Sunday, December 25, 2005

Christmas in Connecticut...

Our first Christmas with Brooklyn has been nice. This morning we woke up early and got ready for church. The services were truncated and there was a nativity reading from the four gospels. We then came home and took Brookers out of her carseat -- ho ho! -- a Christmas blowout. It was a shame, really, since she was all togged out in a beautiful new dress. Such is the life of a baby. It's always an unnerving feeling when you're holding your infant and she begins filling her diaper. You always ask yourself - am I confident that these Pampers will hold?

Post-blowout, we opened the presents from under our little tree. Thanks (primarily) to Nonny's forethought we had a lot of presents and it was so nice to unwrap so many gifts. All were great presents, but the best present was the pictures of the Epperson family from home - we'll hang these in a conspicuous place in our Apt. Brooklyn digs the Baby Einstein DVD... she made a spit-beard while watching it.

Well, we have to roll out and eat a Turducken. What's a Turducken, u ask? It's a chicken stuffed with sausage stuffed up a duck's butt then stuffed up a turkey's butt. You then bake @ 420 degrees for 5 hours. Merry Christmas everyone....

Love,
Brandon, Brittiny & Brooklyn


This is a pic of Brookers in a a crochet outfit that Kirsten made. Kirsten is a classmate with Brittiny. We love this little outfit, plus it keeps Brookers warm.



Momma holding our bundle, still wrapped in this little outfit.


What a cutie...


We all have bad hair days.... unfortunately, some are caught on camera.

6 comments:

momila said...

Oh..she is soooo cute. we can't wait until saturday to see you all...and so happy your Christmas was nice. I am also glad you finally got your turducken, something I heard a lot about whilst living with you....OK here'e the family vote on who Brookers look like: Daddys' eyes, Grandma Sheree's nose and Mommy's mouth. Good combination!
See you soon!

Team Oakeson said...

We're so glad she likes her DVD! We got one for Elizabeth as well for her B-day and Holly says she watches it just about every day. Soon we'll have some Baby Einsteins of our own in this family! Smart girls! We missed you guys this Christmas but we're so excited to see you later this week. We'll have so much fun! Hey, Aaron wants to know why you still haven't added a link to our blog like you have for everyone elses. He's convinced you're either embarrassed of us or you're just so jealous of his adventures that you can't stand it. :)

Much love & see you soon!
A&A

IAmTheWalrus said...

Can't wait to see you and your two cuties on Saturday! The little one looks just like you.

B^4 said...

Oakesons: I don't have a link to your blog cause I didn't know how to link - also I think I had added those links before u guys started your blog. Note how professional Holly's Blog links are and how 'tarded my links are. I'll link to yours asap.

Mom: Don't worry, it was just a normal case of diarrhea

Love,
Boo

momila said...

Am I "Mom" or is Sheree "Mom"? we gotta settle this....'cause I made no mention of diarrhea in my previous comments, but I'm glad (I guess) that's all it was.....(wow I hope we're talking about Brooker's diapers here)

momila said...

FYI..this photo is currently serving as Papa's screensaver. That's quite an honor..it replaced a fabulous view of Zions taken from the Grand Arch.