Pictures from the Holiday(s)

Adrian and Dominick.

Dominick

Scuba Steve

Adrian

Dominick and Briana

Baby MarcelChrissy and Chrissy

Christina, Kristina and Christina (hee hee)

Chris and Kevin. (We all we to high school together.)

Adrian feeding himself Xmas dinner.

Some of it actually made it in his mouth.

His new toy from Grandma.

Marsel and Adrian in the wagon Santa brought.

Playing with the remote to the car that is upside down.

Hugging me after he threw a baseball at my head.

What Santa brought for Marsel.

Our version of the Sphinx.

Please note the pointed toe.

Gaby in his Xmas jammies. How cute.

We had an early Christmas Eve at my cousin Teri's house. We get together every year for dinner and exchange gifts. And then afterward we went to see some of Joel's family. His aunt, uncle, cousins with their kids were all down from Orlando. It was the first time I met his cousin Jessica. And it was the first time that ALL of our kids were together. They're all very close in age.

My cousin Tonja's son, Chase.

My cousin Teri's son, Ed and Marsel.

Adrian and Roxy. He was feeding her. (Her dog food and whatever food he had in his hands for himself. Roxy was diggin Adrian, he was the only one who was the perfect height for her.)

Tonja, Chase and Adrian.

Sofia, Adrian and AJ. (Jessica's daughter and Joel's brother's son.)

Adrian and Catalina. (Jessica's other daughter.)

Marsel. (I love his smile in this picture.)

Brothers.

(These were taking in the morning.) Adrian and his messy hair at the park.

My bare chested boys.

Christmas was very nice. It was very busy the weekend before and leading up to Xmas. The weekend before was the day that we went to my cousin's house and spent time with Joel's family. After dinner, we went down to Joel's brother's house. Crap he lives so far away. Joel and I were joking that we should just forget going to their house and go to the Keys. We were only 10 from US1 were you drive down. But we decided not to, we didn't have anything pack with us. :) It was a nice time. There was a crap load of us. And I swear the kids out numbered us. I didn't count them all, but I think they had us. Thank goodness their too small to know. I got to meet Joel's cousin Jessica, her husband and 2 daughters. Also his cousin Jay's son, Felix. Who turned 2 on Xmas Eve. Poor Joel was the only one wake when we pulled into the drive way. Adrian was out before we got on 95, and Marsel not farther after that.

During the week, I was so crazy busy. I had so many private clients wanting a massage before Xmas, which was great for the gifts, but it meant the house suffered. I didn't put up all the decoration I had wanted to. Plus, I was doggie sitting. On Xmas Eve, my bf Chrissy come down to spend Xmas with us. (Chris, I think you should do it every year!) We spend the evening down at Jose's house with his family. They do a good sized party every year. And it had been 2 years since we went down there for the Eve. We had a really good time. Laughed soooo much. We had such a good time that we didn't leave until 2am. And that was just b/c we realized the time and we still had some presents to wrap. And Santa needed to put the wagon together. Joel, Chris and I were up until 4am. We went to bed praying Adrian would sleep past 7. He did. Almost to 9. (No, he wasn't up until 2am. We brought his play pin and he went to bed around 8:30.) After opening presents and having breakfast, we all, (except for Marsel) took a nap. Even the 3 dogs did too. Krypto started out in bed, then went to a chair in the leaving room, and Oreo and Charlie slept at mine and Chrissy's feet. Joel slept with his TV. (He got a TV to go in our room.) And since we didn't have the bracket to mount it, he set it up in family room temporarily. And he took a nap with it. I was thinking he was gonna tell me to sleep on the couch that night so he could put in in bed with him. He didn't. After a nice nap, and having to tell Marsel to keep the "wii-ing" down, we went over to my mom's for Xmas din din. Mmmm, prime rib. It was another long day, but nice.