I've been on hiatous for a few weeks. Jeeperz. I thought I would better at this blogging thing. Once again, lots to catch up on! We made it through the holidays. Christmas on both sides of the family generated alot of traveling for us on Christmas day. Thank God the weather was decent.

Elizabeth was able to open her "first Christmas" presents on Xmas Eve at Grandma & Grandpa Haags (Jamie's parents). It was late by the time we got home to our house, so we had to get Elizabeth to bed, and make sure the house was ready for Santa to come! Elizabeth and Jamie went to bed, mommy cleaned the house, and got out the cookies & milk, and even carrots for the reindeer! I eventually made it to bed around 1:30am. I was exhausted. I was so tired, I didnt even hear when Santa came to visit!

And then it was Xmas Day! It was pretty exciting, BUSY, but exciting! Jamie woke up for work, at whatever time...and a couple hours later, Elizabeth & I woke up. I tried my HARDEST to keep her from opening any presents, but Daddy put Mommy's present (from Elizabeth) on the floor, and Elizabeth JUST HAD to open it! (See, Santa was smart. He put all of E's presents up on the toybox so she couldnt reach them!). So, the fun began! She opened my present first (it was a JUICER! LOVE IT!). She didnt want to stop there, so Jamie hurried up to the house and we let her tear into all the presents Santa & mom & dad bought for her. I was right...I knew she would be more excited about the paper, bags, and boxes than she would be about the actual presents inside! Oh well! We got it all on video tape, and it was a blast! We definately enjoyed our very first Xmas morning with Miss Elizabeth Grace! Now...the crazy, busy, travel-filled day begins...I am glad we were able to enjoy 45 minutes of excitement as a family, before the rest of the chaotic day started!