Sledding

Travis and I took Adelyn sledding for the first time at Grandma and Grandpa Ortons. We took her behind the four wheeler. She absolutely loved it! I love this picture of her in her snowsuit.

Grandpa Orton

Grandpa died on Saturday, January 12th around 11:20 pm. Travis, Adelyn and I went up the night before on Friday and took some pictures. Grandpa was such a fun, loving guy. He loved Adelyn. He would light up when he saw her. When we visited him at the dialysis center, she would sit either on his lap or Grandma Ortons lap and eat whatever he was eating- usually honey bunches of oats, wheat thins, or cracker. Here is a picture Shonell took of Adelyn and Grandpa about one week before he died. We love Grandpa and will miss him!

Christmas

Christmas was so fun. I love Christmas with a young child. I was so excited I could hardly sleep that night. Adelyn loved to open the gifts, and tried to open everyones gifts. It was such a fun day.

Christmas Eve

We spent Christmas Eve at Grandma Susies and Grandpa Darrells House. It was fun. We ate dinner, did the traditional caroling, read the night before christmas, had the infamous snowballs, read the christmas story and then opened our PJ'S. It was so fun to have all the family there. It was baby Rudy (Rudgers) first Christmas. So fun!

Santa Baby

Adelyn got her picture taken with Santa at the Metalcraft Christmas Party.

Christmas Time

Adelyn is loving the Christmas season. She loves the Christmas tree and says it is "pretty". Her other new word is hat. She tries to repeat everything you say and she has the right rhythem, but the words are more often than not, her own words. This morning she unwrapped a present for the first time herself. Adelyn was a star on the stage for her Aunt Jennys Christmas Chorus concert. She thrived on the stage with all the attention. I love this stage. It is so fun. We hope all of you have a wonderful Christmas as well.