This is December 2005. Baby Charlotte is sitting in a rocking chair I have for one of my porceilan dolls my Grandmother made me in high school. The other two are my girls under our tree (obviously). My family LOVED the picture (the last one) as I made wallets & included it in my snail mail Christmas cards this year. I usually send a pic of Liz (Char's first Christmas this year) with Santa. Since we had been sick & had yet to visit Santa I included this one instead.

The kids Godparents visited on Christmas Eve morning & stayed for about 1 1/2 hours. It was the first time the Godmother had seen Charlotte. After they left Bob & the girls took a nap & I cleaned carpet. My parents showed up about 3pm & much to my surprise were very well behaved. There were no snide remarks about my house not being perfect, no gossiping about others either in out out of our family & no telling me how I do things wrong, blah, blah, blah. They always love DH's cooking though. They even complimented our tree this year! WOnders never cease do they!

As for Christmas Day, DH & I woke up to the oldest next to our bed crying. She came into our our room & says "Mommy, Daddy I feel sick!" Then proceeds to vomit all over herself, us & our bed. Keep in mind she is still 1/2 asleep herself. We start to open gifts once she begins feeling better & she vomits again while opening them. We finished once she felt better. After that I changed the bedding & her & Daddy laid down & watched tv, falling asleep. We arrived at my folks & my brothers about 3pm. Opened gifts, had dinner & were on our way home by 7:30pm. Mom bought a pre-cooked ham this year & it was the first time in years that I had seconds at dinner. Maybe she actuaaly considered my suggestion & just did it a cheaper way. Once again, all in my mom's house were very well behaved. It was a big surprise to expereince that.

I got my Christmas wish of a holiday with NO DRAMA! WOO HOO!