How do you like the new banner? That's what a half hour of boredom gets you, well me, I have no idea what it will get you, but find some boredom and let me know! Anyhoo, we have found the ho, ho, ho in holiday...nevermind, we are all jolly around here now.
Of course, it helps when family come into town to help you celebrate (hi Grammy!).
We were able to attend the Holiday Party at the CGA again. This is always a mixture of fun and anxiety, because you never know how the session with Santa is going to go. It was like Disneyworld all over again.
We were able to get our Christmas cards done and out in a timely manner, this is a goal I strive for every year. It's the little things.
And we are looking forward to the best Christmas present of all, we close on our house tomorrow (after a delay). We even marked the celebration by buying, painting and installing new gable vents for the new owner, Merry Christmas! 
But watching Seal Pup 1.0 perform in the mini-Christmas concert at church is always fun, too.
There are, of course more pictures in flickr; but, should you want that mosaic of Christmas card photos that weren't, here you go!
We spent the weekend moving and settling, but mostly moving. 
If we are being honest here, and I am, the whole process of moving has lost its charm. It's three weeks to Christmas; and, quite frankly, I would rather be doing other things.
But needs must. With the help of friends, we were able to clear out pretty much everything this weekend and now we are left with only the basement (which we have artfully avoided since Halloween). We only have a week left before the house goes to its new owner (hip, hip, hooray!) so we should probably tackle that soon. Soonish...now."
...It's your birthday.
He is feeling, decidedly, mature; as two year olds do, I suppose. 
Since we are in the middle of a move, we opted to do a small party at home with just the family (and I feel obligated to use the word "party" only because there were balloons). This laid back celebration was probably for the best for all parties (pun intended) concerned. There was a party at school though, and we rocked that like competitors for Parents of the Year, so you know, small victories.
Had we known that we would be in the middle of a move during the holiday season, we would not have planned to go away for Thanksgiving, but we also wouldn't have had as much fun.
We headed down to Orlando, Florida for Thanksgiving week. We stopped to visit with family on our way down.
We decided to just kick off Seal Pup 2.0's birthday celebration a little early.
It was a good time...
