It Leaves as Quick as it Comes

The best time to be pregnant is in December. It's the fastest month of the year and before you know it you're a month further into your pregnancy. That's the only good thing I can say about December being over. It was a sad day last week to take the Christmas decorations down. My house feels EMPTY. I'll be over it in a few weeks I guess.

We had a great holiday season. Other than our camera decided to act up and only work sometimes. So we didn't get a whole lot of great pictures, but enough to remember the year. We have been SO busy in December I've decided I'm not going much of anywhere in January. So if you'd like to see me come visit!

I want to thank our families SO much for the great Christmas you provided for us. We were spoiled again (too bad I have to say this every year :) The best part was the time we were able to spend with everyone. I love it...it should be more a focus throughout the year to get together! I got my beloved Wii and it's as fun as I thought it would be. I really enjoy it. McKay also spoiled me with a laptop which we've been needing so it was a very nice surprise. Peyton has a whole fleet of cars now and enjoys his slide. Porter came over to play and the two of them went down it at least 50 times each. I'm glad we bought it :)

I'm really hoping for a great year in 2009. First and foremost I pray that this baby comes healthy and strong...a little active firecracker just like Peyton. What a blessing to be a mother. We'll be finding out on January 15th what this little sweetie is. I can't wait.

I hope this year brings lots of happiness to you too and if it doesn't...I hope you're given the strength to endure it well (as I hope I am as well :) Thanks to all of you who take time to read updates on our lives in our little corner of the world. I love to read about your lives too and see how you are doing. Blogs are one of the greatest inventions!

Anyway...enough of my rambling. Here's a little recap of Christmas in pictures.














So I guess Santa is a great person as long as you don't have to sit on his lap




















This is how Peyton plays with his cars...loves to carry at least five around at a time...using his chin as an extra hand!




















Christmas Eve at the Ercanbracks. My parents treated us earlier that evening to Outback! Thank you!















One of the many cars he opened Christmas morning.















The slide became a better gift a few days after Christmas. That day he just drove his cars down it!




















McKay and I have a picture in front of my parents Christmas tree every year from the time we started dating! So of course we had to attempt a photo, but Peyton didn't really want to. Oh well! I found the cutest Christmas shirt for 6 bucks. It's an old fashioned Santa and reindeer.