Holiday Hoopla #2 (Atkinson Family)

We went to Mexico, MO for 5 days to see Mommy's family. Sunny was a trooper with being handled by everyone and their mother. Seems like we were saying "Hi" then "Bye" over and over. We were always putting her back in her car seat to go over to someone else's house. She took naps in her car seat and played on the floor with everyone around. Her 4 month birthday was on Christmas day!! And guess what she learned to do ALL BY HERSELF?..... yes, on Christmas morning, she learned to roll over from her back to her tummy! It was funny watching her try over and over. She would lean to her left and kick her legs really hard to get over. She finally mastered the skill and the rest of the weekend everyone spent watching her do it. She was like our little pet .... we would lay her down on the floor and say, "Sunny, do your tricks." And she would smile and roll over! See the video below.



Here's our little sunshine wearing her "Santa Loves Me" onzie from her friend Carmen.



Sunny's cousin Airen Atkinson was visiting Mexico with his Mommy (Dorrie) too. Uncle Joe wasn't able to be there as he's still in Iraq, BUT scheduled to come home in January! Wahoo.
Airen is 14 months old and your typical rowdy boy! He's so adorable! He runs everywhere and is into everything. We spent several times trying to teach him to "gently" touch Sunny. He was to play rough house with her instead.

Here's their first encounter. Airen looks like he doesn't know what to do with a little one younger than him!


Here he is comforting his cousin Sunny.



Here the Mommies are playing airplane with them. They giggled and loved it!


Airen is giving his first kisses to Sunny in the video below. Watch her reaction....I believe she thinks she was violated.



My brother Joe and I always like to tease that each other's kid is going to beat up the other one. Well, Airen may be 10 months older, but we think Sunny's going to be taller. Airen is only 4 inches taller than her now! He's got some weight on her, but it won't be long until we can actually see how the "thrashing" will go down in the ring. Here they are practicing.



Aunt Dorrie kissing her "pretty princess". That's Sunny's name given by Aunt Dorrie.





Christmas and Grandpa Jim and Grandma Barb's house. It was fun to watch Airen tear into the presents while our little sunshine slept through the whole thing!


She got several awesome things from everyone! Thank you Grandpa Jim, Grandma Barb, Aunt Dorrie, Uncle Joe and cousin Airen!


Grandma Barb made this cute little book pillow.



Worn out and feeling secure with Grandpa Jim.



We also seem to think Sunny might be teething at times. She drools all the time and seems to get relief from baby oragel. She can semi hold her teething ring and chew on it.



What a treat ... Bath time in the kitchen sink!

We also had Christmas and Nana & Pee Paw Decker's house. Here's Sunny with her Baby Einstein set from them! Thanks guys!

Nana with a dressed up little Sunny. She's wearing her outfit from Nana and her bow from Kristen!

We ALL went to the Christmas Eve service at the Presbyterian Church. Sunny was quiet for the most part and only made sucking noises when she was eating.

One of many feedings during the weekend. Sunny didn't eat as well I believe due to the distractions and her coming down with a cold.

Think she's ready for real food yet? I don't know....she sure is staring awfully hard at it.

Mommy had to work remotely on Friday, so Daddy had to take care of Sunny ALL day. He and Aunt Dorrie had fun. You can see in the video below. Mommy found these videos on the camera when we got home. This one made me laugh out loud!

By the end of the day, they both were tuckered out!