Just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. I hope you all were able to share the day with your family and friends and have a nice warm meal. We finally were able to spend the first Christmas in our own home, no traveling to either one of our parents house. It was great to see faith wake up and be able to walk over to the tree and open her presents. She still is a little too young to understand what was going on but did like having a few new toys to play with. I spend most of the morning with my dad putting together a kitchen for her and after all that hard work her favorite toy was a kettle and tea cups that my grandparents gave her. She was walking around the house all day with a cup in her hand, she would sit down, grab the teapot and “pour” a cup of tea (the pot actually makes little water sounds when you pour it) and then “drink” out of the cup. It was so cute to watch her doing this all day long.
We cooked here and my first cooking went really well (my mom ended up in the kitchen helping out most of the time, without her it might have been a different story). We went straight up Italian with Ham, Risotto, Gnochi and a few other side dishes. And of course had to end the day with some pies, fudge, cookies and other sweets. With Skype we were able to talk to my sister and her husband who were visiting her in laws in Iowa. Very relaxing and just a great time.
I hope you all were able to have a day with your loved ones!
– Mark
