So I l.o.v.e. my family and it was really sad that we were not planning on going up to DC this year to be with them for Christmas. When Tia Marga (aka ‘the baby whisperer’) was here she really worked on convincing Marcus that we needed to travel for the holidays, and while there is something to be said about waking up in one’s own house on Christmas morning, as Marcus said, we travel at Christmas – it’s just what we do. We would have been so sad without them on the 24th and it was the perfect opportunity for my dad to meet the boys and for us to see him on the 25th. It was a whirlwind trip and poor Nana and Richard’s Christmas presents were left in Charlotte (oops!), but well worth it. The fam doted on the boys, Emilia got lots and LOTS of love and attention (no whining whatsoever!) and followed Nena around like her shadow. We ate terrific food, laughed like crazy, and got to enjoy time together. That is my bliss.
navidad 2010 from Denise Glaser on Vimeo.
some favorite stills…
tia marga was in full effect and had all sorts of activities for emilia to do like this gingerbread house. according to emi, she had a lot of ‘busy days’ at tia marga’s house. one thing’s for sure – there was no whining!!!
not a great picture but had to document A and Jack working the Post crossword puzzle.
javier and a.
again, not a great picture, but had to document the annual girl’s trip to the ritz for drinks. sure fire happy holidays!
so my mama and i.
the baby whisperer in full effect – andres totally asleep on tia marga’s arm.
marcus’ not-great-picture of the kids before church in their christmas outfits – emilia’s dress from tia claudia/tio esteban and javier and andres in outfits nana brought them from italy. they both wore their monogrammed bibs from anne and kate (though andres obviously isn’t wearing his in this picture). I promise javier didn’t have this look of terror on his face the whole day.
marga was such a trooper and doted on emi these days. emilia followed her around ev.ery.where. seriously. I would have been SO annoyed if I was her, and maybe she was, but she never let it show. gracias nena – see you in may!!
javier… meet javier!
nana doing double duty – rocking andres in the carseat and holding javier.
andres
the aftermath.
christmas morning – emilia was completely overwhelmed by the number of presents. seriously after opening tia marga’s (the first doll house) that was pretty much all she wanted to play with. it took the rest of the day to open the rest of them.
at grandpa’s in a dress he got her for christmas day.
