Sorry it took me so long to post our Christmas pictures. It has been one busy holiday season for us. Between Christmas, having a constant flow of company staying with us, sickness and moving (that’s right we were crazy enough to move to our new house the weekend before Christmas) we haven’t had much time to do much. Let me start with Maggie & Maddie. My sister Kathleen and her daughter Maggie came in the Monday before Christmas and it was so exciting for the girls to meet for the first time. They were born only 13 days apart in 2 different provinces in Vietnam (about 5 hours away from each other), Maggie went home with her Mommy to Denver at the end of May and Maddie came home to us to South Carolina at the end of September. It was amazing that they met for the first time as cousins! They had a lot of fun playing together and we all had a lot of fun watching them!
During the week we also had visits from Grandma (Andy’s mom) from Michigan, my sister Eileen and her husband John, also from Michigan and Andy’s brother and his family from Florida. With them we also got to meet for the first time their newest addition Joshua, who was born on the same day I picked up Maddie from the orphanage in Vietnam.
Just after Christmas we all went through having a really bad cold that seemed to last forever, but I think we’re all just about on the mend now.
Yes, and all of the above happened just after moving into our new house the weekend before Christmas (were we crazy or what). We tried to move most of our stuff in and get decorated for Christmas to make our house livable and ready for company then we temporarily put our move on hold so we could enjoy Christmas, then continued with moving in a few days later. We are still unpacking and probably will be for a while, but that’s the fun of movingJ I haven’t had a chance yet to take a picture of our new house, but when I do I will post it. I also have to get working on a “New Year” blog header for the blog.
Enjoy the pictures from Christmas 2008!