It's been nearly a month since our last update and we have been busy! There have been 5-6 Christmas celebrations, various sicknesses, and plane flights. I have some pictures to share and will catch up on blogging this week. Let me give you a quick summary . . . .Christmas started back on the 13th with a small celebration with our friends Cathy and Kris. In December we also took the kids to meet Elmo and to the Railroad park to see the Christmas lights and ride the train.
Of course my birthday was also thrown in there. This year I asked JP to make me Lobster Bisque, asparagus, and Bananas Foster. It was a fabulous meal but JP came down with a stomach bug that night and he is blaming the Bisque; I assure you that is the last Lobster Bisque he will be making for a very, very long time. The kids had a fabulous time picking out the live lobsters that he would use . . . it took the poor gal at the store a long time to wrangle the lobsters which gave the kids a lot of time to watch the fun! JP took the critters out and let them crawl around for further inspection. 
The rug in this picture was one of my birthday presents. It is made of recycled plastic and is perfect for our kitchen as it will be easy to clean and will resist mildew, etc.Christmas was celebrated by just the four of us and most of us stayed in our PJs all day . . . the Little Guy got dressed so he could go ride his bike. JP and I spent most of the day playing Wii!
On Saturday the 26th we flew off to Louisiana to begin our Four Christmases! The trip going to Alexandria was surprisingly easy and other than arriving about 1/2 hour late there was not much stress (translation: Pickle was well-behaved.). We spent four days in Alexandria celebrating Christmas with my parents, brother, sister-in-law, and niece and seeing friends from high school and college, having some dental work done (JP), and even having a bonfire and roasting hot dogs! It was a fun trip.
On Wednesday of that week we drove the 2 hours from Alexandria to Shreveport to begin the final leg of celebrations with JP's family. It was great to get to celebrate with his Aunt, Uncle, Cousins, and Grandfather as well. Surprisingly this was the only rainy day we had the whole time we were there (but the ground remained pretty soggy for a while). The time in Shreveport was spent eating, shopping, playing, and even included a trip to their Science Center. Sadly we also watched LSU lose their bowl game . . . .
We traveled home on Monday the 4th which was a very long day. We had to drive from Shreveport to Dallas and then fly Dallas to Tulsa to Phoenix. I was glad to be able to have lunch with my best friend, KB, before we took off. The flight seemed never-ending and Pickle seemed to get more hyper as the day progressed; of course, that could have been the jelly beans we used to bribe her into sitting still during takeoff and landing.
Now we are home and we are still unpacking the Christmas gifts we shipped from Louisiana. I was finally able to get Christmas decorations put away yesterday and am focusing today on getting the house in order, putting away all these new toys, and cleaning out old items. The new year is going to bring lots of busyness to our household since we still have many projects to complete and new ones to begin before Baby arrives in May.
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