moments to remember

I may be a little late with the timing… but I’m okay with that. Even though Christmas has come and gone, I still wanted to share some of our holiday highlights from this year! So, a little personal photo dump of precious moments to remember...

Levi’s first snow:

Having a fresh tree:

Untangling Christmas lights:

Levi helping to decorate his first tree:

Shiny, pretty things:

Celebrating Norwegian-style with my grandparents:

The novelty of being all bundled up in winter clothes:

Christmassy flannel footy jammies:

Meeting the big guy for the first time:

Special times with my parents, including dedicating Levi at our American church:

Days spent not changing out of our pj's:

Hot tubbing in the snow:

Quality and quantity time with my awesome husband:

Morning sleep-ins and family cuddle time in bed:

Dressing up for Christmas Eve church:

Levi's first gift on Christmas Eve:

Opening our stockings in bed on Christmas morning:

Taking our time enjoying the small things:

Precious moments with precious people, including all four of Levi's grandparents and four of his six living great-grandparents:

Christmas round two during a long layover in Sydney on our way home:

And a smooth, easy, fun trip home:

Dear friends, it’s hard to imagine life without digital photos… or even just any kind of photos. Aren’t we blessed to be able to capture memories visually like this? I hope you were able to get some great Christmas photos this year too.

glad for the memories caught on "film",

adriel booker | the mommyhood memos | 2010 
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meeting the big guy

I wanted to let Levi meet Santa... and yet standing in line for whoknowshowlong to let my little child sit on a big stranger's lap for a few seconds wasn't high on my priority list. It's just not the way I wanted to spend one of our precious holiday mornings.

But when the opportunity presented itself at the end of our Norwegian Christmas party dinner... with no line and with both grandma and great-grandma looking on with hopeful eyes...

Well, that I couldn't refuse.

And I'm so glad we didn't miss the opportunity...

Because it really was a moment in time that just drips with the magic and wonder of Christmas.

And how glad am I to have captured it?

Dear friends, I consider myself extremely lucky - for no line... and for a sweet moment with the big guy void of a terrified baby melt-down. What was your Santa experience like this year?

loving my little guy with this big guy,

adriel booker | the mommyhood memos | 2010 
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