Merry Christmas to all, and to all a long night!

We are home and somewhat settled. Thanks to everyone who shared the holiday with us. We all had some good visiting time with relatives we dont see very often, which was very nice. Asia doesnt travel away from home that well we found out. After a while she would cry and night and say "me no like michigan, we go home to delaware?" poor babe. finally we did make it home at 5 am the day after christmas. Santa visited our house while we were gone and anya was too excited to let the presents sit until later in the morning so we had to open gifts right then. asia wasnt that happy at first, but she got little einstiens pjs and was very happy. anya got a nintendo ds that the whole family loves. santa brought brain age for mike and i to play, so now we are in full competition mode.

Anyway, being on vacation was nice, but being home is soo much easier. Our doors are always open for visitors. ;o) We hope to see everyone again soon!

where, oh, where?

alright, i am the world's worst mother. i lost asia's blanket at the Arundel Mills mall in MD. by the time i had realized i lost it we were 20 miles away and i couldnt remember where in the mall i had lost it. i guess that no one feels that a gray cashmere baby blanket is important because it isnt in the lost and found at the mall. now we are on a search for a new blankey. i hope we can find a suitable replacement.

in other news, we made it to michigan after a delightful visit with the steve horenziak family and the tom horenziak family. it was nice to see the two baby boys and anya and asia liked playing with juliet alot. anyway, we have been in the car for ~15 of the past 36 hours, so i am off to bed.

look how smart my baby girl is

she brought the home from school today. i think she is doing quite well for 5.

too much christmas

i just noticed that all of the recent posts have been Christmas themed. so i thought that i should say something not at all related to the holidays. today that put the top coat of asphalt on our street. it was really neat to watch them do it. it only took ~3 hours and they were done. pretty cool, it almost looks like fun to do, but all of the overweight old guys, so i don't think i would fit in. i guess i need to find a different profession to pursue.

ok, i lied, i have to throw in something about presents. i ordered mike a compact fridge from sears online to be picked up at the store. and it was in stock when i ordered it and i recieved the email to go and pick it up at 5:15, but at 8:15 the fridge was gone. hmmm.... seems to me that they sold my fridge. arg. so tonight we have to go up there and buy it again so they can have one sent to the store.

our latest project

it is a whole stack of sugar cookies!!

our first snow

christmas tree

Saturday we went to the tree farm to get our christmas tree. this is the third year we have come here. we got another fat one. i have to say that its a beaut! the only problem is its a bit crooked. our main concern is cookie climbing the tree since she doesnt go outside much anymore. anyway, here are the pictures from our day with the tree. enjoy!