Holiday Recap

It's been an absolute whirlwind of activity over the past few weeks. But Jessa's first Christmas was certainly a memorable one. It's just too bad I can't remember any of it. I'll do my best to give you all the Cliff Notes version.

Jessa's Grandma Kathleen and Grandpa John came out for a visit. They were happy to escape the snow, we were happy to have 2 more diaper changers in the vicinity. Here's a shot of the 3 ladies.



Grandma Pat and Grandpa Mike came up to join us on Christmas Eve. We had a nice dinner out in our little patio/sunroom. Can't do that in Connecticut.



Soon after Jessa opened her 2000th gift, we packed the car and headed up for our tour of friends and family in Northern California. After a quick 7.5 hour drive, our first stop was in San Jose for a visit with our great friends Seth and Joanna. Here's Jessa with their "baby" Hollister. Soon after the picture was taken, the two babies had a drooling contest. Hollister won in a landslide after Seth whipped out the snasauges. I filed an official protest.



The next leg of our journey took us to Sacramento (via the Robert T Monagan freeway), for a visit with the Monagan side of our extended crew. We had a great time with all, and even snuck in a bath while we were preparing dinner.





We proceeded out to Lake Tahoe next, to hang with our friends Jenny and Donnie. The quick 2 hour drive turned into a 7 hour nightmare. Not good times, very bad times.

Once we got there, it was all grins and giggles. Of course, only if you ignore the vomiting and fever that set in due to a quick flu that moved through the house. Again, not good times, bad times. There was some fun to be had. Jessa really enjoyed the snow.





But she didn't really enjoy eating the snowball. We checked, it wasn't too yellow.