Merry Christmas!

Our Christmas was a busy one! We had dinner on Christmas Eve with Josh's parents, and then stopped in at Jane's parents house to wish Pop a happy birthday. Unfortunately, the transition wasn't that smooth - we hit a deer on our way from one house to the other. From the moment it happened, we tried to under-react for Isaac's sake. We pulled over ahead so he couldn't see it, we spoke in calm voices, and we spelled some of our conversation. (ie: "Is it d-e-a-d yet?") All our efforts didn't make a lick of difference. Isaac's head was hanging low, and he eventually asked "Is the deer all gone, Mama?" Jane said: "Yes, he is gone." Then Isaac repeated several times over: "Oh no, Mama. The deer is gone. He gone. He all gone." Talk about heart-breaking! But, luckily, only our vehicle was hurt. We were fortunate!

Christmas morning, we went to mass. Isaac was excited to check out the life-sized nativity scene at the front of the church. We came home and opened presents together before having Josh's parents over for lunch. After lunch, we headed to Jane's parents' house to do our annual stocking exchange and have Christmas dinner. That evening, Jane came down with the flu. Talk about a busy Christmas!

Now, to recap in pictures!

Here are a few pictures from Josh's parents' visit on Christmas day:

And Josh's fave picture to date...
We forgot to bring our camera to Jane's parents' house for those festivities, but we will share when we get copies from everyone else.