After Christmas

Finally enjoying his big Christmas gift from Memme and Poppy. We were too sick to put it together until a week after Christmas. AJ loves his new tool bench and promptly called Memme & Poppy to say thanks!

Charlotte carrying her baby on her back in the Beco.

Trying on her new Ariel costume from Uncle Brian. The wig is a hoot!

Daddy and AJ sacked out on the couch one morning. This was one of his last days with fever.

Christmas Part 2

Charlotte showing her new baby, Samantha (from Memme and Poppy), her nutcracker ornament that was a gift from Layna. Nanny took Charlotte to a local dance company's Nutcracker performance on the 27th. One of the dancers gave Charlotte this ornament. She's a friend of the family. Charlotte got a Beco carrier from Santa and loves it!

Mary got us a new crucifix for the foyer in our new house. AJ picked it up and spontaneously sang "rock-a-bye-baby" to the baby Jesus. It was very sweet.

Opening gifts from aunts, uncles and cousins but without all of them there :( Papa still wore his Christmas pants though!

Christmas dinner

Charlotte saw these pictures and said, "I don't remember having steak at Memme's house?" She slept through the whole dinner, poor thing.

Record 14 inches of snow in Va Beach the day after Christmas. It was the biggest snowfall there in 20 years.

Down for the count

Charlotte woke up with a fever Christmas morning. She rallied for Santa and present opening, but passed out on the couch after the chaos was over. She was sick for the next week with what we later discovered was flu A. AJ and I were the next victims followed by Brian, Memme and Poppy. It was a long ugly week for everyone. I feel bad that we got everyone sick but some things are just out of our control. Unfortunately, we missed Dave's family Christmas gathering later that week because we were all too sick. I'll never skip the flu shot again! After a month, I'm finally starting to regain my energy. What a way to end the year!

Christmas morning

Christmas Eve in Va Beach

Gammie, Charlotte, Memme, Poppy, AJ, Brian, and Dave

A rare picture of the two of us together. Thanks, Butch, for taking it.

Brian, Charlotte and Memme.

Can you feel the love?

Snow

Sorry for the long pause in blogging. Christmas celebrating was interrupted by the flu which turned into the new year. I still haven't fully recovered and just had a stomach bug this past week. My January projects have included completing my 2010 scrapbook pages and using them to make a 12 month calendar for my family. On Jan 10th I started a 12 week photography course so most of my computer time is spent focusing on my assignments. I promise more pictures soon - maybe even today! In the meantime, we've been enjoying the recent snowfall. We got about 7 inches on Wednesday evening.