Christmas 2009

We hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas! We sure did and boy were we busy!
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We started out the holidays by traveling to Sparta to spend Christmas eve with Jim's side. We had a good time despite the fact that Jim and I took turns rocking Caleb in the back bedroom because he was pretty much screaming the entire night! Two days later his first tooth emerged and I am sure that is why he had such a rough night! His family was great about it and totally understood - love his family!! Wish that I could have talked to them a little bit more, but that it how is goes!:)After we left Sparta, we headed back to Kalamazoo where my mom, sister, and brother were. It was great to see my sister, twice a year is just not enough! Ethan enjoyed sipping his "hot-day-day"and watching Tigger and Pooh with his Aunt Kelly before it was off to bed so that Santa Clause could come! He woke up the next morning bright eyed heading straight for the living room to see what Santa Clause left for him. I think that this part was more fun for me then it was for Ethan :) Due to the fact that Jim had to work on Christmas, we had Christmas at our house this year! It was a blast and I owe a HUGE thank you to my mom!!! Having two small children and trying to cook was not easy, so my mom stepped right in and did it all!! Thanks mom! We had a great dinner and a great Christmas - we actually had the entire family around our dinner table including Jim who walked in the door just as we were sitting down to eat!

Jim and Mark playing the new extension of the game Settlers of Catan - they played it all day!:)

The day after Christmas, we headed back to Grand Rapids to have Christmas with Jim's parents and grandparents. In the morning we went to Lowell and had a yummy breakfast and opened presents with Jim's family. Ethan loved his new toys and played with them all morning and Caleb loved the wrapping paper!!:)

After spending some time there, we headed to Jim's grandparents house to have Christmas with the entire family - which is always a good time! The next day we were to head back to Grand Rapids for a pancake breakfast with my grandparents, but due the fact that I was not feeling well, I decided that we would just stay home - we did miss seeing everyone though!!

That was our wonderful Christmas and Caleb's first Christmas and it was a great time! God Bless!