kate's big night

It was Kate's first Christmas concert tonight and to make a long story short - it was one of the highlights of my life as a parent and I believe Cody's too.  We were nervous, nervous dropping her off that she wouldn't go join the other kids (which she did no problem), nervous that when she came out on the stage in front of the crowd and saw Cody or me that she would cry and or run to us (she didn't - instead she yelled Pappa and started to giggle), we were worried too that if she stayed on stage she would do nothing but stand in terror (she in fact stomped her feet, laughed, rang her jingle bells and had a gay ol' time).  In the end our only worry is just how wild Kate actually was tonight.  She sort of was the craziest girl in the whole school.  Ah we'll worry about that later - it was awesome. 

Thanks to Grammie Donna who made the trip over from the island for the show. She was in tears by the end of Kate's class's performance. Tears of laughter and joy. 

We do have the whole thing on video I just have to edit it down to be shorter for the blog to take it.  I'll try to get it up soon. In the mean time here's my little Christmas family, pre-concert:

 It's a tough feat getting 2 little people smiling looking at the camera - we're getting close with this one.

 Kate looking like a little doll. Pappa got her all dressed up and did her hair. Unfortunately by the time we left the house her hair didn't look half this pretty.

Who are these little people?

Is this hilarious or what?  Elliott has lots of fans at Kate's school so we thought we would dress him up in the Santa suit that Grandpa George got him. It's for a 9 month old but our 4 month old seems to fill it out just fine.

Christmas has gotten a lot sweeter this year. Thank you Kate for the great night - we love you so much.
Mamma & Pappa