Ben and I spent Christmas in Cardston with his family. Hannah cuddled a lot with Great Grandma Jensen, which was really unusual for her. Christmas Eve, Hannah slept in a chair we pulled up to the bed we were sleeping in. She really liked it, and I discovered that I did, too. It felt really nice to have her sleeping right beside me. Since then I have sometimes wished I could pull her crib over to our bed and take off the edge, but that would be just silly. Hannah really liked the toys she got for Christmas. Both Great Grandma and Grandma Jensen got her beautiful dresses for Christmas, and she liked those too. It's funny how much she likes to be dressed up in cute clothes. I have so much fun with her, and I'm always grateful I got to have a baby girl first since they are so much fun to dress up and "play house" with. (Sometimes, as a mother, it seems like really I am just playing house. It's hard to believe that I really am "grown up" and that I have a family of my own. Sometimes I catch myself saying, "When I grow up I...".)
Ben and I had a really good New Year's Celebration, too. We spent part of the night at a friend's home talking and playing games, but, ultimately, we had decided that we had never spent a New Year together, with just the two of us. So we did. We drank a sparkling grapefruit cider or something akin to it (Ben was really excited since he could drink pop, having made a New Year's resolution the year before to abstain from it for the year), and we played Skip-Bo, which is my favorite card game. No matter how often I play with Ben, or which card games I play with him, he always wins. It's uncanny really. But that was that. Very romantic. I hope we do it again someday!
