Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas og God Jul! We hope all of our friends and family have a peaceful and "hyggelig" (Danish - cozy) Christmas. We have already been blessed with the best Christmas present ever - our little Samuel, and the gift that Max is doing so well with another little man in the house.

Life marches on, even on several hours less sleep every day. Here are some pictures of our December up til now.

The first is of Max's "julekalender." It's a Danish tradition. You buy the kids this little cardboard box where you can open up a little door every day and there is a piece of chocolate behind it. Max figured that system out quick and ca. 6 hours after we had bought the thing, quietly closed the kitchen door (we should have suspected right away), climbed up onto our bar stools, found the dumb box and promptly ripped it to shreds to get at the chocolate. We did notice the silence before he managed to eat the entire box, so we salvaged the last half. Here is Max, with his tail between his legs....
The next picture is of Max's BEST friend - Magnus. The two boys went to daycare together but have been seperated for about 2 months since they had to go to two different "big-boy" daycares. So, I invited Magnus over for lunch and the boys got to be rowdy together.

The next picture is of course, Samuel. This is pretty much what he does, so far. Lays there, eats, sleeps and looks cute. Not a whole lot of hassle there.

And the next pic is of Max getting a haircut. His face says it all, don't you think? (That's about how his daddy looks too, when I cut his hair. Actually, it is easier to get Max to sit for a haircut then Morten. You can bribe Max with jelly bears.) You can also get a sneak-peek of how I tend to look these days. Despite my best efforts, I am most often in pj's and just happy that I have been able to take a shower in the last 72 hours.

And last but not least, the Christmas picture. It was truly a Griswold family photo op to get this picture, so please be impressed. We have about 20 others of us running to and from the picture, jumping up to clean up spilt water or spit-up or looking bitter and cross, pointing at something or the other. We are a REAL family now. And we send REAL wishes for a healthy, happy Holiday season. Happy Birthday, Jesus!