a holiday in photos

Wellll. I'm working my way through my backlog of 365 photos (I'm into December!) and I thought I could get away with not blogging until the new year, since my parents are here and all... BUT. It seems there are a few people back east suffering from Bella deprivation (you know who you are!), so here we are, a few photos from our holiday that will hopefully appease the crowds.

Christmas Eve was very quiet and we each opened one gift because we just couldn't wait any longer. Plus, my family tradition was to open gifts from family on the eve and gifts from Santa in the morning. However, since my family wasn't arriving until Christmas afternoon (which turned into Christmas night), we were dying for some celebrations.

Christmas day just dragged on and on and on. We cleaned, made caramel popcorn, cleaned again, made deviled eggs, got news of a 2 hour flight delay, cleaned AGAIN, and then twiddled our thumbs until my parents and brother arrived. And then sighed when we realized we were further delayed by a forgotten piece of luggage.

Finally at 7:30 we were all together, snug as jumping beans in a rug.

We have since had a fair amount of family time, though I worked the weekend, so there are not many photos of anyone but Bella.

These gloves are Bella's new favorite obsession. I don't think she realizes they are too big and that the Edward Scissorhands look is not quite in fashion this year.

Well there you are. And yes, a lot has changed since last year. Who knew so much could fit in one year. More on that later, I suppose!