Happy Holidays

SO, el dia de las gracias ended much too soon, did it not? Ada misses Nana and Papa already, but it's good to be home! It's a whole new experience to be in and out of airports for us. Thanks be to God that Ada took it all like a champ; no one even scolded us for feeding her copious amounts of ice cream on the flights. Even the sticky seats went unnoticed by the flight attendants! heh.

One thing all of the travels did bring to 2/3 of my family was sickness. Since Jesse and Ada have been in recovery mode, and I've been coaching them through that, we have been MIA. So sorry to those of you that have been wondering where we went to. (For those of you we don't speak to often enough, we do still think of you and speak fondly of you often. I was just daydreaming this morning about standing bundled up by the turkey fryer on Saturday with Jon Scott and others, having a cold one... sigh. Someone have an extra helping of Bliss' green bean casserole for me. And anything else that looks good for that matter.) My two loves are on the mends though, and by the end of the weekend, our house should be one big dance party again. I know that's what you imagine sometimes...

We are planning out our travel schedule for Christmas as we speak, read (get back to work!), and write. We hope to stop into Raleigh sometime around the 22nd or 23rd (Ada's bday!), so let us know what people have coming up. We would love to get some friends together and sip on some egg nog or the like. Nothing fancy. Keep up posted. We will do the same. We may or may not have a car, and we will definitely need a place to crash if we stay overnight. Who will be the lucky winner? You know, the holiday season is flying by so fast, I think I will just keep my suitcase packed until then. No, we still haven't unpacked. That's the Lovelace way.

Austin is cold right now, believe it or not. Too bad all of my heavy winter clothes are in my in-laws' barn right now. Ada is still loving life either way though; thus Mamá and Dáda are happy, cold ears or not. I think she enjoys her warm bathtime even more now, if that is at all possible. It's like a child's personal pool, for goodness' sake.

Here is a baby's-eye-view of our kitchen. This is where I'm usually sitting to eat most meals anyway as I chase her around with my eyes and arms. I've grown to enjoy the view.