Christmas Photos

Here are the first few Christmas photos. More to follow...

We are also very excited about the birth of Abby's two newest friends, Connor McDonald and Aashna Patel. Both born this week just in time to be tax babies :-)

Here Are the Christmas Cards!!!

We have sent out the first set of Christmas cards, so one of these four fine photos should be making it's way into your mailbox really soon. And if it doesn't, that means we didn't have your address! If you do want to print yourself some extras all the photos are at http://photos.walmart.com/groups/abbyschristmasalbum, all you need to do is enter the code "holiday" and you can print photos of Abby to your hearts content. If this works well we may put other pictures of Abby up to share. So while you are waiting to see which of the four fabulous photos is in your card, try to take some time to relax and enjoy a wonderful time of the year!

Happy Birthday Mohawks

Abby tried to talk her dad into getting a birthday mohawk when he went to get his haircut, but he went for the traditional style instead. That didn't stop Abby from sporting her own mohawk. We tried to get the picture, but her hair is a little too fine for it to capture well on the camera.

Here's another picture that didn't make the Christmas card cut. We are still waiting on the ones that made the cut to come back from being printed, so we aren't going to get the Christmas cards out for at least a few days. By tomorrow I'm sure we will have a few lovely photos by the Christmas tree, which Steve is picking out while I type.

And speaking of Steve, he loved the birthday presents Abby and I picked out for him. He's got two great warm sets of pajamas, a new sweater, and a new video game. Plus there is college football and he didn't have to work. I think that adds up to a great birthday in his book!

Some That Didn't Make The Cut

We are taking multiple versions of Abby's first Christmas picture so that each of her handmade afghans appears in a picture. Here are a few of the different versions that weren't quite adorable enough to beat the finalists (which will not be revealed until you open your Christmas card). Thanks to Great Grandma Jennie for the white afghan (in the first two shots), to Sharon VanKoevering for the perfectly pink afghan (in the second two shots), and Arlene Shock for the pink and white afghan (in the last shot)!

Tonight we are planning to put up our Christmas tree and take a family photo to finish our Christmas cards. We just have to keep our fingers crossed that the snow will not get to heavy after Steve gets out of work. We love snow, but we really want our Christmas tree!