Christmas with the Irvings

I certainly hope this works because I have been trying to update my blog for more than an hour now and it just isn't working... grrr!

Anyway, we spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with the Irvings this year and we had a great time! Brad had to stay close to home because he worked the 23rd and the 25th (now that he's paid the piper, he shouldn't have to do Christmas again while he's a resident... of course, that says nothing for our future of holiday workdays because of this line of work... but we're off the hook for a couple years anyway. :)) We pretty much moved in to his parents' house for several days to maximize our time with family (especially Doug and Katy and Emily who were up for about a week from North Carolina) and (we hoped) minimize the disruption to Carolyn (sadly, she got pretty mixed up over the holidays and we're hoping to resolve her discombobulation soon. :))

Here she is enjoying Christmas presents- especially anything she could get into her mouth. :)

Poor Car0lyn pooped out before the presents were done and insisted on a nap in Grandpa's arms... he quite fiercely guarded his prize from any other would-be arm nap stealers. :)