We had a great Christmas

Isabella's first Christmas was a success. She was very uninterested in opening presents. She took two books out of her stocking, and could care less about the rest! Jeff and I ended up opening her gifts. She seemed a bit overwhelmed by the whole thing. She would get interested in one present, give it a kiss, or hug it, and then be done. Haha

We had a great dinner with family and friends, good shopping over the weekend, and the decorations are down already. For some reason this year, I just wanted the house to go back to normal ASAP.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas!

Happy New Year!!

It's Been Awhile

Things have been pretty crazy around here, so I haven't been posting as much as I used to. The holidays add to the craziness, as much as I love them.

Thanksgiving was wonderful. My oldest friend, Marc, his wife and their 4 month old drove from San Diego to here for Thanksgiving. Christina and I wanted the kids to share their first Thanksgiving together.

Isabella fluctuated between being bored with baby Derek because he isn't at the point of mobility yet, and being obsessed with him. It was pretty cute.

While they were here, we took them to our zoo. That was a lot of fun. We haven't been back to the zoo (other than for Howloween) since Isabella was so tiny she slept through it. She really enjoyed it this time, especially the giraffes. Daddy tried to take our picture but she was so into the giraffes that she wouldn't even look at him. LOL

Since then, we've been getting into the Christmas spirit. Jeff and Travis decorated the outside of our house. Lights nor adorn both sets of trees, the roof of the house, and the roof of the garage. We also have a set of candy cane walkway lights.

We've got the tree up and decorated, taken our family photo and mailed out Christmas cards, bought, wrapped and have presents ready to be shipped. Busy, busy, busy.

At the moment, Isabella seems oblivious to it all. She doesn't seem all that interested in the Christmas tree at all. So far, the only one intent on destroying the tree is Gully.

Jeff is still looking for a job that pays what we need. My dad isn't here anymore; he went back to San Diego almost a month ago.

We're excited for Christmas to be here, and then we have Isabella's 1st birthday party!