Merry Christmas!

We decided not to send Christmas cards this year and instead wait to send baby announcements early next year. Consider this our holiday greeting to you!

Today, we went to downtown Racine to see the snow sculptures at Winterfest. Click on our photo to see a few of the cool snow sculptures and a few of Santa's reindeer too!

More baby preparations

Last Saturday, my sister Susan and friends Alina and Francesca threw me a baby shower for my friends here in Wisconsin. We had a great time and the baby was showered with many more gifts from my generous friends and family!

Today, my parents came over to help with more baby preparations. My dad and Jay put together a toy shelf and hung the new bookcase on the wall. My mom and I put together the highchair and car seat, and started washing everything in Dreft! The room looks great - now all we need is the baby!

Click on both photos for more.

Thanksgiving 2009

We spent Thanksgiving weekend at the Matters' on Buffalo Lake. Since I won't be able to travel at Christmas this year, we decided to make the trek to northwestern Minnesota. We had a fun weekend eating lots of good food and spending time with family. One of the highlights of the weekend was when I got the perfect hand in cribbage - 29 points! Apparantly the odds of this happening are about 1:650,000 in a 4-person game. I guess I am pretty lucky!