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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Christmas Time Is Here



Merry Christmas to everyone!  We celebrated a wonderful Christmas with our family and friends.  Jackson experienced his first array of presents to open, which resulted in many fun new toys.  He didn't seem to care much about the toys at first though...and as many of you have said, was much more interested in the boxes, ribbons and wrapping paper.  Will any parents every learn? Out of all of his fabulous new loot (a really neat ball popper, little people farm, Legos, various trucks -- fire truck with a really great LOUD siren...thanks Aunt Betty---etc...) his favorite seems to be a toss up between the $5 plastic nesting barrels and a free 2007 hollow ornament that comes apart (thank God Grammy did not fill it with pennies).  Again, will any parents ever learn??  Of course it was magical to see Jack crawling around under the tree on Christmas morning and loving him some Babci and Grammy! 

We might be the only family in New Jersey to actually sit around the piano and sing Christmas carols (just a reminder Grammy, after 12 drummers drumming comes 11 pipers piping...you have 360 days to practice).  Our favorite?  Probably Rudolf!  Later we feasted on much yummy food thanks to Aunt Lauren, Aunt Maggie, Babci and of course Grammy for keeping the kitchen under control.  I don't think I would have had nearly as much fun without you!  Now some pictures...the part you have been waiting for!!!





Saturday, December 19, 2009

Snow Day


Just one question.....why do snow days always seem to happen on the weekend and NEVER on a school day?  Aside from that slight annoyance, we thoroughly enjoyed our snow day today.  It gave us a reason to stay inside and relax rather than hustle and bustle to get everything done before Christmas. Since this was Jack's first big snow storm, I, of course, had to capture the moment.  As much as I tried, I only got a few shots.  It was just too darn cold out there!  For the 15 minutes it took us to get bundled up, we were outside for 5 minutes tops!  My sentiments are with Bing today, hopefully some of this snow will stick around and we can have a magical, quintessential "White Christmas". 


Friday, December 11, 2009

The Real Santa A. Claus...and Mrs. A. Claus Too!



The real Santa Claus does not reside at the North Pole like legend and folklore say.  He actually resides (or at least used to for many years) with his wife on Christmas Tree Lane in New Milford, PA.  This is a fact.  Here is his website:  http://www.santa-a-claus.com/  How do I know this you ask?  New Milford is actually my hometown where I grew up.  I am not just sharing this information in spirit of the holiday season either, here is our first Santa story!



Every year thousands of parents take thier children to see Santa.  The parents anxiously wait in line with their little ones anticipating the perfect picture of thier beautiful child sitting on Santa's lap.  The perfect holiday scenerio.  I was not any different on Saturday.  Aunt Lauren and I waited in line on Saturday at the Concord Mall in Wilminton, Delaware with Jackson and Tristan ready to sit on Santa's Lap.  Babci waited outside of Santa Land with the camera aimed and ready to get the perfect shot.  After waiting for awhile, Babci came over to tell us that she thought she recognized Santa.....from church....her church in New Milford, PA.    Aunt Lauren and I were in disbelief that there in Delaware, 250 miles from New Milford, (where our parents live), that we would be seeing the Santa from our own hometown.  What are the odds?  Well I'm not sure the percentage, but I am guess very small.  Call it ironic (there is actully controvery as well but I don't want to ruin the spirit of this post), or coincidince or whatever you like.  I call it a reminder of the truely magical holiday season.  We will always remember Jackson's (and Tristan's) first Christmas for yet another reason.







Thursday, December 3, 2009

Happy Germsharing...I Mean Thanksgiving



This year we traveled up to Babci and Dziadzi and Grammy and Grampa for Thanksgiving.  We decided to leave on Thanksgiving morning to avoid the craziest travel day of the year and thank goodness we did.  We made the trip to NEPA in record time and enjoyed a fun filled visit with the family and a fabulous feast put together by Grammy and Babci!  Everything was seemingly *perfect* except for one little thing....everyone got sick (well almost everyone).  It seemed to hit Jackson the worst and then of course me.  Lucky us!  Babies are truely amazing though, admidst a 102.5 degree (after a dose of tylenol) he was smiling, waving and crawling around.  Now almost a week later we are still all slowly recovering from this doozy of a cold!

I also think it is important to share that I am very thankful for my beautiful (generally) healthy, stong, smart and loving Jackson and well as his wonderful (extra large) baby cousin Tristan and the rest of our family and friends.







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