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Our (Late) Christmas, Part II

The morning of the 28th was our late version of Christmas. The birth of Nina and Ian’s excitement of the morning made for a happy day indeed!

The bold general of a one-man unwrapping army surveys his battlefield, and envisions the wrapping paper carnage to follow. See this image larger.

Somewhere there’s a piggy bank in an unemployment line as a result of this robot. Welcome to Michigan! See this image larger.

Ian graduated from “mega” to “duplo” blocks… It seems like only yesterday he was facing backwards in his car seat. See this image larger.

Nina watches from the safety of her bouncy chair as packages are torn asunder. See this image larger.

Froggy towel approves of SuperWhy’s Super Duper Computer! See this image larger.

Daddy performs the “hip hip hooray” dance from SuperWhy. See this image larger.

Ian was mesmerized by the left-turn action of this light/aquarium. (Which he loved!) These fish turn left more than NASCAR drivers! See this image larger.

A stuffed animal puppy for Nina… “Lucky,” and boy is she! See this image larger.

His mouth is forming the “een” of Lightning McQueen. See this image larger.

His mouth is forming the “whyyyyyy” of SuperWhy. See this image larger.

I think everybody that saw these little trains fell in love with them. It wasn’t so much their scale as the number of features built into them given such a size. They chugged, whistled, hissed, and lit up! See this image larger.

The best Christmas gift ever, as held by Grandma Marcia. See this image larger.

The best Christmas gift ever, as held by Grampa Dave. See this image larger.

Mommy and the loves of her life. See this image larger.

Intermission (Soak Up the Sun)

Let’s take a moment and honor Nina’s battle with Jaundice, which our physician says we have won. A little battle, but one that’s over, and that’s important. How to beat it? A bili-blanket, a lot of love, and… well… see the video!

Click here to see the video. It is 5 MB in size, which isn’t too bad.

Our (Late) Christmas, Part I

I want to thank everybody for their kind comments on the blog, and also there’s a lot of people to thank for other forms of generosity during what has been a trying time.

Here’s how the rest of December looked, in pictures… the first a bonus picture that really belongs in an earlier entry.

This is it. This is the definitive picture of Ian meeting Nina. Melissa was in bed, my arms were full and so were Marcia’s… Grampa Dave pulled off this picture and so this is it! (Earlier pictures that I posted were either of their second meeting, or minutes after this one was taken. See this image larger.

December 27th was our Christmas Eve, as everything had been postponed due to a little surprise visitor! Here she’s prepped and ready to head home… her first trip in a car seat! See this image larger.