Christmas post

Okay, now that I'm finally on the upswing with this whole bronchitis thing I'll post about our awesome Christmas week!! :)

Derek and I started our break with going to visit his side of the family in Kenner. We got there on Saturday with just enough time for a good rest before the ambush! :) If you don't know, most of Derek's Dad's family lives close to Kenner with us as the exception, and we saw most of them that day. It's always a party when the Goebel's get together! (Aucoins too!) We gave and received presents that night from all different directions. Most of the gifts were already for Wesley, I'm sure it's just a preview of things to come...you know, the days when Mom and Dad become just that, and totally lose their identity! :) But I can honestly say I was more than excited to receive every gift! Our "big" gift from Derek's parents was a new set of pots and pans...Mrs. Cathy has been to my house and tried to cook for me with my lidless pots, so they remedied that for us! :) (Side note: I just used them to cook with for the first time tonight and I love them!! :))

Also, on Sunday we all travelled to Baton Rouge for Chandler's baptism. He's the most precious baby in existence (thus far!) Even the priest that baptised him had to laugh when Chandler giggled as he poured on the water. Apparently he loves bath time!! We finished up the trip with Derek's parents back in Kenner, relaxing and eating good food. Then Tuesday we turned around and headed home.

Wednesday morning we loaded up again and headed to Charleston for what would end up being an unforgettable Christmas! (more on that later) I sang at the Christmas eve service that night and finally got to see my best friend for the first time in months! We spent Christmas day at my parents house. Derek got his new favorite toy, a GPS system, from my parents, and I got a new camera that I've been having fun experimenting with (see below post)! Friday afternoon we headed to Georgia (my old hometown) to visit with my extended family. We had a lot of fun there, but by the end I was ready to get home and be done with travelling for a while!

So, here we are. At the end of the trip I came down with bronchitis so I've been fighting with that since getting home. Now today I'm feeling a bit better. It's the first day that I haven't stayed in bed all day! :) We'll count that as a score. Let's just hope that bronchitis on New Year's day isn't a sign of things to come because this year promises to be the most exciting yet!!:)