A White Christmas...a few days late!

The Christmas season got a little crazy! On Christmas Eve we celebrated with the Lopez side here in CA. We had a great Cuban dinner and shared gifts and had a great time until 1 in the morning...even Alicia who refused to even consider going to sleep while there was a party going on. When we did finally get home and get her to sleep Alex and I stayed up talking and packing for my trip to Chicago with Alicia. On Christmas morning, Alicia opened some gifts from Alex and I, then we went to Denny's for breakfast...after sleeping in that was really all that we had time for before we had to head to the airport. Alicia and I flew on Christmas day, and Alex joined us later in the week. The four hour flight couldn't have gone any worse. The only redeeming factor was that it was a lot of families flying and not business travellers, so everyone that wasn't in my shoes with the screaming baby, had been there recently!! Seriously, she screamed 90% of the flight...I was actually hoping that she would pass out, because following each spell is a period of about 15 minutes of calm...but she just kept screaming!! We arrived very late Tuesday night and were a very tired pair! Wednesday we just sat around and took some good naps and waited for the real party to begin...we didn't have to wait long because Charlie, Lindsey, Hannah, Megan and Kate all arrived that evening! Alicia was very excited to have her cousins around. She is very social and loved to have the big girls to play with and just watch. Just watching them run around was enough to make even Alicia tired, and just listening to their feet running on the floor above my head in the morning was enough to make me tired!! Alicia also enjoyed having baby Kate around, and repeatedly touched her own head and then pointed at the baby indicating that she wanted to touch the baby's head, and a very patient Aunt Lindsey repeatedly obliged making a very happy Kate (who loves to have her head rubbed) and a very happy Alicia (who found great joy in rubbing her head!) We all relaxed and played for a few days together, and then Alex arrived and Uncle Wes came over and it became a true Christmas celebration. Saturday and Sunday were filled with Christmas festivities with all of the extended family, and Monday was spent relaxing with Great Grandma and Grandpa Lindberg and the Deetjen's before a very early flight on Tuesday morning. Over all, Alex and I agreed that it was a great trip!! The best part was definitely watching Alicia bond with her cousins as well as her Aunt Lindsey, Uncle Charlie, and Uncle Wes. Here are a few pics that I took on Saturday morning.