So sorry for the long delay once again in posting.  The holiday time sure got away from me.  We had a great Christmas.  I stayed up late on Christmas Eve, and may have had an encounter with Santa!  Christmas morning was amazing.  The little cart was a total hit.  When we came out into the living room, he hit the floor and made a beeline across the room to it.  All of his other toys were a hit!  What a lucky boy.  He also received the cutest clothes!   I think it was the best christmas ever for Sean and I.  I can't wait for next year.  Oh, and it was great for Sean and I too. We had a great day together as a family.  It was pretty cold, so we just hung around the house and enjoyed the day.  Christmas night a wicked storm blew through and dumped about ten inches of snow in about two hours!  Talk about a white Christmas!

We had dinner at Bill and Maggie's house, and James learned to climb the stairs.  He was a bit tentative at first, but after his first run, he was off.  You would not believe how quickly he could get up and down those babies!  Everyone was pretty shocked.  

We had a great visit with Judy and Pat, who braved the weather, and drove up for a quick trip, leaving the Bay area on Christmas night, and arriving at 10AM on the 27th, which is also Judy's birthday!  It was a pretty good birthday, and we were so glad that we got to spend her birthday with her.  Their visit also corresponded with Sean's 30th birthday!  We actually goto to go on an afternoon date (sushi and Marley and me).  I think it was a good birthday for Sean as well.  We had a small dinner with Judy and Pat, and Bill and Maggie, and Greg and Lindsay.  

Sawyer and James had a great time playing together on Sean's birthday.  They were so excited to see each other.  It totally cracked us up.  

Tomorrow we go back to the regular routine, which I think will be good for us all.  We had two weeks at home together, which was fantastic, but James is starting to get a little clingly.  He only wants to be with mom and dad.  He is obsessed with nursing, and refuses to take a baba.  I guess we will see what tomorrow brings!

His first top tooth is in the process of cutting through, so he has been enduring a bit of pain lately.