Ben's mom made snowsuits for her sons when they were little and she sent them to Gretchen to try out: 
(She's being a bear in this pic.) Have you ever seen a ladybug during winter? Here's one! For some reason Gretchen wanted to put on her Halloween costume: 
If, by chance, you have seen a ladybug during winter, I'll bet you haven't heard one sing Jingle Bells:This is Gretchen's first visit to Santa. She didn't care for him much but she didn't cry either:
Before Christmas Day we tried getting a nice pic of Gretchen in her Christmas outfit but she was much too silly this day: 
Now for Christmas Day. We started the morning at Nana and Poppy's house with Julia's sisters and their families. First off was opening the stockings: 
We took a break for breakfast and then opened the rest of the gifts:
Gretchen got a little overwhelmed with all the new toys as you can see in her eyes:
We're opening our gifts too:
Before dinner we went sledding down the hill Poppy had groomed for the occasion:
After dinner we took family pics:
Gretchen was pondering something so Ben and I joined in:
Trying to get 4 grandkids looking happy at the same time is almost impossible but also amusing:
So that takes us to January photos. The following are fun pics of Gretchen throughout the month:
