Christmas in Dundee and Idaho

We spent a few days in Dundee with Nathan's parents and brothers having the traditional present giving time on the eve of Christmas. We also made rootbeer together and tried to carbonate it using dry ice. Snow of 18-20 inches made it hard to get out of Portland. We put on our chains and drove 25mph all the way to Grandma and Grandpas.

Noises

I love snow days! I can finally get to all the things I've been wanting to do forever. I even managed to clean the bathroom! This is one of my favorite videos of all time. Watch for the following fun treats:

*The blank stare

*The travelling drool

*The spit bubble

*The monkey screech

We're at "that stage!"

Ah, we've finally made it to the stage of playing in the tupperware drawer, sneezing out peas, making runs to the potty (ok, so it might be a little too early for that one, but it's so obvious when something's coming down the pipe and I don't want to see that in a diaper!), and well...danger. I just want to let everyone know that I (Christy) had nothing to do with the last picture. (FYI, I added a few more months to the monthly picture list under "Our Triannual Blupdate.")

Here are some of my favorite pictures from last month.

Sarah Comes to Visit

So nice to have Sarah here for the day to play with Ozias and catch up with her "gypsy" life! Today it's snowing outside, we've had a couple days off of school and we're using it to clean the house and take "crawling lessons"! He's so close! In fact this morning I yelled for mom to come in after he'd taken 4 or 5 solid crawl-steps, but he hasn't tried it any more today!

These are a few of my favorite things

I think I'm going to market this. I call it "Abs of Steel by Zias."