Christmas...

With my family in California and Brad's in Washington, we had a two part Christmas so we could see both sides.  Since the flight to WA is under 2 hours, it works really well to leave early Christmas morning and have all of Christmas day in Washington.  

We spent Christmas eve in California.  It was great to spend time with our family and fun to see Maya open her first Christmas gifts!

Maya and Papa

Opening gifts

Paul is dying to see Maya have her first taste of lemon, so this gift was the symbolic "green light" to have the lemon tasting!

She was a little unsure what to do, but eventually figured out how to rip at the paper

I feel like this picture needs a caption!  What is she saying?!?!

Then we headed to WA Christmas morning.  I was really anxious about a 6:30am flight but Maya did awesome and slept from take off to touch down.  Awesome!

We loved our time in Washington and really miss our family there.  Maya had a great time with her cousins, especially Isaac who is two and adores her!  It was really sweet to see them together!

Auntie Deanna got her Maya fix!

Maya and her cousins, Caleb, Weston and Isaac

Brad and Paul opening their gifts

Joan, Deanna and I decided to do DIY gifts this year.  I  made them menu dry erase boards, a necklace for Deanna and a jewelry dish for Joan, Joan made slippers and Deanna made tote bags and a notebook.  It was really fun and I'm excited for the tradition to continue!

Maya and Grammy

Cousin love :)

We were able to visit Pike Place market on this trip.  Brad and I hadn't been in years and of course this was Maya's first trip.  

mmmm...mum mum

Love Seattle!  Can't wait to come back and visit again!