They're Coming...

I'd love to put up more pictures but I can't find the camera. Any ideas Karl, Katie, or Willie:) Lemme know if you find it "hiding" in you luggage:) Once it is located I'll post some posts.

Marcy Gretchen: Back in Black

So Marcy wouldn't smile for her Christmas pictures BUT when you put her in an AC/DC outfit she 'rocks' the smiles! "Uncle" Kyle and "Aunt" Sabrina bought her that outfit and it looks pretty good on her!

We had Kyle and Sabrina over for a mini Christmas hangout and had a great time. Joey and Kyle are equally strange and have a great time comparing matching knives, talking crayfish, and saying things like, "Hey remember when Saddam Hussein was killed...I just remembered that." totally out of the blue. Sabrina and I are so much more refined in our conversations about clothing or making fun of what the boys are talking about. Needless to say its always a fun time when the Kyle and Sabrina come to play.

Lingering Christmas Pics

Told ya she'd love the socks:)

Dr. Haas' wife Olga, her daughter, and her grandson and Marcy.
Christmas dress for prolly next winter

Marcy

I wanted to take some photos of Marcy in front of the tree. She cooperated a little bit. Strangest thing: she is the smile-iest baby around...until the camera comes out. I had to sneak attack her with the camera and this is the best I got.

Trees

I LOOOVE Christmas trees. I mostly love the smell but also I love decorating them and just staring at them--they make beautiful night lights (could I use that as an excuse to keep it up all year? :)

This year was the first year that I got to have my very own Christmas tree and lemme tell ya--its a doozy! I had been begging Joey to let us get a tree immediately when we got back from Wisconsin but he said we had to wait at least until we were into December a ways. I pouted and dropped the issue.

On the evening of December the 1st I was teaching catechism at church. This gave Joey the perfect chance to sneak in a tree. Normally-I am NEVER gone, especially in the evenings so he took advantage of the situation. Anyway-I arrived home at sometime later that evening and opted against the stairs. When the elevator doors opened up to our floor I was SO excited to see buckets of needles outside the doors. I traipsed down the hallway following a trail of needles:) I am quite sure that I felt how Hansel and Gretel felt as they tracked the cookie crumbs. To my dismay the trail stopped at the apartment just before mine. I sadly opened the door but SURPRISE he had gotten me a 7 ft tall Christmas tree:) We then let Christmas descend upon our humble abode. Since we don't decorate seasonally we are rather proud of our decor this year!! We also hung a wreath on our door, a festive candle on a side table, bought a poinsettia plant, and I made an arrangement for our mantle. Maybe it will someday inspire me to decorate for other seasonal holidays? I doubt it.

We wrapped a plastic bag full of socks for Marcy to open.

She LOVES crinkley things so we're pretty sure she'll love it!
We could not get her to smile!