Wednesday, January 02, 2008

holiday recap

Fran and Mateo arrived on Thursday night. It was their first time to meet Aspen. She is in her happy, smiley stage so it was a good meeting. Fallon woke up Friday morning to a very happy cousin waiting to play with her. They were in entertainment heaven. We took them ice skating on Saturday. Fran was also a huge help with Aspen while I ran last minute errands. I think she needs to have another baby.

Christmas Eve... We kept the kids up late on Sunday to await Lola (Mom) and Jenn's arrival from LA. Dad decided to surprise us (Jonathan & Fallon) and show up from Ohio! On Monday morning, Jonathan and I went to Ashley & Brent's Annual Tacky Sweater Xmas Eve Brunch. We had a (rare) family photo session in the house and Dad insisted that we partake in the Paris Buffet for Christmas Eve - courtesy of his "Diamond status." It was nice not to have to cook and clean. The kids love crab so much, it was Dad's special treat for them.

Christmas morning... Mateo and Fallon discovered that Santa ate his cookies and noticed that Santa left a trail of crumbs and candy canes all over the floor. We rushed the presents so Mateo and Fran could catch their flight back to Ohio :( Fallon's gift from Santa was her playhouse in which she yelled out of the window, looking up to the sky, "Thank you for my playhouse Santa!" After all the commotion, we made it to noon mass. Fallon touched baby Jesus at the altar, but was disappointed it was not a "real" baby Jesus.

Our cousins, the Villanuevas, came over and we finished opening our presents, which overwhelmed Fallon. I was so happy my whole family made it this year and that my parents were able to spend some time with Aspen before they migrate off to the Philippines for 6 months. We missed Jonathan's family, but hopefully they can meet Aspen very soon. It was hectic, but isn't always somehow?
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