First Christmas and New Year

Happy New Year everyone! I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and enjoyed time with family and friends. Sorry for being on top of the blog but we've had a very busy few weeks. This Christmas my entire family was here and it's been several years since all of us "Hillard" girls have spent Christmas together. Auntie Teresa and her fiancee Brad came from Oklahoma and Auntie Cheryl, Uncle Damian and all Keely's cousins were up from Carlsbad. We all had so much fun spending time together. Keely enjoyed her first Christmas, well I should say we all enjoyed experiencing Christmas with her. She enjoyed the paper and boxes. Here are a few moments that captured her Christmas.

First pic with Santa

Keely's first Christmas

Luminaria Tour with Paw-paw and Auntie Teresa

Keely and Brad

This is what happens with the Hillard girls are together.

A Day of Rock Band

After the holiday's we enjoyed a visit from Cousin Derek and his wife Eileen. They were passing through on their way back home to Arizona. This was the first time for us to meet Eileen and we all had a great visit. Somehow I didn't get any pictures from the visit though. Needless to say we've had and eventful holiday season and are looking forward to next year. We hope everyone had a safe New Year and that 2009 will bring just as much joy and happiness that 2008 did!

Ideas for Christmas

Many family members have asked, "What should we get Keely for Christmas?" This is a question Brent and I have been discussing lately. What do you get a 6 month old doesn't really need anything else? At this point in her life she won't remember what she received her first Christmas. Really, buying anything at this point would be more because we want her to have it not that she would want it. So we've concluded that the best gifts would be to deposit a chunk of change in her account and wrap empty boxes. Seriously, that's what she LOVES these days. So if any of you are unsure what Keely would like for Christmas, remember wrapping paper and boxes go a long way. Watch and learn :)

(We like to call this phase "Chomping"; chomp, chomp Keely)