Christmas, better late than never!

Wow this was a very busy season for us. We got back from Vegas on Monday morning at about 3:30 am, so needless to say we (Crawford & I) didn't make it to work/school that day. Which actually worked out because Crawford has his 6 month check up that afternoon. He weighed 19lbs 9 oz. and was 27 3/4 in. long. My growing boy :) He also got his vaccinations as well as his flu shots. I was a little leery of getting them, but I feel much safer knowing he's protected. We were only home for 4 days and then we were gone agian to my grandparents house in Ruidoso. But before we could leave, we had to celebrate my little sister graduating from college! Here is a pic of that. I know it's not very good and it stinks that this is the only one, but Crawford wouldn't let anyone else hold him, so I wasn't able to take pictures! Then, when Mary crossed the stage, I yelled really loud, which is NOT smart holding a 6 month old. It scared him to death, and he started screaming, so out we went! Atleast we got to see Auntie M cross the stage. :)

So after Mary graduated, we left straight from there and went to Midland to spend the night. It was funny because we actually stayed at the same hotel that Nathan and I stayed at the night we got married. Where it all began! :) On a funny note, Crawford's humidifier set off the fire alarm in our hotel room at 4 am!! WE had only been asleep for an hour when it went off and scared us all. Thank goodness I have a tall husband who was able to take it off the ceiling and stop the craziness.

Then it was off to Ruidoso for a relaxing few days. We didn't do a whole lot while we were there. I think there were two days we didn't even get out of our pajamas. We did go walk around downtown and look at some shops, which was nice. After that we went to Cattle Baron's to celebrate Mary's graduation. Here are a couple of pics from that.

Mary enjoying her glass of wine! :)

Here are some other pictures of that same day. I think this was the only day that we got dressed and went out! It was so nice to just relax. Well, actually Nathan and Mary did go skiing on Monday and had a lot of fun. Crawford and I decided to hang out with Granna and Granpa where it was warm! :)

Crawford and his Auntie M

Santa Baby and Daddy

This was the awesome snow that we saw the day we were LEAVING!!! We woke up to see almost 4 inches of snow on the ground. Seriously? Why couldn't it do that while we were there so we could play in it. Well, I guess it was good to see for a little while, right? I guess we got a while eve of Christmas eve!
We left Ruidoso at about 9 and drove to Midland/Gardendale. We stopped first to see the Christensen's and their new little one Emery. She was adorable and sooo tiny! :) I didn't take any pictures while we were there because she was sleeping and then eating. After that we stopped at Rosa's, mmmmmmmmm!!! It was UH-mazing as usual. Then it was off to Bob and Lisa Lange's to see my HO (Heidi). It was so good to see her and her family. I only took one picture while we were there and it was of Crawford and Hannah. It was adorable. I'm sad we didn't get a picture with all three kids, but of course we weren't thinking. Here it is!

We wish we could've stayed longer, but we were ready to get home and the next day was Christmas eve. We will definitely be going back to hang out longer! :)