~Happy Holidays~

Well, another month passes with tons of excitement....
The 1st weekend of December found us in Washington D.C. for a tour of the White House all decorated for Christmas! We met family there and stayed the night to view the sites, go to the museums, spend time with each other, and of course, our pre-arranged tour. Alex was so overwhelmed by the White House and all that it stands for, that he fell asleep on Mommy's shoulder about 5 minutes in-- Daddy, was appalled!!!!! Here are some pictures below:








The 2nd weekend of December brought us to my old stomping grounds in Pittsburgh. Scott won an award for his teacher's union website for Penn-Delco. For that, he was invited to come out to the 'burgh, stay at a very nice hotel, and attend the Union House of Delegates meeting for the state. Alex & I tagged along(sorry above pic is so small). It was cool to visit Pitt again and see all the changes; it had been years since my last visit. It was kinda' surreal to be there with Scott and Alex.

On the 3rd weekend, we went out with Poppop,
Maryanne, and Chloe to pick out our Christmas tree. Although there was no snow, we had a great time trudging through the fields together!





In quickly rolled the holiday....we went to visit Santa
(aka- Sansa) and had Alex's picture taken and got to
spend lots of time with family and friends. We spent one day at Grandma & Grandpa VanVooren's.

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Christmas Eve was here at our house. It was my first year cooking and hosting the traditional 7-fishes dinner for the family. Of which, I am proud to say, turned out fantastic! The stink in the house, however, not so great. One of Alex's favoriate gifts came from Uncle Matt- Car 54....








The next morning we filmed Alex coming down to see what Santa had brought him. Opening gifts was quite the nuance for Alex, so he took his sweet little time ;) Of course, like any other toddler, he opened one and was set-- we had to keep showing him there were more. He seemed a bit overwhelmed but had no problem jumping right in and playing with all of his new toys. I am sure next year he'll understand more.

Following our morning, we went over to Mommom's house for dinner- By 6PM Alex was laying down in the middle of the kitchen saying "night-night." TOO CUTE!

Happy New Year Everyone!
** Best Wishes for 2007 **