Movie Mix

So, I love the new video recorder we got, the Flip. I downloaded all the videos to my computer and then I started to play around with the features. There is an option to make movie mixes and boy I could play with that all day. I chose the nostolgic mix and music. Enjoy the mix of Josie in her Christmas dress, it's red, and in her new walker. She loves the walker - thanks mom and dad.

Too Cute Not to Share

Okay, so I took these pictures a while back and they are too cute not to share. Josie loves the animals and is always trying to get her hands on them. Siam loves the attention, Pogo is not always sure since she makes strange noises and quick movements. Ernie is happy to lick her head, hands, and face but not too sure he wants to have her hands on him. At this point she grabs a handful of fur and then pulls. We help her by holding her hand and showing her how to pet. So far the animals are patient with her.

Josie's First Santa Moment and Christmas

Christmas began for us with the town party the week before Christmas. Santa arrived on a fire truck and had presents for all the boys and girls. Josie sat on his lap and did not cry or fuss. Let's hope that continues in years to come. I am planning on this being her yearly Santa experience since it is free, close to home, and there is no line.

Our first Christmas was pretty uneventful. We went to Sheree and Howard Askew's house on Christmas Eve for dinner. Sheree is the person who watches Josie a few times a month when I have meetings. Josie openned her first presents there and we had the following Christmas picture taken. We went to church and then it was home to bed.

Jay was up early on Christmas Day and got a fire going and breakfast started while Josie and I slept in. We celebrated with mimosas and traditional Hauschild Christmas morning breakfast, while at least traditional for all the kids as it seems mom and dad did not follow that tradition this year. Sorry David and Eunha. Anyway, we openned gifts later in the morning - enjoying the idea that we had at least this Christmas to take it easy since Josie had no idea what was going on. In fact, she fell asleep as we started openning them. Thank you to everyone for the gifts. The rest of the day we sat around and relaxed. We had an untraditional meal of enchiladas since neither one of us wanted to go to the energy of a big meal just for the two of us.

As you can see not much happened but we enjoyed being together and having Josie with us this year. I know things will get crazier as the years go on so we were happy to have a relaxing day.