she sure loved to dump in the ingredients and watch them be mixed together. She still loves frosting more than the cookie!
-We finished up another 2 sessions of swimming lessons - she is making such huge strides to being comfortable in the water and learning to swim. It has been a fun thing for her and I to do while Matt is gone to basketball. We signed up for the winter session of swimming and we are going to try gymnastics again too. Hey, I will try anything to tame this wild child of mine!
-Speaking of gymnastics - she loves to stretch and summersault and all things jumping! This kid can jump off anything in the living room pretty much about a million times and still have energy. She also loves to spin and twirl in circles so much that she falls over giggling! Crazy nut!
-My parents purchased a house in the area in September/October so Abigail (and Koda) have loved going over there and running around the still semi-empty place. Sure is nice to see them and then drive home....all 7 minutes of a drive!
-Last week, she had her Christmas program at school. She was SUPER ADORABLE to watch sing and do the motions. She even told the kids around her how to do the movements if they were not moving....my little dictator!!! Papa was able to come up and see this, it was beyond cute!!!
-The entire Christmas season gains a whole new meaning when you have a child in the house that understands things! Everytime we see Santa anywhere - there is excitement. She knows that Santa is going to bring her presents and right now when we ask her what he will bring her....she says apple!!! Funny!
-Abigail and I went to the holiday parade in Wausau this year.....it was a great experience for both of us since I have never gone before. She LOVED it all, the lights, the music, the noise, the candy, the animals and of course SANTA!!!! She was shaking with excitement when he came along!! Too adorable!
-Over Thanksgiving, my parents gave Abigail a nativity set by Little People for St. Nick. Well, that has officially started the obsession with Baby Jesus! She knows about Mary and Joseph too, but Baby Jesus is her favorite. If she sees him anywhere, she will yell it out! I think she yelled about him a few times during the parade....I wonder what the people around us thought!!!

Couple funny things that she has said in the past few months that I can remember right now....
-Back in September or October after I got my new car, we were finishing dinner and Abby asked for a cookie. We said, what is better than a cookie - thinking that she would say cake....well she said CAR!!! Yikes, we are in for it!
-She repeats just about EVERYTHING we say and sometimes she will address her dad as Matt. Yes, it upsets him but in a small way, it is adorable!!
-Gosh - I wish I could remember all of the stuff she says because it is sure adorable and funny!

So, now to the fun part - pictures....there are a lot just due to the fact that I have not been keeping up on this lately! Maybe 2015 will bring more posts.....don't hold your breath!!!