Holiday Round-up!

What a busy time this has been! I feel like it was even more busy with the baby -- maybe that's because my mind is not only occupied with ME anymore, but I'm always thinking about Wes (and Matt too of course).

In any case, I had no time to blog so we'll have to settle for the Holiday Round up

December 11-12th:  We put up the tree and all our decorations. I broke my baby toe on the couch. No joke.

December 18-19th: Went shopping for Christmas dinner. Enjoyed dinner at our friends for their Saints day, but when we got home the refrigerator door had been left open so all our food had to be thrown out. I cried a lot.

December 23rd:  Matt's parents arrived for the holidays and Wes started peas -- his first veggie.

Wes with daddy, Gaga, and Pop

Wes with his women -- mommy, grandmas, and great-nani

December 24th: Christmas Eve at my parents house. My mom & grandparents made a wonderful dinner. Matt played Santa just for Wes, but he went to bed around 8:30PM and Santa didn't come until 10PM. Oh well.  (I was Santa's elf helper).

Santa imbibing

December 25th:  This was our BIG DAY as we hosted Christmas breakfast and dinner.  My parents cane over and we all opened our presents and had breakfast -- quiche and sausages and lots of coffee. It was fun having both grandparents there for Wes's first Christmas and seeing him open all his presents - which he liked the wrapping more than what was inside. Then we cleaned up and prepared Christmas dinner for the rest of my family who arrived around 6PM. We opened more presents, watched Its a Wonderful Life, and ate my first ham.

Opening up presents Christmas morning

December 26th: We were pooped but we managed to make a small trip to the arboretum for the Annual Yule Log Hunt (for the kids it was the Twig Hunt).

Wes and his baby Loot

December 27th: Matt's parents leave that morning and ... Our sewage backs up again... for the 4th time. We had to hire a new plumber and I had to spend the day at my mom's because we couldn't use the toilet. Matt & I decided to forgo our Christmas presents to each other in lieu of paying the plumber (I was going to get Matt a snow-blower and he was going to get me a Wii Fit).  Oh well.

The New Year's party self portrait

December 31st: New Year's at my mom's house. I was so tired that all I wanted to do was sleep when Wes went to bed ... but I stayed up and rang in the new year with the usual suspects and silly string.