Away in a manger

 - by Brittany

Last weekend we had a family Christmas party in Salt Lake. I drove over with my mom and brother so we could spend a few extra days rather than fly like we usually do. Jameson slept the whole way except when he woke up to eat. But then I couldn’t take him out of his seat to burp him… stupid laws really make traveling hard with a 3 week old. My aunt wanted all the great-grandkids to act out the nativity (I am one of the youngest grandkids… Jameson was number 36 great-grandchild!) She asked my grandpa to make a manger. My mom told him it needed to be at least 21 inches long since Jameson was 20 1/2 when he was born. Yup… Jameson was baby Jesus! Well we got back and grandpa had forgot and only made it 18 inches long. It’s a good thing he still sleeps curled up!

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My step-sister was Mary in the little reenactment which worked out well since I trusted her with Jameson. All the little kids kept asking my aunt who was going to be baby Jesus, and she kept reassuring them she had one. When it was time I put Jameson in the manger. My cousin’s little girl (who is only about 4) was one of the angels and wanted to stay on the little stage the whole time. She was so cute. She’d lean forward and pet Jameson on the head then stand back. Then reach forward again…. she did this the whole time. My step-sister was holding Jameson because he had started to cry and the cute little angel told her… “No, you have to put him back in the manger.” All the great grandkids were really cute!

Here is our 4 generation shot… yup my grandpa even smiled for it!

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Kevin was suppose to fly over Friday night but ended up with too much work and couldn’t. We missed him the whole time we were gone!

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