Well, the holidays are finally over.  I am certainly happy for things to return to some semblance of normacy.  Travelling is done and now we can just hang out and enjoy life again.  Minnow was spoiled with 4 days of Christmas fun and now I am ready for him to settle back into our family routine.  This year Christmas was much more fun with the little guy, but I know that it will only get better. 

Minnow cleaned up at this first Christmas celebration with my bonus mom’s family.  He got this really great chair and books, and ornaments, etc.  It was really really great. 

He was exhausted by the end of the evening. 

The following day Minnow got to go ice skating with his uncles for the first time.  My mom run’s an outdoor ice rink so we felt it was time to get Minnow out on the ice.  He wasn’t really a big fan of the whole ice skating idea. 

Christmas eve brought 2 celebrations and a lot of gifts and merriment. 

Christmas day brought with it more fun.  Minnow loved many of his presents but on Christmas morning the clear winner was the wagon…

We went to visit family the day after Christmas and Minnow had a lot of fun with his second cousins. 

We spent our New Year’s up in Indiana at my brother’s house in Beverly Shores (on lake Michigan).  We had a great and relaxing time.  We played with our new Wii, Minnow played with his uncles and we even got some New Year’s Snow. 

Now we are home and tired and ready to relax. 

Well maybe not all of us are ready to relax.