Christmas 2009

Christmas has come and gone but we'll always remember this one. We had a great holiday and consider it a success. We started off the holiday by celebrating Christmas Eve at Uncle David and Auntie Linda's house. They cooked a fantastic dinner straight out of Julia Childs cookbook. Anderson liked spending some quality time with everyone. He can't wait for his next cousin to be born in January! Jen & Steve are having a baby boy.

On Christmas morning we woke up and spent time as our small family. We loved every second of it! Anderson opened his stocking first and then some gifts from Santa, Mom & Dad, Nan and G-Pa & Grammy. What a lucky little boy - he made Santa's nice list for sure. Lots of awesome toys and clothes. Poa Poa and Tai Poa Poa came over for breakfast and brought along some presents as well. Anderson had a lot of fun opening all of them and especially liked chewing on paper and boxes. He say "Thank you" to everyone who thought of him. It was very generous and thoughtful.

After hanging out with Poa Poa and Tai Poa Poa for a bit he headed off for a nap and then it was off to celebrate Christmas day with his cousins! Hannah and Jesse, with their parents help, hosted all of us for Christmas dinner. Again we were spoiled with such a wonderful meal. Nate and Julie cooked up a Christmas ham and lots of fixings. Anderson enjoyed himself and then got a bit cranky since he skipped his afternoon nap and some soon-to-be teeth decided to give him a problem. All in all he was a champ and loved playing with his cousins, Hannah, Jesse and Griffin. So many toys! So much to chew on! Despite his mood in the picture to the right, it was a complete success! :-)