Mismatched socks and a new car seat with a cup holder.

Taking over my sick bed.

Snuggled up

Happy New Year

We rang in 2012 with a delicious crab fest!

Viv, J, Inara and J's family came to celebrate with us by giving live crabs a steam bath. 

Garrett was really curious about the whole process but didn't eat much crab, perhaps the excitement stole his appetite.

We wish everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous new year!

Christmas Afternoon and Dinner

We finished off our great Christmas day with a nice quiet dinner.

Garrett is still enthralled with his firetruck and spends hours studying its parts and playing with it - he even wanted to take it to bed with him.

Christmas Morning 2011

We had a great morning here in Oakland, at first Garrett was hesitant to come out and see what Santa brougt. He got over that quickly.

He LOVED the B-I-G firetruck that he specifically asked for from Santa. I think we have a life long Santa fan on our hands.

Santa left some crumbs from last night's cookies and Garrett promptly ate them.

All-in-all it was a magical morning, nothing would have made it better – except having you all here.

Love and kisses from this happy family.

Pre-Christmas in Austin

Garrett and I took a trip to Austin to celebrate Christmas a bit early with my family – Matt and I didn't realize until too late that we'd used up all of his 2011 vacation. *queue sad trombones*

We had a great time despite Matt not being there, and made it back to Oakland to celebrate Christmas as a family.