We spent Taylor's 1st Christmas in Juneau Alaska with lots of family. Taylor got to meet all of her Aunts, Uncles, cousins, and Grandparents. We spent Christmas Eve at Marks dads house. It was a night to remember. There were 33 people there opening presents! All can I say it fun and chaos. Taylor wasn't old enough to really understand what was going on but she sure loved all the boxes, bows, and wrapping paper! She also threw a few fits when Mom or Dad could not get the toys out of the boxes fast enough. We spent Christmas morning with my dad, step mom, stepsister and grandparents. It was much more relaxed and quieter. Taylor was to distracted by her new toys to really even watch what we were doing. Then we headed off to Marks moms house for the afternoon where Taylor proceeded to take a 3 hour nap and sleep the afternoon away. Since we were leaving to come back home on the 27th we decided to celebrate Taylor's birthday a few days early so everyone could be there. Once again it was a day of fun and chaos. Taylor loved the cake but was not to sure about the frosting. She got her hands covered in frosting and was not too happy about it.
Once we got them clean and gave her a cupcake with NO frosting she was much happier and ate the whole thing! 
People say the 3rd times a charm, well in Taylor's case that is true. My dad sat down with her to open her presents and she went to town. She was ripping the paper off the boxes and digging in the bags to find the treasure!
It was so cute to watch her get all excited! Over all it was a great holiday season, but we are sure glad to be home again. Yesterday was Taylor's actual first birthday and we just had a few friends over for dinner and cake. Once again she loved the cupcake but not the frosting. It is hard to believe that she is already 1 year old and walking everywhere.
