whew!

I am finally getting a chance to blog after feverishly preparing for the holidays. I have baked, and baked, and baked, oh, and then I baked some more. My husband has eaten his weight in sugar cookies. I think he's had them for breakfast every day since Saturday! But we still seemed to have enough leftover to give to a few of our neighbors. But wow, is it a lot of work to spread Christmas cheer. Next year I may just drive down the street and throw those holiday M&Ms at people's doorsteps. OK, maybe not.



The other challenging holiday endeavor was getting a good picture of Campbell to give away as presents and one for our Christmas cards. The beauty of having a child is that you can get away with framed pictures of him to your grandparents and others who you've spent the last 10 years trying to figure out what to buy them. But catching a good picture of your 1 year old is like trying to catch lightning in a bottle. David called me one day in the middle of this adventure (yes, it took more than 1 day--3 to be exact!) and asked me what I was doing. I replied, "figuring out why photographers charge so much!" By the end Campbell and I were both crying--ok, just one of us was crying. I'll let you figure out which one. But I think we finally got one, so I will leave you with a few of the--shall we say, interesting pictures that were not chosen.



(don't know how to flip pictures--sorry!)