'Tis the season. . .

. . . for gingerbread, j(g)ingle bells and GERMS. My apologies for the lack of posts recently. We've had the wave of sickness wash over our little apartment and are just now drying out. Tommy started with a nasty hacking cough, stuffy nose and fever which ended up becoming a double ear infection. Then, while Tommy was still recovering, Will came down with a terrible cold. I managed to hold my breath long enough to pass under the wave with just a slightly stuffy nose and a bad case of the sneezes (always at least three in a row, which is nothing compared to the amazingly long string of sneezes by a one Eric Krohn as witnessed by Carrie and myself and most recently and unfortunately, Matt - yes, he is ok, and yes, it is a little weird). In any case, we are now all on the mend and just in time for Christmas! I have no idea where the month of December has gone. One minute I was studying like crazy for the last tests of the semester (1 down, hopefully 5 to go!), the next, school was over and the shopping had begun, and the next, shopping is over and Christmas is practically here. Lots has happened over the past couple weeks so I will attempt to bring you up to speed with the following pictures.

First, Tommy and I traveled to Bristol to spend a couple days with Gatty and Uncle R. and bake lots and lots of Christmas cookies! Tommy even got to decorate some of his very own.

After the baking was done, Tommy got to open his present from Gatty and U.R. - Christmas books! As you can see from the picture below, he was just as excited about the paper as he was about the actual books.

Tommy happened to find U.R.'s ukulele and spent some quality time strumming it on the Christmas rug.

The next weekend, we decided to take our Christmas pictures. After several tries, we ended up with this one:

Then, we celebrated (long distance) with Uncle Matt, Shawn and Aunt Dani, as they celebrated their birthdays! We love you guys! Happy Birthday!


Today, Tommy had his first big boy haircut. Here he is with his new look.

And then he got tired of posing! Poor guy. He's just so cute!



Hope you've enjoyed your update! I probably won't post again until after we get back from our Christmas vacation. We're heading to Virginia on Christmas Eve and then on to Pennsylvania for New Years. Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Merry Christmas, and God's blessings to all of you during this wonderful season!