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Here is a collection of videos from Christmas. They are all also available on youtube.
Colin and Kivrin watching the train under Grandpa’s Christmas tree
“The only reason to turn on the annoying music on that train is if you are shooting a video.”
Some clips from Christmas in Collinsville, December 21-22, 2008
Kivrin playing with cousin Colin, Colin riding the carousel and watching Uncle Lee’s trains, Kivrin playing with Nana and getting raspberries on her tummy from mommy.
Fogt family Christmas in Kansas City, December 20, 2008
Opening presents (and wrapping them) is always more fun with infants around!
There is an episode of the O.C. called the Nana and even though our nana isn’t the same as Seth Cohen’s nana, they are both pretty great.
We went to Nana’s for Christmas lunch on Tuesday. We came early to help with the food, but she had everything so prepared and organized that we just lifted dishes in and out of the oven at the scheduled time. Nana’s food was amazing and she made all of our favorite- green bean casserole, candied sweet potatos with nuts, cauliflower with white sauce, buttered corn, vegetarian stuffing, mashed potatos and gravy, turkey and veggies with dip, plus lots (and I mean hundreds) of cookies!
Colin loved Uncle Lee’s trains, and he also enjoyed the large cardboard box his present came in.
Kivrin liked everything– the people to hold her and smile at her, the wrapping paper, and her new musical balls that are just the right size for her!
Here she is being jealous of Colin, who was getting an airplane ride complete with barrel-rolls from Dan. Kivrin had fun a bit later though when Colin blew raspberries on her belly!
Kivrin wasn’t old enough this year to play Santa and hand out presents, but she dressed up for the occassion anyway and let Colin do the hard work of delivering (and helping to open) the packages.
See a few more photos on flickr December 23, 2008 Christmas at Nana’s house
Leigh Anne and Colin arrived early at Papa Staley’s house to travel between two big snowstorms in Milwaukee.
We made sugar cookies, rolling out the dough, cutting shapes, baking, icing and adding sprinkles. Kivrin watched from the highchair, and later she just snuggled with Grandpa.
Under the Christmas tree is the train– Colin loves to help turn it on and off and even baby Kivrin liked to watch it and reach for it as it went by.
I brought home some magic rocks for Grandpa and Colin to grow together– science is really fun, especially crystals!
Some of Leigh Anne’s friends came over and everyone shared silly smiles.
We ventured to St. Clair square in search of yummy lunch at Olga’s and so Colin could tell Santa to bring a firetruck for him. No trip to the mall could be complete without a little breastfeeding in public though.
See a few more pictures from December 21-23, 2008 A few days before Christmas at Papa Staley’s house here.
Kivrin Anne 
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