Foto Finish Friday...MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

It's 6:20am on Christmas morning and I can't wait for the little guy to get up! The stockings are hung by the chimney with care,

and it looks like St. Nicholas surely has been here!

Merry Christmas to all our friends and family! We are looking forward to a fun, busy next few days as we visit our families for Christmas. And let's not forget our Family Day celebration tomorrow!! 2 years... can you believe it??

Wishing you all a truly blessed holiday!!

The last thing Kai did before bed last night. He insisted on putting out chocolate milk for Santa, to see if he likes it. I think he did!

ABC's

Seemingly out of nowhere, Kai can now say his ABC's! We've been singing them for a while during hand washing, and I guess somewhere along the line it just stuck. Of course, when I pulled the camera out the cooperation level plummeted, and he wouldn't start from the beginning, but you get the idea! Hopefully you can hear him over the hammering. I guess it's not enough to just sing the song, you have to pound the board at the same time!

We have definitely entered the busy holiday season. That, coupled with having to work a little extra lately, I feel like I've had NO time to blog, much less attend to my Christmas gifts that are in desperate need of getting wrapped! Each night I say I'm going to do it, then somehow it doesn't happen. Pretty soon I'll be out of time!

Today we enjoyed a lovely Christmas dinner with my family. More on that later... I'm determined to get some wrapping done tonight!

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Kai's photography debut

Last Saturday we headed to one of our favorite local hangouts to try to get a decent family picture. Although it is a shopping area, it is decorated beautifully for the holidays, so we thought it would make a good background for pictures. The grounds were lovely, however getting our silly monkey to cooperate with a nice smile was another matter entirely. Our friend who's taken pictures for us in the past was busy, so we set out with just us and our tripod. Not too bad, considering... Here are some "out-takes" from our photo session.

Silly boy

Hmm...wonder why it's hard to get a good picture...

could it be because he never stops moving?

Aww...this one would have been perfect...

except for the large ball in the face!

This was one of the best. It very nearly made it onto the card,

but just didn't fit with any of the styles that I liked.

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Cybershop- Help a child

I found out about this yesterday (or perhaps I've always known and forgot).

If you're going to do any shopping on Amazon... for the holidays or any time of the year, enter through this site, and shop as usual. 5-15% of the total of your purchases will go to this wonderful organization. To help me remember, I made a bookmark for my browser, and labeled it "Amazon".

Help a child by shopping... what could be easier?

(ETA: I've added this link to my sidebar for your convenience!)