Friday Photos: Christmas!

Since the girls and I are traveling tomorrow, we celebrated Christmas this morning.

'Twas wonderful.

Here are some highlights:

Bedheads shlepping down the stairs

Stockings and Santa gifts

Daddy helping Olive go through her stocking

Hmmm...what are these?

Oooooh. Clips. For my blossoming hairs.

May, very excited about bubble gum

Then we had breakfast:

Gingerbread waffles with strawberries and whipped cream

(Gluten free gingerbread waffles for Rubes of course)

Turkey sausage

Low acidity orange juice for my acid reflux-ridden peeps

Ruby, surveying the merchandise before we start in

Olive, playing with every one else's stocking items besides her own

This years Christmas travel includes:

1.5 hr drive to Baltimore where Go will drop the girls and I off at a hotel

and then go back to PA all by him lonesome.

Sniff.

An overnight stay in Baltimore for the girls.

An earrrrrrly shuttle ride to the airport from the hotel.

A crack of dawn flight to Vegas - which will last an eternity and a half

due to the 21 month old lap child who is the size of a very large 2 year old,

who isn't interested in anything but running

and climbing into the laps of strangers

to snuggle, play with their buttons, and steal their food.

Our so-called "layover": less than 30 minutes to get to our next flight to LAX:

a feat I fear will be impossible to accomplish.

Short flight to LA.

1.5 hour drive from LAX to Irvine.

"I've already put on my

"This is an adventure!" game face.

I'd say "wish me luck" but I'm going to need a whole lot more than that

to get through the next 2 days.

A Merry Christmas to all!