A beautiful photo...

I just think this is the most beautiful photo I've taken thus far with my new camera... but maybe I'm a little biased because I helped bring the model into the world.
This is a scarf my future sister-in-law, Cynthia, made for me last Christmas. Yesterday was the first chance I've had to wear it and Savannah had to try it on her head.
Here is the result.

A Savannah in Julius' clothing...

Pat caught a few pictures of Savannah wearing her brother's clothing. She has gotten extremely jealous in the last week or so and has taken to attacking her brother. I really think it's because he's getting to the point where he's walking on his own.
I'm not sure what we're going to do, but we have to figure out a way for Savannah to be less violent with her brother.

Happy 2010...

I just went back to last year at this time and read the posting... and it should have been a hint into how crazy our 2009 would be. Last year, Pat and Savannah were both suffering with a stomach virus and I was trying to make it through the last weeks of my pregnancy.
This year was much better as everyone was healthy and we rang in the new year with a few glasses of champagne (although Pat did conk out long before I did). We had a wonderful dinner on New Year's Day (spiral ham, scalloped potatoes, asparagus casserole, deviled eggs, rolls and key lime cheesecake) and it was overall a good day.
It's hard to believe how quickly 2009 went by and the best thing we brought out of the year was our Julius... who has lit up our lives in so many ways. We also had a few more babies added to both sides of the family, mended fences that needed to be mended and walked away from things that needed to be left in the past.
Here is a to a better 2010... we already know it's going to be interesting because Pat's job is ending in the next few months as they move his part of the newspaper to another location.
Pat is waiting for a call on a job interview he had in December and we're all eager for new challenges that lay ahead.

Beautiful Christmas decorations...

Before I leave Christmas memories behind, I have to share a few pictures of the beautiful Christmas decorations Mom had out for us to enjoy. Many of them she made herself and all of them were beautiful.
I wish I had the talent to create these beautiful pieces of art.

Visiting with Grammy and Papa...

We arrived at Mom and Dad's house on Christmas Eve and I shot these photos as we visited with them on the sun porch — their favorite evening spot.

Singing with Grammy...

I took a few pictures of Mom entertaining the children during our visit. Both of the kids love music and they had a great time singing along with as she sang several children's songs.

Christmas at the Fitzgeralds...

We had a wonderful time celebrating Christmas with Mom and Dad. They were gracious enough to let us spend five days with them and we had a great time (they even let me sneak away for a little "Me" time - something that doesn't happen nearly enough).
I wanted to share a few pictures from Christmas morning with you... Savannah helped herself and her brother by opening all or most of the gifts.
I think Santa did a great job with the gifts... although Savannah still thinks that all of them are hers.