Christmas in pictures.

Christmas usually starts like this....
We drag out the Christmas decor.

Once the decorations were up we headed to the tree farm and picked our tree. This was our first year to do this and we decided it will be a new tradition for us! We decided on this one and gave her a special name based on the INSANE wind that day.
We tied her to the top and headed home!
We decorated her...using Big Daddy to reach the top of the 8 foot tree!

Introducing WENDY the Christmas Tree!!!!

This guy never gets too excited.
Picked the perfect day to go to SDC with Grandma.

My parents surprised my nephew Hunter with a new (to him) TRUCK!!!

Claire lost her front teeth!
The littles had their Christmas program at school and sang their little hearts out!
We made cookies for Santa....
and a gingerbread house, with a ladder....well at least half of one.
Santa came....
the kids were excited!

And a few days after Christmas, we met this handsome guy for the first time!!! Cohen LOVED holding him and he was SUCH a sweetie pie!! Visiting with his parents was pretty fun too!!

I think I did a good job of keeping things normal for the kids. We decorated and continued on with all of our traditions...but my heart was not in it. I know Steph would be TICKED at me for letting her absence affect my holiday the way it did, but I just could NOT snap out of it. It was hard, but we made it and now we are on to a new year. 2011 is going to be better. It just has to be!

Merry Christmas!!!

Shutterfly Here I Come!!!

This morning I was greeted with a disk full of adorable pictures that Auntie Karen took yesterday! So you KNOW the next place I went was to the kitchen to get coffee and get the kids breakfast, then straight to the couch with my laptop!! I have spent the better part of the day looking at Christmas card designs! I ventured out and tried some different sites, but ended up right back where I usually go...SHUTTERFLY!!!! I love their designs and have NEVER been disappointed in the quality of anything I have ordered. On the off chance something has been wrong, they fix it and usually do a little extra something for my troubles!!! Here is one of my favorite pics of the day!!
More to come...stay tuned!!!!

A Little Late.

Here is a little video I put together for my Coco. We love you buddy...more than you could ever imagine!

Cohen's 4th Birthday Video from Chrissy George on Vimeo.

Photos by Claire

I am going through my memory card and blogging what I find. I HAD to include some of Claire's best shots. I LOVE when I find these little treasures. They crack me up and offer a little glimpse into the world of a child. Enjoy!

Special Visitors!

This summer we had some special visitors at Nanny and Papa's house! My name sake Christine, her husband Doug and their beautiful girls Grace and Hope came for a few days. We had so much fun catching up and the kids had a blast together!

Unblogged.

A LOT of things have gone unblogged over the past few months. I'm going to play catch up. Not because I think anyone REALLY wants to know...but because I refuse for there to be a giant hole in our story when my kids look back on the summer of 2010. Life has gone on, sad as it may be, and I want my kids to know that we didn't just give up on it. So the next few posts will be recaps with pictures that have been stuck on my memory card for months!