Here Haley is escaping!
Tuesday was spent catching up and helping them get settled in at Mimi and Pops' house. I had a hair appointment at 4:30pm so Clark stayed with Josh (who was working from home) during that time. Then we went over to Mimi's for dinner to celebrate Katelyn's birthday! We had a wonderful dinner and Clark did very well during it.
Wednesday around noon we headed over to Grandma and Grandpa's house to have lunch! Our cousin Natalie and her husband David were in town from Florida so Grandma had us all over to see them. Clark had never met Natalie before! :) She was very sweet and said how cute he is--and how big! She said she enjoys seeing his pictures on facebook. Clark took a nice nap Wednesday afternoon then we headed back over to Mimi's at 6pm for the Annual Stoltzfus Family Christmas Program. Josh is puzzled by this event every year but I always look forward to it. For the past eighteen or so years (!!) my family has put on a musical program for three super close friends, our grandparents, and Aunt Esther. It's a tradition that has grown from serious music to serious plus some silly numbers. :) Hopefully next year Clark can join in the action. Here are some pictures from Wednesday night:
Haley, Calla holding Jay, Clark, Kelsey:
Kelsey switched over to the left side because she wanted to hold Haley :)
Thursday morning Clark recovered from the late night before by sleeping in until 8am! Of course then we had to hustle out the door to his 9am doctor appointment. He got a booster flu shot. He was so happy before the nurse came in:
He handled it pretty well. He only cried until I picked him up. The nice part was we were in and out of there in under an hour! The rest of the day was spent hanging out with the cousins and waiting for Josh to come home from his last day of work at Johnson & Johnson! We were super excited to greet him!! Josh seemed happy when he got home--with all his desk items in tow. He said he's nervous about starting a new job since change is always difficult. However we have high hopes that this job will be a better fit for him. And Clark is looking forward to having more time with him during the day!! And of course if we ever "happen" to be shopping at the outlets we can stop by and say hi to Daddy! :)
Friday morning was Josh's first day off so he stayed with Clark while I went to a brunch at Linda's house. Linda is our family friend (to any Fenton relatives reading this: she's our Liz :) who always the girls over for brunch at Christmas time. I arrived early (yay no baby!!) and helped her put the finishing touches on the meal. Aunt Kim was early too so she helped as well. The meal was absolutely delicious!!! And the conversation is always fun!! We covered all topics from sex trafficking in Paris to gay-haters attacking Rick Santorum to weaning. A wiiiiiide variety! hahaha Caleb was working for Dad by reading the water meters so he stopped in and had some brunch too.
Friday afternoon Carly, Katelyn and I had a playdate with our friend Miriam and cousin Holly. We all went to high school together so it was fun to see each other! And now we all have kids!! Crazy. We used to sit around and dream about honeymoon locations, wedding dresses, and the latest fashions. Now we discuss nursing ideas, the ingredients of our various baby formulas and share stories of pregnancy scares!! Again we had a great time! :)
Friday night all the adults went out to dinner at Bistro on 10 in Honey Brook. It was absolutely wonderful!!! Grandma, Grandpa and cousin Grace watched the five kiddos. Clark was just getting a cold (plus they had to change his diaper twice in three hours!!!) and Haley's ear infection and baby bronchitis were in full swing! Needless to say they had their hands full! But they were still smiling when we got back. It was so neat to go out without the kids--we'd like to make it a tradition!! Someday Calla will be the designated babysitter, poor thing. hahaha
Saturday morning was our official Christmas time. Josh, Clark and I came over to Mimi's at 9:30am for breakfast. It was delicious!! Then we opened gifts. Here is a picture of all the gifts!!
I thought Clark looked funny sitting among all the gifts :)
the girls were in their Christmas jammies!
Clark got many wonderful presents!!! I will post pictures next time. Here he is opening his first gift from Mimi and Pops:
he loves it!!!
Here's his second gift from them:
a basket for all his toys!!
Like I said, I'll post more pictures of the gifts later. Here's a shot of all the Stoltzfus ladies:
After gift opening we hung out all day (Josh left for a couple hours to watch the Flyers alumni game). And then we spent New Years Eve together! Josh and Clark went home early and I stayed until about 11pm. We had to be up early for church the next day!
That's all for now since Clark just woke up from his nap :)
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