Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Our holidays were spent 3 days in Chisago, a week in Racine and 2 days back at home over New Years.  Holidays really are more special with kids!  I know Declan isn't going to remember this Christmas, but we will and we will tell him all about it thru pictures and stories!

A fun picture video summary is HERE documenting some favorite moments if you want to just watch that and not read on ;)    (I believe you need a gmail acct/google chrome to be logged in to view it... can't get it to YouTube...)  He also giggled everytime we wagged a santa hat poof ball in his face!

Decorating was more fun wrapping Declan in lights, hanging the Declan by chimney with care, and creating a live Elf on the Shelf!

We were asked back in November to be Mary, Joseph and Jesus in our Live Nativity and I was very excited (a bit more than Andy but he was willing to please us :) )   It was a very surreal night not just seeing Declan being Jesus, but remembering the reason for the season,

 Kinda slacked on getting family photos of everyone... Oh well... We will get lots on our Spring Break trip to Myrtle Beach with both sides.

 Timmy made us a Prime Rib Christmas Eve dinner!  Delish!

Bailey LOVES Declan and anything that he touches.  She was very motherly and protective!

New Years was a combination of us feeling "old", lame and cheap not getting a sitter and going out vs. feeling just perfect as the three of us!  We had a fire, a nice dinner together, and watched a movie and a half til the ball dropped and then it was BEDTIME!