Christmas Scenes

Andy's first Christmas.....and, in spite of all the hoop-la and distractions and talking to reindeer, I think he 'got it'. When I took the boys to buy a Nativity set that he and Ric could play with, he noticed it first in the store and ran over to it and said, "Mama, baby Jesus!!" On Christmas morning, we had a cake and sang Happy Birthday to Jesus.
Camila and Katrina took Ric and Andy shopping and helped them wrap their gifts for everyone including Manchester. I am pretty sure that Andy has never been able to give anything to anyone before - he didn't have anything to give.
Amber cried when she opened her American girl doll - Samantha. It was so precious!
Everyone was here, including my parents and Jerry's parents. Because I was sick, I had the wonderful blessing of seeing all my kids pitch in to help to make the day fabulous.
Ric is already talking about when it will be Christmas again. Fortunately for him, he has a birthday in a week. The problem will be explaining to Andy (who has never had a birthday party) that Ric is the main present recipient on this occassion and he has to wait half a year...

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa !!!

My Mom and Dad sent us all (along with Jerry's parent's) out to dinner for Christmas. We went to dinner at the Boiler Room and afterwards had fun playing games at The Factory. After a couple of days of leftovers it was nice to have other choices. And,as the kids did all the cooking this year because I was sick in bed, they were very grateful to get out of the kitchen. Thanks, Mom and Dad!!!