Christmas at P-Pa & Mi-Ma's

We were at my dad's and Michele's (P-Pa & Mi-Ma) for Christmas Eve and Christmas day, we had such a great time! Again, Colin (and both of us) were spoiled with gifts. Colin is not going to know what to do with so many new toys!! Our stay there was very relaxing...even with Colin waking up almost every night and ending up in our bed (he moves and kicks so much). I had a great time catching up with everyone and watching Will interacting with my side of the family. He was able to bond with my dad over Madden and football, but sadly missed watching the Cowboys and Skins game (it was on Sunday) with him. That would have been interesting since my dad is a Cowboy fan and Will is a Redskins fan.

I had wanted to eat out a lot when at my mom's (since there were restaurants that I grew up on and miss) but my dad recently moved to a different town (that I do not know as well) so it was nice to eat home cooked meals. Michele made us breakfast every morning and a nice dinner each night (thank you)!! With the exception of the day we flew out; my dad cooked me his delicious spaghetti (thank you...I still love it)! That was the meal I always requested on my birthdays.

Colin had so much fun playing with P-pa, Mi-ma, the cats (poor cats) and just entertaining himself. He LOVED their hallway. It was long and tiled, great for running...which he did a lot of while we were there. We even braved the cold to entertain him outside a few days (needed to wear his energy out, so he would go to bed at a decent hour).

Below is Colin on Christmas morning with his frizzy hair (he slept with it wet)...he loved the big bath tub so he had frequent baths. It was also useful for warming him up after playing outside in the cold. He is pointing to a singing/hopping penguin that sang and hopped throughout most of our duration there...he loved the thing so much it was close to running out of batteries by the time we left (good idea Michele)!

We had such a wonderful time Dad and Michele - thank you for everything!! We enjoyed visiting, playing Wii, eating the delicious meals and just being around you two (brothers as well). Thank you again for everything!

While we were there some of our friends from Portland came down. It was so nice to see my old BN friend. Andrea and Matt - thank you for coming down! It was fun to see Colin play with Leland. Mallory is so adorable!!! Hope you guys make it out this way soon!