Christmas 2009

Well Christmas has come and gone and with it plenty of exciting things have been keeping us busy. We found out that we're having another baby girl just before Christmas!! Many may know that I really thought it was going to be a boy this time around and I'm still adjusting to the idea. I am very excited that Maya is going to have a sister to be her companion throughout her life but at the same time I really just thought this was going to be a boy :-) The standard response from most people has been, "Well you can always try again". And now we feel the dilemma of every person that has two (or more) kids of the same sex. Luckily for us that decision is a couple years down the road! We actually have quite a bit of work to do at the house shuffling rooms around and buying furniture so I think it'll be a busy spring and May will be here before I'm ready for it. I'm just about halfway through this pregnancy and the time has gone by pretty quickly I suppose, it helps that I'm feeling better these days.

And now on to Christmas and such. Here we are making our gingerbread house and a little video of Maya helping make some Christmas cookies.

We had a really nice Christmas (especially Maya) and we actually got a few inches of snow on Christmas Eve! It was a real treat especially because it melted the next day...lol. Maya was definitely into Santa Claus this year which made it pretty cool that she finally understands how the whole thing works. Here are some pictures and also a link to a video on photobucket for those who want to see Maya opening presents.

Playing in the snow on Christmas Eve...

Maya and her Barbie car from Santa...

Maya and Michael on Christmas...

There is no doubt that our daughter is 100% all girl!

And lastly here is a link to a video of Maya opening and playing with some of her presents. We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

The holidays are upon us

This time of year is definitely my favorite, I love all the decorations and parties and shopping and food and music and... ok so I love it all, I did say it was my favorite :-) I am so thankful this year for so many things. There are always things in life that we tend to focus on and complain about but when I look at the grand scheme of things I am so grateful and happy to have this life. We may not always like our jobs and we may not always feel like we have enough money or things but I also know that we are very lucky to have jobs, a home, our health and a loving family and we should not take these things for granted. We are anxiously looking ahead to our new addition next year but I am also trying to savor this time with just the 3 of us. Here's the first good picture of our newest addition - we will find out what we are having in 2 weeks so stay tuned! I'm sure I'll be in full baby mode after the new year...



We are getting into full swing for Christmas around the house. We bought new outdoor Christmas lights this year and had a bit of a 'Griswold' moment but they are now up and running after much perseverance. We already have Christmas parties starting this coming weekend and the weekends are all looking pretty full through New Years. We will have to squeeze in some time for cookie baking, shopping and napping on those weekends!


And lastly, we have princess and ballerina activities going on at our house on a daily basis. Here is a lovely picture of Maya and daddy dressed as princesses, and a super cute video of her dancing. Enjoy!