Jeremy's Birthday...the big 2-9!

It seems that the older we get, the less important our birthdays seem.  So, it's nice that we can have a little time to celebrate birthdays, especially when they fall so close to the holidays.  This year, for Jeremy's birthday, we managed to squeeze in a day trip to the Lake to celebrate with Grandpa and Grandma Cover.

 In addition to a birthday celebration, we had our first chance to see Santa this year.  This was as close as Avery would allow Santa to get, and if you notice she's even leaning away from him in the picture.

 Although she wouldn't sit with Santa, he still gave Avery a nice Christmas present...a little stuffed frog and bunny.  I think this picture is actually the second or third time she opened the present.  She kept putting them back in the paper, putting the bow back on, and then re-opening the present.  It was good practice for Christmas morning.

Thanks Grandpa and Grandma for an excuse to celebrate a December birthday and for our first Santa experience of the year!  We had a great time.

We had such a great time at the Lake, that Jeremy and Avery were exhausted for the ride home.  Luckily, I managed to keep myself awake to get us home.