Test Blog: Merry Merry!

We hope you had a very Merry Christmas. We feel so blessed to spend our first Christmas with our baby girl. We had sort of a rough start to our holiday when Cindy went to pick up Mimi (Cindy's mom) from the airport. On the way home, my Check Tire Pressure light came on, so I started watching the pressure in my tires. Since cars are so smart these days, my car could tell me exactly how much pressure was in the tires. I watched as my back left tire pressure dropped from 24 psi to 23, down to 20, 17, 14 and eventually down to 10 psi. I despise car issues, so I called Todd and pulled over into a gas station. Luckily, we were not far from home, so Todd came to meet us at the gas station. We found out there was a large metal object in my tire, so Todd let me take his car home while he took my car to Firestone. Thankfully, Firestone was open on Christmas Eve and put a temporary patch on the tire. Since the gash was so large, we'll have to get a new tire next week. Merry Christmas to me... I guess I'll get a new tire by default for Christmas. Thank goodness Todd had already purchased my gifts!

We've had a wonderful Christmas celebration. Mimi came to Dallas to spend Ali's first Christmas with us. We had Christmas Eve Hot Pot Dinner with the Wongs on Friday night. Hot Pot is the Asian version of fondue, but with chicken broth instead of oil - much healthier! Then we went over to the Carpenters' house on Christmas Day. Besides spending time with friends and family, my next favorite thing about the holidays is all the yummy food and we enjoyed a lot of it. We're all stuffed tonight! Good thing I still have maternity pants and an excuse to wear them!

Ali is a lucky girl and had LOTS of cute Christmas outfits. Grandma gave Ali the cute dresses, and Mimi made Ali the red snowman bunting and plaid dress with matching hats. Check out all her cute outfits and some pictures from our first Christmas with Ali!