Christmas 2009

We had a wonderful Christmas!! Patrick and I had both scheduled vacation during the week of Christmas, unfortunately Patrick's promotion required that he work most of the week so we squeezed the festivaties into Christmas Eve and Christmas Day! We joined Patrick's family for Christmas Eve mass at Jesuit in Dallas, and I think we were in and out of mass in 45 minutes- we need mass like that more often, especially with two young kids!! After mass we enjoyed dinner and exchanged presents at Grandma and Grandpa's. The only negative of the holiday was that it took us 3 hours to get home from Dallas with all the icey roads- but we got home safely and "Santa" and "Mrs. Claus" went to work building the playhouse. Santa also brought chairs, strider bikes, babies, elmos, and lots more fun!! Christmas Day we celebrated with my family and continued the McMahon tradition of staying in our PJ's all day long!! We had a wonderful Christmas Day dinner, complete with a Happy Birthday Baby Jesus cake. It was a wonderful Christmas and we are ready for it to warm up so the kids can ride their new bikes outside!!

Gaylord

We spent the afternoon at the Gaylord with the Briggs' girls...we went to get pictures of the kids in the Christmas scenes but when we got there I realized that I left the memory card for my camera in the computer :( ....so all I got was pictures with the iPhone. Luckily Joanna brought her camera and got some cute pics, will upload later after she e-mails!

The girls playing "ring a round the rosie" while Bryan looks on

Emma and Jayden checking out the trains

Trying to get all four kids to look at the same time- not easy!

Sweet friends on the sleigh

Emma and Jayden checking out the gingerbread house- it was HUGE!

Museum

My mom and I took the kids to the Ft Worth Museum of Science and History this morning...we had so much fun we even decided to buy a membership- so I'm sure we'll be back real soon!!

The stats are in...

Bryan had his one year old well-visit this morning with Dr. Prater, he weighed in at 26 lbs 7 ounces and was 35 inches tall!!

phew, what a weekend....

I guess it was more like a week but I've been off work since Wednesday so it's seemed like one LONG weekend!! Wednesday was Bryan's first birthday...he got his gifts from Patrick, Emma and I and we celebrated with mini chocolate cupcakes after dinner (Bryan devoured his!). Thursday morning before hosting Thanksgiving dinner we meet up with my family for a bike ride/run at River Legacy...it was the first time we had both kids together in the cart behind Patrick's bike and they loved it!! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with our families and it was so nice to get to use all the fancy china and crystal that we've had sitting in cabinets since we got married over 5 years ago. Patrick worked on Friday and I braved a couple stores and Black Friday sales with the kids. On Saturday Patrick and I went to the Tech game at the Cowboy's Stadium with my dad and the newly weds (Lindsy & Juan). We had a great time, even though the game wasn't as great as we would have like, but Tech did win. Finally on Sunday we had Bryan's birthday party with family and friends. It was cowboy/western themed and we had a great time celebrating with everyone!! Now I'm ready for the work week and a little relaxation, sad that the work week seems relaxing in comparison to the past few days.

Bryan stuffing his face with a cupcake

We had a pinata all ready to go but it rained before the party so we had a improvise with a drop cloth under the pinata to keep the kids from getting muddy!

Bryan is ONE!!!

This year has flown by...cannot believe Bryan is already ONE!! He never ceases to amaze me with the things he is learning and the friendly loving spirit that he exhibits. Having grown up with only sisters I didn't quite get that bond between a mother and a son, but a year into it I can tell you that there is just something there that you cannot explain. We did a little family celebration tonight and cannot wait for the BIG PARTY on Sunday!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG BOY!!