Christmas in New Jersey

We spent 8 days at America's Keswick with Jeremy's family for Christmas. It was so good to see everybody and to be with Jeremy's grandmother. First off Keswick is beautiful and has so many fun things to do on the property. We did lots of visiting in between baking Norwegian goodies and getting Jeremy's Grandmother's house ready for Christmas. The Dickinson clan has grown a lot since the last time we were all together so it was crazy fun at times. Christmas Eve we had a big dinner with family and opened some presents. Christmas day started earlier with more presents (opening presents is so fun with kiddos!) and then off to church. I should mention that Keswick, among other things, is a rehabilitation from addiction center . The rest of our day was spent with men from this program. We went for a little hike, then a few of the guys joined us for chatting and desserts. I have been to Keswick before and am always amazed and what God is doing there and the legacy that Jeremy's family has there ( his great great grandfather founded), but I have never talked with the men before and heard the stories from their mouths. it was such an amazing privilege. My heart goes out to all of them and it so exciting to hear what God has done and is doing in their lives.

cousins hanging out

present time

swim time aunt melia

Merry Christmas

I didn't get my act together in time to send Christmas cards so here is my version of one. We are getting ready to take off to New Jersey to spend Christmas with Jeremy's family. Hope you all have a very merry Christmas!

Jeremy's new career

modeling!? I think he's pretty cute but not exactly. Our church sends out postcards for every new series they do and Jeremy was asked to do this one. It will go out to 35,000 homes. Kinda cool!

4 months

watching crazy Bailey play in the snow

on the computer with daddy

Another month gone. Chloe is still growing so much (you would think all that growing in such a short time would hurt) coming in at 13.13 lbs and 24.5 in tall. I am sure I'll say this again and again but so far this was my favorite age. You can see more of her personality and she "plays" back with you. Her newest thing she has learned to do is raspberries or motorboats (Jeremy and I can't agree on what it is called). She cracks herself up doing it. It is so much fun and I am sure it will continue.

Christmas tree

We finally got our Christmas tree up. We won't be here to enjoy it on Christmas day but i figured any amount of time is better than last year. Last year a few days after we put it up we had to relocate to an apartment due to a small house fire.

a day in cute photos

giggles

Well we are all mostly better now! It seems like it has been a long recovery, I guess everything seems long when your sleep is interrupted, but there have been some really fun moments. Chloe has started to giggle more, it really is the cutest sound ever. She giggles when you tickle under her neck or arms and she loves little raspberries on her tummy or chubby cheeks. It is just so cool to see her interact more.

Thanksgiving

This is a little late, but I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We made the car trip down to New Mexico to spend it with my family. The car trip went great and Thanksgiving day was filled with good food and lots of family, 42 people to be exact. It was so fun for my whole family to meet Chloe and we got to celebrate my grandpa's 92nd birthday together. Our trip ended with a fussy and sleepless baby. We went to the doctor and Chloe has her first cold. I now realize how spoiled we are that we had a baby who was such a good sleeper. We are all recovering now and just trying to get ready for Christmas.