Christmas at Emmy's house

Our family enjoyed more Christmas celebrations at Cousin Emmy's house, where Aunt Kelly, Uncle Tim, Cousin Emmy, Aunt Amy, Uncle Todd, and Cousin Stella got to meet Ronan for the first time.

Brielle and Ronan were excited to see Grammy again.

Brielle and Stella were excited to see each other again, and they started playing together instantly.

Emmy let them play with her in her Playzone.

Emmy was happy to meet her newest cousin.

And Ronan saw her and thought, "I want to walk too!"

Grammy got the girls matching "ballerina princess" outfits. Brielle loved hers so much that she has put hers on at least once a day ever since then.

Brielle and Stella entertained everyone with a dance performance.

On Christmas Eve, Aunt Kelly hosted a party at their house.

The girls dressed up for the occasion. (Yes, it's difficult to get all three of them to look at the camera at the same time...but they looked great.)

The party was a great opportunity to get all of the cousins together - Sylvia and Tavio were invited too. Interestingly, Kevin and Anoosh actually know Kelly through a mutual friend in town.

Before bedtime, Grammy read "Twas the Night Before Christmas" to the girls, which has become an annual tradition.

On Christmas Day, we headed back to Emmy's house to open gifts.

Grandpa Taylor and Linda liked their new calendar featuring their grandkids.

Ronan loved his gifts, but he was also very excited to see that Emmy had a Jumperoo that he could enjoy during the visit (Thanks, Emmy!).

During our visit, we also visited Daddy's Aunt Anita and Grandma Anna Marie. Anita enjoyed meeting Ronan.

Brielle and Stella had fun exploring the house and eating snacks.

We were pleasantly surprised to see other visitors as well, including Daddy's cousin, Lara...

...and Daddy's cousin, Debbie, and her whole family with 5 kids many years older than the last time we had seen them. Two were in college and a third was on his way there. They used to live in Portland but had moved to the LA area recently.

And it was really special that Ronan got to meet his great grandmother for the first time. She enjoyed holding him and seeing him smile.