Much fun and merriment was had by all and we all were certainly spoiled rotten this year - the Days and Nielsens must have been very very very good! Mom and Dad treated us "kids" (Aaron, me, Greg, Al) to a night out without our kids on Saturday - dinner and movie...such a treat and we all even managed to stay awake for the entire flick (Casino Royal - quite good actually). Oh and of course we ate and drank a lot.
Christmas eve was upon us and the Nielsens bundled up for a little tour de Rock with Jasper, the highlight being the stop on Dallas Road where there was some serious surf rolling in and quite the wind storm a-brewing. We also had a nice little visit with the Prael family and met their new addition Sonia! Even though my little guy was that size only 7 months ago it really seems like a lifetime ago, I could barely remember how to hold a newborn lest I break her - she was such a gorgeous little girl and the entire clan seemed very happy and healthy. Once home we hunkered down for another night of serious eating and drinking (a minimum of 10000 cals must be consumed per day) and we read Jasper "Twas the Night before Xmas" by the Christmas tree. Unfortunately, visions of sugar plums must have been dancing through his head all night because Jasper barely slept all night - must have known Santa was on his way..ho ho ho!
The big day arrives! Jasper decided to wake up at about 6am, even earlier than Grandpa Day and wanted to get the party started. Once the party did start around 9am however, he was sound asleep again! Did I already mention how spoiled we were this year, it was pure present gluttony in its purest form - almost embarrasing really (it took 3 hours to open everything!) But each present was well received and very thoughtful and much appreciated so thank you Day family and thank you to Aaron and Jasper who spoiled me rotten (including a beautiful charm bracelet from Tiffany & Co!). So the rest of the day pretty much went like this - eat, eat, drink, eat, drink, eat, play game, eat, nap, drink, eat turkey dinner, drink, sleep...zzzzzzzzzzzzz.........
Now we are home for a few days of R & R until we head to the cabin for round 2 of Holiday madness - the Nielsen edition!
Happy New Year everyone, more posts in 2007!
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I'll be sure to get Jasper his own copy of The Nutcracker for next year, and some ballet shoes to go with it so that he can impress his daddy with his fancy ballet moves.
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