Christmas 2009

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! Aaron and I had a great Christmas weekend. On Christmas Eve we went to church with my mom and dad and then out to dinner, and when we got home we opened our gifts from each other. Christmas day we headed up to Michigan. I think it was the longest trip to Michigan ever! I typically sleep at least a few hours of the trip, and I didn't this time...it was LONG!

We spent Christmas evening with Aaron's dad, sisters and family. Friday we hung out most of the day and then spent the evening with Aaron's friends/wives. I'm not very good at taking pictures lately. I didn't get one picture on that night...I also didn't get a picture all weekend of our nephew & niece Brandon and Alesha. Saturday we went to our nephew Jeffrey's hockey game and then had the Anderson Christmas. Sunday we went to Brandon's hockey game and then headed out back to Minnesota. We stopped in Eau Claire and got to have supper with Aaron's mom Jean and step-dad Paul. It is always nice to stop there, it definitely breaks up the long drive a bit. We got home about 8/8:30 on Sunday night, and now we are back to work. NO FUN!

We really had a great time - now we are looking forward to all that 2009 will bring to us...lots of changes in store for us, and we can't wait!

Here are some pics of our trip to Michigan:

Our niece Holly and nephew Anthony...smiley kids!

Anthony and I - he was pretty excited about his new coat he got!

Jeffrey is #7 - his team is 27-0. Pretty good. Go #7!!

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Jeffrey after his game

Brandon playing his game - #27. His team didn't win the game we were at, maybe next time :)

Aaron's cousin Brooke and I and our "tummies" - due on the same day!

The 'girls' @ the Anderson Christmas

All of the cousins & their significant others...

missing Ed, Joel, Derek, Amy, Dave, Rachel, & Travis - we missed you guys!

**wINteR WonDeRlaND!!**

We may not be in the U.P. - but we sure do have a lot of snow for December in southern MN. 2nd snowiest December on record so far - and we are supposed to get 3-5" tonight, and maybe some more on Christmas Eve!! LOOOVE IT! Typically in MN we have snow fall here and there, but it's too dang cold for a ton of snow until it gets a little milder. We usually have a lot of snow in March, just when you think spring is coming!

DANG IS IT COLD TOO! The temp after work today was -6 degrees...windchill brought it down to -20/-30 today and yesterday.

Here's an idea of the snow piled on the side of the driveway as Aaron cleared it yesterday...

THANK YOU Tammy & Ed for the snow blower!!!

A pic of our house (oh yeah, and the wreaths that we added to our outdoor decorations)

Our deck full of snow!

And I suppose we should show off our Christmas Tree :)

We don't have a themed tree - but, when we finish our basement and I get to have TWO trees, one will be themed. We have lots of ornaments from growing up, so we use those for the time being!

Just a little update...

Merry Christmas Everyone!! Rochester got tons of snow this weekend!! I LOVE IT! I wish I could go snowmobiling, sledding, skating, OR skiing like we would typically do...but not this year! So sad. We have the perfect weather for it! It definitely puts me in the Christmas spirit.

Not much new around here - we don't have another appointment until January 6, which still seems FOREVER away for me...but I'll try and wait patiently! I've been feeling pretty good. Nothing to complain about. I wish I could see our little baby every day like we get to when we have ultra sounds! I get so excited :) I haven't felt Lil Poppy move or anything, although it seems that some people can feel that this early in the pregnancy.

We had our first Christmas last Saturday. We are very lucky because our families all do Christmas at different times so we don't have to switch off each year or anything, we get to be with everyone! My parents started doing Christmas in mid-December. Unfortunately, I don't have any good pictures from the day. Usually I take a ton, but I only took 3 this year :) Our poor nephew Drew was sick with the flu, so we didn't get a group picture of my family like we were planning to do. We'll head up to Michigan over Christmas itself, and spend the weekend with Aaron's family up there. We're both pretty excited to be up there. Aaron's mom always does Christmas in January, so we'll have that to look forward to still.

Usually we would already be in Michigan for Christmas Eve and go to mass with Lowell, but this year we both have to work so we aren't heading up 'til Christmas day. We decided instead of driving all night on Christmas Eve and missing mass, we'll have our own Christmas and get up early in the morning :)

Well, it has just been a while since I posted anything, so I thought I should write a hello! I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!
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Here is one of many pics we took out by my parent's house for our Christmas card. My mom was our photographer (thanks mom!!) I was actually surprised that Aaron was willing to put on the same colored shirt as me for the pictures. He's so easy-going sometimes! I told him next year if we have a boy I'm finding a matching sweater for them both to wear for our card, and he didn't seem to mind. Ha ha, we'll have to see about that one :)

****Happy Holidays!****

Meet Little Poppy!

Hi Everyone! Meet our Baby :) I had 8 pictures to choose from...but I figured you'd be okay with just a few! I didn't want to overwhelm you!

Hi Everyone, it's me...Lil P. Yep, that is a thumb...going for the mouth...mom told me I'll have to break that habit real quick!

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Top of my head...and my fist :)

Daddy says I look like an alien in this pic. He's funny!

Mom can't get enough of my side profile pics. She can't wait to meet me...well, she will patiently wait 'til May 27, but she hopes that goes fast!!