Updates

We survived surgery! Last Monday I had my gall bladder removed in a surgery that lasted an amazing 45 min! It's truly incredible what modern medicine is capable of these days. We were at the hospital for a total of 4 hours and were able to go home the same day. Recovery has been going well and I think we're getting close to being back to normal...almost.

In addition to my body breaking down, we've also suffered several household casualties including our stove, our microwave and our vacuum. It seems our 12-year-old appliances have finally decided to act their age.

Tyler had his 2 month check up and now weighs 14 lbs. He's healthy as can be and is such fun to have around. He's been full of smiles lately and loves to stair at his fist raised in the air. (We'll have to post a pic of that. It's absolutely hilarious and he finds it totally fascinating!)

Gordon made it through finals inspite of all of the distractions my surgery provided. He's all set for another semester and wishes it was his last but we only have 2 more to go! Hooray!

Christmas was a blast! We spent Christmas Eve and part of Christmas Day over at my parents. We had our annual Jerusalem dinner which is always a highlight and played our traditional Christmas Eve games. Thanks mom for all of the yummy food, fun, and the cute nativity! This year we played our nativity game a little different. For those who don't know, every year my mom collects nativities to give to us girls to add to our collections and on Christmas Eve we play a game to determine who gets which one. This year, she wrapped each one in several layers of wrapping paper and then we passed them around and whoever opened the last layer of wrapping paper got to keep it. We had a lot of fun playing and really appreciate all of the effort mom puts in to making our holidays so much fun.

Well, that's about all that's been going on with us! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and have survived the crazy weather!