This Christmas







We spent in New York. Just the three of us. Lyndon will describe it as the best Christmas ever! Even though we have a kid who did wake up exceptionally early which was unexpected (her molars are coming in which is the cause of her early rise) we still got to sleep in pretty good. We let her run around for a while which resulted in her running past the pile of presents and into the kitchen where she opened the cabinet and of course dumped out a bag of almonds (may they rip).

I made a bunch of candy for our stockings this year rather than going out and buying a lot. I am a little too ambitious sometimes but it all turned out. Lyndon still bought candy for my stocking. I will not want for anything reese's for a while.

"Santa" found Cosette's kitchen set on the East Side and repainted it for her Christmas gift. Her favorite gift has to be her baby stroller. She has been taking all the other babies strollers at the park and pushing them around so we knew we had to get her one for Christmas. She got really excited while opening up some presents once she realized what they were. I think that was the best part, watching her little face light up. It was precious. 





We ventered out down to the Rockerfella Plaza in the afternoon. It was good to get out and enjoy the beautiful Chrimas day. It really was a lovely day. Cosette brought her baby and stroller. She is so stinking cute pushing it around. We had some lovely friends who invited us over for Christmas dinner and then played games late into the night. This was a Christmas to remember. We were able to relax and enjoy being together as a family. It was the best!

Wishing you a belated Merry Christmas!

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