We celebrated Christmas Eve in Hot Springs, AR at Aunt Kathy's house. Aunt Kathy and her husband Jim hosted most of the family over Christmas. Allison was able to meet my cousins Brandon and Anna along with their families. Allison had a great time playing with her second cousins Elizabeth, Trenton and Keirston. Keirston is a teenager and wasn't really into playing on the floor with the little ones. I think she has outgrown teddy bears, bouncy toys and board books! But she is a great help with the little ones and happy to lend hand whenever needed. Elizabeth will be two in February and Trenton is about six week older than Allison. However, Trenton is the same size as Elizabeth. Allison is tall for eleven months but she was dwarfed by Trenton!! Elizabeth was the "big girl". She was very nice to share all the toys with the new kids on the block!
As you can see, there were lots of animals on the farm. This was Allison's first encounter with large animals. Our dog Gabe is about 40lbs and that is the biggest animal she had been around until our trip to Hot Springs. Allison was intrigued by the cows, goat and large rottweiler. She wasn't afraid of any of them! I'm pretty sure she would have crawled into the pasture if we'd let her. 
We were so happy to be able to spend time with so much of our family. Now if we could just get Daddy Jim home and some how arrange for the folks in New Jersey to meet all the folks in Arkansas, life would be perfect! Maybe we'll win the lottery and we can buy a house somewhere in the middle for everyone to share! We truly hope everyone had a merry Christmas and very happy new year. Lastly, thank you for taking the time to read about our Allison's adventures!
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Ditto on the lottery, and our plan is to buy a house in mexico and have lots and lots of babies!!!
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