Anyway, Joe and I decided with Lizzie arriving late, we would stay here for Christmas and New Years instead of heading to Utah and Idaho to visit both of our families. It was a hard decision to make since all of our immediate family were gathered together and us staying behind meant that we would miss out on so much. The greatest blessing has been the ability to use our webcam to see and talk to both families on a daily basis. This makes us all the more grateful that our Macbook did not succomb to that white grape juice incident several months ago... we won't relive that scary moment here. Let's just say we're glad 'El Blanco,' as we have dubbed our Macbook, is still kicking.
Here are some pictures of Christmas with our little family.
We made swirly Christmas cookies the first holiday season we met, and try to make them each year now.
My family has had thin pancakes (crepes) and sausage for Christmas Eve dinner for generations, so we're trying to keep that tradition up as well.
Joe's family always left out cookies for Santa and a carrot for Rudolph. Lizzie may be only two weeks old, but why wait to start Christmas magic.
Lizzie had a Michigan State squirrel in her stocking.
Emily gets excited for Kitchenaid mixers, and Joseph gets excited for Hulk action figures.
2 comments:
It's awesome that you two were able to meld your Christmas traditions together. As sad as you may have been to be away from family...one day you will long for the ability to celebrate a holiday with just your little family. At least I have. And it's never too early to teach good manners with Santa :)
Many congratulations to you both! Elizabeth is beautiful and we are very excited for you.
Have a great 2009!
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