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Baby's first Christmas

Wren celebrated multiple family Christmases this year. Her first celebration was Ranch Christmas at Cameron's family's ranch in McCoy, TX. She got to meet and play with all of Cam's cousins' kids around her age and get her first taste of ranch life.

Flying on Papa's plane

The whole Poth clan




Wren's next Christmas was at Babcia and Dziadziu's house in Cedar Hill. She had a semi-traditional Polish Wigilia with barszcz with ushka, pierogi, and kutia for dessert. Babcia bought her an airplane for Christmas and she enjoyed dancing with me, Babcia and Oscar around the tree to Christmas music.

Mmm, pierogi




We celebrated with Melissa's family in Falls City on Christmas Eve. Wren got to spend time with her Great Grandpa Balser who visited from the nursing home, and tried her luck with her first lottery ticket (she didn't win, but both Mama and Dad did!). She ate one of her favorite foods - tamales!




Finally, she spent Christmas Day at Zsa Zsa and Papa's house in Floresville where Santa was very good to her. She got lots of toys from Zsa Zsa and cute clothes and pajamas from Aunt Poppy. I loved seeing her interact with her cousins Cash and Walker. Cash shows SO much interest in Wren, it's so adorable.




After Christmas, we left Wren with Zsa Zsa and Papa and visited Chile for six nights. It was a little hard for me to be away from Wren for so long, but we had a great time visiting wineries in two different wine regions and ringing in the new year in Santiago. We were able to spend one full weekend in Dallas with Wren before returning to work today after a long two-week break. It's officially back to the real world. Happy 2020, friends and family!
Wren mesmerized by Dada taking down Christmas lights

Wren and Peter John - my friend Peter from high school's kid

"Yo Peter John, you gotta read this book, it'll change your life"

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