The Holidays

Life is rolling right along and we are already wrapping up the first month of 2010.

First, I must say thank you to everyone for the beautiful Christmas cards that now adorn our refridgerator. It is so fun to see how babies and families have grown! I also want to apologize to any of you who might still be wondering what you have done to offend us and negate your name from our Christmas card list. Turns out… nothing… we are just lazy procrastinators. :) So here is our belated Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and early Happy Valentines Day card… digital style!

Stacy Ferris, an amazing photographer here in Tallahassee, snapped some beautiful pics of Aiston, and our family..so I had to show them off!
                                              

We took almost a week off for Christmas to spend time with family in Jacksonville…and what a lovely time it was! Aiston got to spend time with his cousin Skylar and Aunt Liza and “Mr. Brian,” Liza’s fiancé, as he has now become fondly known as.

We had to keep reminding Ace it was Jesus’ birthday – not his. Not sure if he got the message…but a parent can hope right? He was much more into the festivities this year though…which made it fun for all of us. To be on the other side of things as the parent certainly brought another element to Christmas. Watching an under-the-weather “Santa” in the garage at 11:45pm, putting together a cheap bicycle, while his father-in-law “supervised” was quite entertaining. But then seeing your son’s groggy eyes light up as he sees that bike under the tree…. well….yes, priceless.

We returned to Jacksonville a few days later for New Year’s and the FSU game. Eric’s parents watched Aiston for us New Year’s Eve and we were able to have some adult time! Clay and Tracy hosted a WONDERFUL meal and even let us crash at their beautiful home for the night! Eric went to the game the next day and I spent a lovely afternoon with some girlfriends.

It was a fun, relaxing and memorable holiday, followed by Eric’s 31st birthday! Now we are adjusting to real life and dreaming of our next vacation on a beach, somewhere warm!