HOLIDAZZZE!!

The 2008 Christmas holiday was fabulous! And, I think I've been in a complete hoilDAZE ever since.

This was Rocco and Matteo's first Christmas, and Gabby's fourth.

Gabby's excitement about Santa having visited our home filled the house on Christmas morning. She was surprised and excited and kept asking "But how did Santa fit the Barbie house in his sleigh? How did it get here?" Very smart little monkey! So... we told her that Santa has a VERY magical sleigh that can do anything he wants it to. Santa's quite the lucky guy, isn't he?

Rocco and Matteo really liked the trucks Santa brought them and their new Diego sippy cups. They had zero interest in opening presents... so luckily their sister actually likes opening presents. They also got a big wagon, which Dan built today. Hopefully we can get them out for a ride in it together sometime this week. Rocco rode in it today a little bit and loved it... freedom from the stroller at last!

Here are some photos of the kids with their stockings and favorite Santa gifts:

Our family; and our family with our au pair, Julia (from Germany):

Our Christmas Day dinner table set for 14 adults:

Photos below of Grandma Leo and Grandpa Kenny; Barbara, Kirk and Clint; and Trish, Todd, Courtney and Tori:

And, below is a quick flashback to what I looked like at this time last year. It looks like I swallowed Santa! I look at this photo and my skin begins to itch... I could not stop scratching my belly because my skin was growing and stretching so fast.

And, because I'm usually the one behind the camera... I had to post photos taken of me with each of my angels over the 2 day Christmas holiday. After all, someday this blog will be turned into a book for each of them. And, they've all grown SO BIG! Except Dan, of course... he's pretty much the same. ;-)