My first Christmas B & E!

Belated Merry Christmas everyone! We had a wonderful (and busy) couple days with the family and everyone is so excited to meet our new addition! We only had a few minor snags along the way, and the weather (sort of) cooperated, so in the end a good time was had by all! Thursday afternoon we traveled home to Phil's parents to drop off the dogs before heading to my parents home for dinner. When we arrived, we pulled into the garage as usual to unload our excited little critters (they always love a good trip to Grandma's house...aka "the cookie lady"). Unfortunately, the door from the garage to the house was locked and we didn't have a key! His parents were away at a Christmas eve celebration, so rather than drive all the way home to let us in, they gave us the go ahead to break in! About 30 min, a damaged COSTCO card, and a plastic putty knife later we were safe inside! My first breaking and entering! :o) We got the dogs settled, snatched a few Christmas cookies for the road, and on we went. It was a great time at my parents' this year. My cousin and her family joined us, and my brother and his girlfriend were there too. My dad looked the best he has in years (he has been recovering from open heart surgery for the last two months) and once again my mom went way overboard with amazing goodies to eat! After a lovely party we went back the in-laws to catch some zzzzzs (and sample a few more cookies!) Christmas morning we had a great breakfast with the family, then opened presents for everyone (including Christopher). An early dinner of prime rib and some very tasty mashed potatoes (a personal favorite). Then back to my parents to spend the evening. We played Scrabble slam and my brother's girlfriend Becky dominated! It was a long slow drive home in the freezing rain, but we arrived safely in the wee hours of the morning, unloaded and then off to bed!! Thanks to everyone for making this such a wonderful family Christmas once again!