Merry Christmas

We had a great holiday break. I think the best part about our Christmas was spending so much time with our families (and Jeff). Our kids really enjoyed spending time with their cousins, uncles and (and aunts) as well as their Grandparents. I really felt like I was on vacation because there was always someone for them to play with or eager to do whatever they wanted...we were all spoiled by that :) Chrirstmas morning was great and Ella was especially fun to watch. She isn't nearly as annimated or enthusiastic as Andrew but she enjoyed all the new toys, especially her new stroller and baby. She has been SUPER attached to babies lately. I had bought her a Premie Cabbage Patch Doll and was planning on giving her that since she loves babies so much. A few nights before Christmas we had to make a last minute trip to Toys-R-Us on our way home from a party. It was late and our kids were sleepy, but Ella would not stop crying for all the babies. I finally stopped in front of the Cabbage Patch Dolls. I showed one to her and asked if she wanted that baby, much to my disappointment she looked at it and said in a pout, "No..." Then Drew chimmed in, "That is one fat baby!" Needless to say there was a different baby under the tree Christmas morning. We are happy to be home (with all our Christmas stuff stored away for another year and no pressing errands to run in the snow) but our house seems very quiet and we miss all our family...and Jeff. :) It's a good thing we have preschool!
PS One of the things we did over the break was clean off all our pictures and transfer them to external hard drives...the only problem is now I don't know where most my pictures are...hopefully Jeff does...so this is a random sampler!