Happy New Year everybody! I can't believe it's already 2006! What happened to '05? It was a complete and absolute blur! Well that's not true. It wasn't so much a blur as I feel like it was JUSTJan of '05!

Well we passed a wonderful xmas and new years. The Holidays were long but one of the best Holidays we've had in a long time! Here's a quick recap:

As I wrote in a previous post, we first hiked over to the "Crossroads of Delmarva". Yes you guessed it, Salisbury, MD. All jokes aside, it was actually a really nice couple of days out there. Definitely worth the drive to see Chris' Dad's side of the family and to hang out with those guys for a couple of days. We definitely don’t see them as much as we’d like.

We spent Xmas Eve at our house and had my fam over(see above pic). Great dinner(thanks again to Mom and Dad). They somehow were able to turn a simple dinner menu into like a 6 course meal. In any event, again another great time! Had a really nice bottle of a ‘97 Brunello di Montalcino, ah ye….that’s the life….. Most importantly, Olivia had a blast! After a little practice over at Chris’ Dad’s house, she quickly learned the fine art of ripping off wrapping paper in one swoop. Needless to say, she was ready to roll on xmas eve and as we’d hoped, she went to town! It was especially great seeing her eyes light up over her new tea set (thanks lisa)! It seemed like all she said for three days straight was either, “Teeeea paaaarty” or “Mo’ presents, mo’ presents?”!

Xmas day was nice and relaxing. It’s the first time in a really long time, we’ve been able to just stay at home and sleep in a bit(there’s no such thing with a 22 month old). I think livvy was a little thrown off guard by opening presents yet again at 8:30 in the morning. But as you can imagine, she go over it pretty quickly;) She absolutely LOVES her new gigantic toy house. She role-plays with the little characters, “aw don’t cry baby, it’s night, night time”. It’s just amazing how quickly they pick things up! Anyway, Xmas day was great. Chris’ Mom and Danny stopped by for breakfast and to open up presents. Seven mimosas later I hardly even felt my hangover from the night before!;) After Linda and Danny headed home, Butch and Maureen stopped by for another quick visit and to see the new house. We had a bite and hung out for a while…again, more mimosas and left overs….good times.

I think you’re starting to understand why Livvy kept asking for more presents days after xmas was over and done with! She’s just gonna love having three sets of grandparents!