No one keel over from shock....

I haven't blogged in forever, so I'm sure no one will be surprised that this will be a bit of a picture overload. We had Christmas and New Years' and general good times. Before we jump into all the festivities, though, I have a little project that I was thoroughly thrilled with :). I can put it on the old blog now that they've been given. My sister-in-law is expecting a little bundle of joy and I had this great idea for some onesies...

A giraffe and an elephant. I should've outlined the elephant in a colored thread, it would be easier to see... oh well. I still like them.
And, my most proud moment... Chuck! I love watching Chuck and we used to watch it together so I thought they would think I'm funny :). Then I kind of copped out and cut a picture out of some fabric I used for Mason. It turned out way cute, though so I still love it! I hear she liked them and I wish I could've been there when they were opened :)..

Any who.. moving on to the point of the post...
Christmas. During our preparations for Christmas we visited Santa and took a little ride on the train. Brooklyn and Mason were, of course, ecstatic about our adventure...
Julianne, not so much.
This was her response to the train. After she figured out I wasn't going with her, anyway.
Waiting for Santa... I was expecting another pouty face from Julianne but got this instead:
Who knew. A harmless train ride around in circles...NO WAY; a strange guy in a big red suit? Sure, why not..
Christmas eve we got some new jammies and passed the night away playing Sorry. It's one of my favorites and lucky for me, the kids love it too. They're even get big enough to play for real (woohoo!).
Christmas morning: The kids were itching to get downstairs!!
And, of course, we were not disappointed!





Christmas day we made a big ham dinner. It was DELICIOUS!! I love good food! Too bad it always leaves SO many leftovers!! It was totally worth it, though.

And, I attempted Jon's favorite Coconut Cream Pie...his mom's!. My attempt got thrown away b/c it looked wrong, but we tried again and it turned out to be delish!! (Turns out, my attempt was right, but live and learn).
Yes, it was that good.
Finally, the best way to spend the evening on the day after Christmas? Wrapped in a quilt watching a new movie, of course!!

New Year's was pretty low-key. We did some shopping and put the kids to bed on time. We watched the NY ball party for a while and then turned on a movie. We rang in the New Year watching "Alice in Wonderland" and went to bed at 1 a.m. That's the latest we've stayed up in a while... If we hadn't been watching a movie, we probably wouldn't have made it :)...

The next big event? Mason turns 4! I can't believe it. oiy.