Merry Christmas!!

Please forgive me for not posting for almost a month...we've been extremely busy lately! Addison has been growing like a weed, I moved to another department in Blue Cross and then Christmas happened. Whew! Christmas alone should make one tired...and happy. :o)

Our little Addison isn't so little anymore. She's in the bigger kids' room at daycare, known as the Jelly Beans room, and she's actually sleeping on the floor with a mat and blanket! Keith and I are still amazed the daycare ladies can get her to stay in one place AND sleep...I swear they give them a hot toddie before nap time. ;o) She's been showing us how she lays down on the floor (see below) but she never stays there long and we have yet to get her to take a nap on the floor.

She also LOVES to watch us vaccuum the floor and here's a picture of her 'helping' Keith.

Addison and Cash are becoming fast friends. Cash loves what she drops on the floor at supper and she loves to pet him. She sees ANY dog, points, and says, "Cash!". We just smile because we know at some point Cash will be following her around, not just for the extra food but for all the play and fun she'll bring him.
Let's just hope he sticks around to see it. With all the wind blowing today the door to our garage creeped open and out went Cash for new adventures. Keith took off in the truck and Addison and I took off in my car looking for him. After 30 minutes of branching out to other neighborhoods, Keith found him 5 houses down from ours at someone's Christmas party. I guess he just wanted some comfort food and eggnog... ;o)

As I mentioned above, I moved to another department at Blue Cross and I couldn't be happier. It sure is nice when you put that expensive bachelors degree to work. My title is Accountant I in the Accounting Services department. I've been very blessed, the people I work with are not only very nice, helpful and friendly, but most of them are also Aggies. Whoop! I've definitely entered into a different point in my life where I actually want to go to work because I enjoy what I do. Thank you, God! :o)

We had a wonderful Christmas, or should I say Christmas's. I think about all the traveling some people have to go through during the holidays and thank my lucky stars I married someone from my hometown. It sure was nice to see everyone and not have to travel halfway around the world.

Addison polished her gift UNwrapping skills to a shine and we're quickly losing storage space in our house. Here's a question for all the parents out there - where exactly DO you put everything??? Our poor little house is about to start overflowing! We had to enlist Aunt Katie to bring some stuff back to Dallas for us. Addison got so many presents, but she seems to enjoy every minute playing with each and every one (as witnessed today by looking at ALL of the stuff covering our living room floor). Here's a few of the gifts we got her:

A new coat.

A chair and ottoman that she seems to enjoy while she watches Mickey Mouse Playhouse.

And Grandpa Pareya, being the goofball he is, got her a new shirt. I just had to laugh...

And wow, looks like we were so busy we didn't take any other pictures. Shame on us! We did get a lot of video though. Keith will have to clean it up so I can post it. Well, I hope this makes up for my lack of posting. I promise to do better in 2009. Speaking of which, we hope everyone has a safe and happy New Year!! Until next time...