Where's the Snow, Yo?

We were lucky to see a few inches of the white stuff while we were at Nana's last weekend. Other than that, it has been a very wet, dreary December so far. It's crazy how fast it goes by. Seems like just yesterday we were decorating the tree and now Christmas Eve is just a couple days away. We've been busy as usual. We made salt dough ornaments this year, cut out cookies and a gingerbread house. The gingerbread men will come tomorrow. Speaking of little men, Buddy the Elf came back and is up to his usual hijinx. Zach's action figures tied him up last night but we set him free in the morning. Good thing Santa emailed us a video this year and let us know we're on the nice list. Whew! We were all kind of sweating it. Zach had a program at his tumbling class this year and did great! He sang "Up on the Rooftop" and did wonderful. I had a Christmas party at school but Mom had to miss out because she had a stomach bug. Yuck. Somehow, we all managed to stay healthy, even Sam. Dad took us to see a Dinosaur show at the Civic Center earlier this month and I even got to take a friend AND have a sleepover! Speaking of sleep, that's something Sam still isn't doing much of at night, he's still waking up almost every hour. Mom feels like a zombie but he's really being so good during the day that it doesn't phase her too much. He's rolling over now and *almost* sitting up. It's fun to watch him change and grow. He LOVES being around us kids and loves being in his jumper. He started solids last month and boy can that kid put away the food!

Let's see what else we did this month...oh, we visited the new Bass Pro Shop Winter Wonderland and got to see Santa. We also had our Miller Christmas last weekend and had a fun time with all the family as usual. This weekend, Nana and Papa will come for Xmas Eve and then it's off to Grandma D's for Xmas Day. We're all SUPER excited and counting down. Dad's taking us shopping today for Mom and our cousins. He needs all the help he can get. Happy Holidays!





















Its Sammy Claus!

According to Zach...

"A pet is NOT a secret agent. Just so you know."

"I'm pretty sure the place Uncle Adam is going to has a secret lab"

"I've got good news and bad news and the bad news is that there's no good news today"

"I suppose you can try to fix it Mom, but you're just a girl"

"Mom, I think you should have another baby. A girl this time so Sam has a girlfriend"

Riders in the Sky

We went to our first CAT Holiday Show this year in the entire 12 years that Dad has worked there. We are so lucky they put on such a great performance for they employees and the cost to us is next to nothing. We chose to get balcony box seats for the privacy and wiggle room. The view isn't that great but it was nice to not have to worry about bothering anyone with the baby. Zach and Mom weren't crazy about heights though! We saw a country quartet called Riders in the Sky. They played some really neat Christmas songs and did some fun sing-a-longs. It really is starting to feel like the Holiday season now!!