I was so thrilled this morning to find an email from my brother saying he had posted pictures on Flickr. They are about 24 hours away by plane – so we don’t get to see them often. The boys are too cute for words. It’s nice to see pictures of them and their parents. We sure do miss them. There certainly is something to be said for having family close by. It would be nice to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries and holidays together. Or just to have some cousins to play with every once in a while.
Monthly Archive for December, 2006
Merry Christmas!!!! We had a wonderful day. Izzy enjoyed opening all of her present and played with them all, so it took quite a while, which was so wonderful. What a great appreciation she already has for things, I hope she never forgets to cherish moments. It was all highlights, the clothes, the socks, the toys…and then there was the drum set. Oh drum set. We had it covered with a blanket, but she was drawn to it. She sat on the stool and picked up the sticks and started playing…not banging. We are pretty amazed. She has also been singing into the Christmas Tree lights, with her eyes closed and swaying. Our little rock star!
Bed jumping. Busted! This was from a few days ago. Now, I can’t get her off our bed! She begs to go upstairs to jump on the bed. A bit after this picture was taken, she did jump right off the bed onto her back. And she was fine. I had a heart attack. I’m trying to not project my fears about falling onto her, and let her just play and jump and have fun. When she’ on our bed jumping, occasionally, I reminder her to “stay in the middle”.
seattlestorm06, originally uploaded by zannestar.
We spent a few days in Seattle last week and after being there for 24 hours, the power disappeared. There are blogs about the storm and reports and all that info stuff. We had no idea how bad it was when it was happening. We were driving on the insterstate a bit before the power went out and couldn’t see when huge trucks would go by – the puddles were so deep. We were really fortunate to make it home! It is just about a week after the storm hit, and the reports say that some of the population won’t have power through the holidays. bah humbug. We were fortunate to spend the few days with the best of friends and family. We really just wanted to hang and watch movies…maybe next time. We did get to spend a few hours with old friends and family after driving for a bit and finding a Thai restaurant that didn’t have a line down the street. Target was open, only with generators, and it was packed! Of course – where else would one want to be? Since we were traveling, I only bought diapers and wipes 
, but if I had a huge suitcase with me…well..we know what would happen…
Ornament Received!, originally uploaded by zannestar.
I was soooooo excited to find a package in the mail today from one of my swapmates. This is the first of I hope to be a few more. It’s a beautiful gold and silver ornament. Sequins are attached with eyelets to gold paper. The dangle is a beautiful beaded spiral with a drop. It’s going to look great on the tree when it reflects the lights. The packaging was clever, wrapping paper with snowflake motifs that matched the sequins on the ornament. Thanks Dawn!
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