Well, Christmas has come and gone. It was a busy day for us. Breakfast and Santa Claus at home, lunch at the in-laws, and back home for dinner. Tiring, but worth it. We had a great time. Kirsten made out like a bandit. Make sure you check the family page to see a few Christmas morning pictures of her. She had a ball. In fact, it was so fun for her, she didn't want it to end. We almost didn't get her down to sleep. I hope you all had a Merry Christmas!

Only one more day until Christmas, and I'm still not finished wrapping everything. Hopefully I can do that today during Kirsten's nap. It's all her stuff. Stan picked up the last 'Santa' present the other day. She had asked Santa for a new baby doll. The one he got has everything, extra clothes, a cloth diaper with velcro, a pacifier, a changing pad, and a blanket. And you can buy more clothes for it. She'll love it. Hopefully it will help when the new baby gets here, too. She can take care of her baby while I take care of the new one.

Our candlelight service is tomororw night. We're going to get Kirsten all dressed up and take her. The choir is singing, so she should sit through the service just fine. But since Dawn and I are both singing, it will be fun to see how Stan and Phil handle her by themselves. 

Last day of work before Christmas, thank goodness. All of this getting ready for Christmas is so exhausting. I'm looking forward to the long weekend. Kirsten woke up really grumpy this morning. One of her teachers refers to this as 'pre-mature pms.' I think I'd have to agree with that. We've got her presents wrapped and under the tree, sure am glad she can't read yet. The weather is finally cool enough to almost feel like Christmas. High of 71 today, maybe lower on Christmas day, but we'll see.

Kirsten is really in love with the Wiggles now. They're these 4 guys from Australia who dance around and sing fun songs. She got to see them live in November. You should have heard her yesterday morning at daycare trying to get the teacher to let her watch them. It had to be the most pitiful thing I've ever seen in my life. How do they learn this stuff so early?

So, we're finally getting the site back up and running. In this section we will have our weblog or 'blog'. It's an online journal. We'll try to update it often, so check in whenever you can!