Christmas Day is almost over, but we had a nice one. We all slept late then got up and got the day started with some toast. Anya’s been sick with a stomach virus the past 10 days so toast is one of the 4 things she can eat right now as part of the BRAT diet – bananas, rice, applesauce, toast. She doesn’t seem to like applesauce today so that’s really 3 things she can eat. Its been a strange 10 days with her and this virus, but we think she’s over the worst part now. And luckily none of us have caught it.
But I transgress…
So, I will transgress further to Arwen’s birthday. She had a good day. Loved her cake (see photo below) and her favorite new toy seems to be the car her Auntie Rena gave her. See photo below. She also loves the mailbox that Granny and Pop gave her.
Kim, Jake, Sonya, and Les all participated in celebrating her birthday with us with cupcakes, chips, dip, cheese and crackers and since her birthday was so close to Christmas we went with a snowflake pattern and a cake with snowflakes and deer! It came out to be very cute.
Back to todays events…
Anya received her 3 gifts from Mommy and Daddy which included a digital camera (which she loves), the Leapster 2 game system and a Pet Pals game, Monopoly Jr. and from Arwen she got the Play Doh Ice Cream Swirl Shoppe. Arwen got some stacking/nesting blocks from Anya, and from Mommy and Daddy she got a piggy bank, a Lightning McQueen ride on Car, and a click clack pet world that took forever to open!
Travis gave me a fondue pot and Daughtry CDs. I gave him Atari boxer shorts and an indoor remote control helicopter.
Not too shabby…

Now for randomness…
Our family Christmas present is going to be a flat panel TV we hope. We have discovered a few sewer problems though (again) and are praying our money won’t have to go to repairs. We are working on Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover and are loving the ideas behind his book, but as we are just getting started its hard to pretend and accept that you have no credit cards. The end result there will be very good though and we are following through with his plan.
I’m sure we’ll still get our TV, we just may not be able to get the TV stand I wanted right now too.
We re-financed the house with an excellent new rate and signed all the paper work this past Monday.
Chance got a long green stuffed dog for Christmas.
I actually made some good peanut butter kiss cookies for once.
We made coconut fried shrimp together for dinner.
Arwen was running a fever until about 2pm today from the teething.
She has 5 teeth now.
We had no power for about 3 hours last night on Christmas Eve.
I desperately miss my best friend Serena and her family.
We love playing the Wii again as we now have Wii Sports Resort.
Arwen’s close to walking.
Travis is still the love of my life and we are doing great. Looking especially forward to our 10 year Anniversary in February.
Life is good. We have many, many blessings.
Enjoy the photos…