Christmas Tornado!

Well, we made it through Christmas! We were not unscathed though! Aunt Vicki arrived without a hitch and Alyson took to her right away. Ella was mesmerized. Paul...a little uncertain but he warmed up!
Paul ended up with a Staph infection that presented itself in his nose, on his knee and thigh. A good dose of antibiotics is kicking its butt though and my boy is back to his normal crazy self. I won't scare you with pictures of his nasty nose.

Our house looks like Toys R Us threw up (again). I have no idea where to put all these toys and things!!! Luckily we had some beautiful weather to get the kids outside to play but we did not really get the opportunity to take them anywhere with Aunt Vicki since Paul was "confined" to the house.

The kids got some nice things...among them, a train table, a Fisher Price cash register, tons of arts & Crafts stuff, a tee ball set, some nice clothes, hats & gloves, a ton of DVDs, and a ton of books (which we LOVE). Oh and I must publicly thank Uncle Billy for the Princess Throne! OY!

I got the BEST gift....Alyson is potty trained!! Since she was off from school for 2 weeks, I simply refused to put a diaper on her which actually turned around and bit me in the butt....she ended up refusing to wear diapers for her nap and bedtime. Well, wouldn't you know that she is pretty much staying dry for naps and through the night (well, she wakes me up to go potty). We are SO proud of her.