Recaps and Resolutions

Wow, I cannot believe it's been a year since I've posted on Ceci's blog.  First New Year resolution is to post more. Let's start with a recap of Christmas.  

Ceci and I decided last minute to drive to New York to surprise Gia, Papa and Big Gia before Christmas. We no sooner wrapped up a playdate when I turned to Ceci and asked, "what do you think about driving to New York to see Gia and Papa?" Two hours later we were in our car on our way to surprise the grandparents and boy were they surprised! It was a short two day visit, but well worth the drive. The picture to the left is of our "waitress" we had for breakfast one morning.

Ceci was hard at work trying to get her second front tooth to come out on our Christmas Eve drive back to Michigan.
The tooth fairy pays a bonus for kids who lose their two front teeth for Christmas so Ceci made a last ditch effort

to get the second tooth out. Only a couple hours from the home I hear a triumphant shout from the back seat, "Mommy, I got it!"  She made it just under the wire. 

Christmas morning was beautiful. Ceci, for the past few years, has taken her time opening presents. Every few presents she would stop to play with the toy or look through a book. It made for a relaxing morning. Ceci's favorite presents were her Squinkies and Flutterbye Fairy from Santa and the new fancy shoes from Mommy.  

Can I start?

Christmas wouldn't be complete without staying in our pajamas all day and playing with

Ceci's photo book

all of our new toys. One of us played, one of us read directions and assembled. Gia Mayville came to hang out with us for a while, while we played with our toys. We always love playing with our Gia Mayville and getting in a cuddle.

We love and miss all our family and friends and will be making plans to visit everyone soon!