Happy 5 months to Hank!
We had some friends come over on New Years Day to hang out...it was very enjoyable just to sit and talk together! The guys went outside to shoot targets all afternoon while the ladies stayed inside to catch up, snuggle the kiddos, and eat Molly's awesome chicken chili.
Check out the new rug that Aaron got me for Christmas :) He picked it out!
Thanks, girls, for coming and filling me in on your busy lives! I loved starting the new year with you :)
We had a special and eventful New Years Eve this year. We are excited about the coming year, so we had a few celebrations :)
First we went to Kabuki, a Japanese Steakhouse, for dinner with my family. We were missing Michael, who had to be in Richmond for work.
The little man slept for a few minutes during dinner.
And then he woke up for the party! Yay!
Uncle Joey and Tasha gave Hank this outfit for Christmas, including his first pair of Timberlands. He looked sharp.
The whole crew. Thanks to Dad and Mom for treating us to a great dinner (Aaron and I took all our food home though because we had plans to go to dinner after we left Kabuki. It took soooo much self-control to not eat the food in front of us...it looked and smelled so good).
Mom and Dad took the 3 kids home with them to spend the night, and Aaron and I headed downtown to meet friends for another dinner celebration. Fun fun night!
Our Christmas Eve is never a potluck dinner. My Grandma cooks it ALL. She makes a huge dinner for all of us and it is always exactly what we want! There are so many dishes that she serves...I have no idea how she keeps up with it all. Thanks, Grandma...we appreciate you! You have an amazing talent for feeding us!
We enjoyed a relaxing Christmas Day at home together this year.
We did our normal cuddle time in our bed and Aaron read to the girls of Jesus's birth out of our Gospel Storybook Bible before we came downstairs to open presents.
They looked in their stockings first...Aaron simply dumped a bunch of candy in them :)
The girls took turns opening presents and it was so sweet to see them get excited for each other.
Hank took a good look at his presents and fell over from the excitement.
This has been a great gift so far: the LeapPad Explorer. They are playing with them a lot...in fact, the batteries for Vivian's have already been replaced!
They opened this big one last...it is a plasma car (have you heard of it? I'm still not really sure what it is! Ansley, one of their friends, has one and every time we are at their house, they love to ride it. I think it will be fun for them to do outside when it gets warm).
Gotta love Amazon!
Sweet big sister helped the baby open his gifts.
She posed them for me so we could see what he got: a personalized bath towel, some nursery rhyme bath toys, and a paci clip from etsy.
Around 10:30 my family came over for Christmas Brunch. I am so mad I didn't take a picture of the table...no fancy place settings or anything, just lots of beautiful people around it!! We had a big breakfast together and then migrated to the living room to open a few more presents. Hank woke up from a long morning nap just in time to join us for the good stuff.
Tasha, Michael, and Joey
Trent (to the right of the picture) and his dad Tim joined us. Tim works at the shop with Dad, Aaron, and Joey and we've known them forever it seems!
Aaron is showing off the ornament that the girls made for us at their preschool.
Everyone stayed to hang out into the afternoon. It was nice for no one to be in a rush. I just sat around with them and left the mess (the chaos that comes with eating a meal and lots of gift-opening). It was a test of self-control for me honestly...to not let the mess bother me and just enjoy the company :) Definitely worth it!
Then later, after everyone had gone, Aaron and I sat around together some MORE! Yay for us! We watched a TV show while H took his last nap and the girls played dress up. They came downstairs and did numerous "shows" for us. They changed clothes at least 15 times. And yes, their room was a disaster because of it. But again, definitely worth it.
The amazon box served as a huge trash bin...we did finally clean up at the end of the day and filled it to the top with all the trash from the gifts. This is a good reminder of how blessed we are, that we are able to enjoy these things together and bless each other. As the trash overflows, so do our hearts.
Ha! Cheesy. :) But you know what I mean!
One of my favorite Christmas traditions has become Christmas cards. We LOVE getting them in the mail and seeing all your beautiful families and reading all of your Christmas blessings to us! Thanks to everyone who sent one our way!
This year the girls really enjoyed reading them, sorting them, playing with them, and learning the names of everyone in the pictures.
And this may sound crazy, but I have a box in the basement where I keep all Christmas cards from years past. That's how much I love them!
We spent the day at my Mom and Dad's on Christmas Eve, and opened gifts after dinner.
Hank just watched everyone. Next year he can participate!
Aaron opened Hank's gifts for him, and was pretty pumped about these Carhartt outfits. Can't wait for him to wear these :)
Joey and Tasha were there!
Fernandez Family
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This blog is a way for us to journal about the fun events and milestones of our days as husband and wife and new parents. Enjoy catching up with what's going on in the Fernandez family!
Aaron and Lisa
Married December 18, 2004
Vivian Gray: born June 18, 2008
Kate Leigh: born August 5, 2009
Hank Michael: born August 8, 2012
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