Wait a minute, weren't we just in Kansas for Thanksgiving? Why yes we were! This year we made the effort to go back for both holidays. Of course, this was on a year when they were less than a month apart. Not great planning on our part. We started in KC this time. Hear we are toasting to the holidays and new family with a nice wine that Anne bought in Italy, like 8 years ago. She's been talking about drinking it for years, glad we finally got around to it!
Someone was a little excited.
Bob and I then got a night out from the babe and spent it on the Plaza. It was great to see the lights but it was 0 degrees F out and the windchill was insane. Of course, it was the Plaza and Christmas so the fountains were still running. Ridiculous.
Finally it was Christmas! We opened gifts at the Podany's on Christmas Eve. Cedric enjoyed trying to open the presents at first, then it became my job to open and pass him toys.
He had a great time sitting on Bo Pa's lap, checking out his new stuff.
Christmas morning we drove to Kingman to be with the Mason's.
Cedric had a nice time checking out his great-grandma's gifts. He loved her new shoes.
I think coming back to Kansas so quickly was good for Cedric. He was much more comfortable everywhere we went. He slept and ate better and just seemed happier overall.
And it wouldn't be Christmas without a selfie!
The weather was snowy in KC but warm in Wichita. Cedric had fun playing in the melting snow.
We also took Cedric to PF Chang's and he had a great time trying to use the chop sticks. Not much else to say, it was just really cute.
It was nice to spend time with my family, here is Cedric with my mom and brother "Uncle Clif".
We were in KS for two weeks and did get to see lots of friends. Sadly, I only took photos of this get together. Probably because it was the only one with multiple kids. Cedric was moderately interested in Lindsay and Travis' son Bennett. He wasn't jealous at all while I held him and generally kept his distance.
Here is Cedric with Ellie, BJ and Shannel's daughter. They ignored each other most of the time as well but did bond over arrowroot cookies and puzzles.
Doesn't Cedric look so old here? He really is becoming a big kid.
We flew out on New Year's Day and so got to take a quick photo of our "baby new year". Thanks to our families for being so wonderful to us over the holidays. We were very spoiled and thank you all for everything!
