The McConal Family Christmas

Our next Christmas was for the McConal family. We spent both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in Stephenville. Sadly, Izabella and I had to head south early on Christmas Eve morning. My Aunt Alene passed away earlier that week, so she and I went with Natasha's family to her funeral in Goldthwaite that day. Chris came down that night since he had to work that day.

We came home after the funeral and hurriedly got dressed for church that night. We dressed Izabella up in one of her "Santa" suits for the church service. Boy did she look adorable! Of course what else would you expect?! She even left her hat on for most of the night! Such a good baby we have!

After church, we were letting her play on the floor. And she kept crawling backwards like she had been doing for over a week. She got stuck under dad’s foot rest at one point. But then, she looked at me and took her first "CRAWL"!! It was only a few but hey, she finally mastered it after only being able to go backwards for over a week! How exciting!! On Christmas day, she did a little better trying to "unwrap" the gifts, but still not as amazed as I thought she would be. I know, I know, just wait until next year! :)

We had to come home on Christmas night since we were heading out again the next day. It was a great Christmas with lots of good food. Started off sad, but ended wonderfully with all of our family together, including Aunt Merle!