Christmas 2008

So this Christmas was much different than last year because Savannah actually understands a little bit about what is going on. I don’t think she really understood the story of Jesus’ birth but she did understand what it means to unwrap a Christmas present. We arrived in Indiana on Tuesday night with some interesting roads (see previous post) and got to spend Christmas with Tom’s parents which was really nice. Tom’s dad made Savannah some great wooden blocks and she is going to have hours and years of fun playing with them.

She also got a rocking sheep which she ran to on the morning of the 26th in her pajamas very excited to play with.



On Thursday we spent most of the day in the house playing and enjoying Grandma and Grandpa since the roads got a little icy again. Savannah has really enjoyed the many dogs that there are at the Stephens household currently. Katie is Grandma and Grandpa’s dog (Springer Spaniel) whom she likes to say “Mon Ki” which means in Savannah language Come on Katie! She loves to have the dogs give her kisses on her face. On Friday two other dogs came , Duke (Schnauzer) whom she likes to call Gooke and Izzie (Brittany Spaniel puppy) whom is pretty hyper but Savannah think is entertaining.




The dogs did come with Tom’s brothers and their wives Jim and Andrea and Dave and Jackie. Savannah has loved some time with her aunts and uncles and I think the feeling is mutual.

The weather changed on Saturday and all of a sudden the snow was gone and it was about 60 degrees. We enjoyed some time with the dogs in the yard and enjoyed getting out of the house a little bit. Tom’s mom has blessed us with lots and lots of good food, here is an example.



We are heading home on Sunday and hope to be home by mid day on Monday pending no major problems. So pray for safe travel home if you wouldn’t mind please. We also hope to have more blog posts more frequently coming in the new year. Thanks to a generous gift from both of our parents for Christmas we should have internet access at home pretty soon! We know how much you miss pictures of Savannah and we are sorry that they have been pretty few and far between in the last few months but we will make sure that is different in this year. Here are a few other pictures of Savannah on Christmas, enjoy!

Grandpa read us the Christmas story on Christmas Eve, what a sweet memory!

I couldn't resist Dixie is such a good sport!

Savannah loves to talk on the phone, the other person usually gets a dial tone but she thinks it is fun!

My parents brought us this suitcase to let Savannah use, it says "Going to Grandma's" on the front and I used to use it when I was little. Savannah likes to pack Ba Ba, her favorite sheep in it.

We love walking in other people's shoes, I think Grandpa's shoes are a little big for us though!

Our family Christmas picture, I'm not sure Dixie has ever really been looking at the camera, this was about the best we ould get of all of us!