Here's to a happy and healthy 2011!
We ended 2010 with some great visits with family. First, Nana and Grandpa made it up from the blizzard down south for a couple of days of celebrating with us. John and I both agree that we are knocked down to second and third draft pick when Nana comes into town. She indulges Cally in all the books she wants to read, adorable gifts, and lots of hugs. Meanwhile, Grandpa did lots of drawing with Cally on her new easel. And most amazingly for us, her grandparents indulged us by bringing up a home cooked dinner, letting us sleep in for two mornings in a row, encouraging us to go on a ski date, treating us to a celebratory dinner out, and later letting us go on a rare date to the movies!
Check out the new shrug that Nana knit for Cally:
On Thursday, Cally got to go back to the Swimming Hole with her cousins and exchange more Christmas presents. That afternoon, while she was supposed to be napping, before heading to Stowe, she was practicing singing "Happy Birthday" to Kesley. Kesley and Jameson couldn't be nicer to Cally. It's such a treat to be able to see them regularly.
New Years was spent at our house-- five couples, five kids, and four of the ladies are pregnant. The kids ate early and were put to sleep in every room available upstairs (including a bathroom) and the adults had a delicious meal which included salad, a rib roast, scallops, salmon, asparagus, various potatoes, and two delicious pies.
And most of us even made it up until midnight:
And the best news for Cally was that two of the families spent the night, so she got to play all morning with her buddies:
And, in between all these visitors, we've had some fun times in the snow, while it lasted.....
