A Very Merry Christmas!

Oh, the holidays are the best; all the family time, visits from out of town family, no work, lots of great food, good red wine paid for by Papa. Really the list could keep going. Here are some highlights from Christmas 09:

I fully expected to spend all of our meals calmly asking Amelia to sit down in her highchair. When all else fails she gets her way and runs around under the table as we eat. What I wasn't expecting was that I would also have to tell Papa to politely sit at the table and eat his Christmas dinner.
Oh when all else fails Grandma G, fishies and a bottle always make Amelia happy!

Darn right, I am rocking my cobbler apron. Grandma Kaiser was on to something with her cobbler apron obsession. They rock. I mean how great to be able to carry around your cell phone, camera, lip gloss, kleenex, etc and not lose a beat in the kitchen? Speaking of kleenex I think I also inherited Grandma Kaiser's tissue habit. I literally find them in every pocket no matter what I'm wearing. I could never figure out why Grandma ALWAYS had kleenex in everything and now here I am. Can I blame it on having a teething baby whose nose is always running?

We had a grilled rack of lamb for Christmas dinner. Oh the joys of grilling in December in Chicago. I think it was about 10 degrees and the snow was just starting to fall.

Grandma Ginnie and I tried SO hard to get a picture of Amelia in her so cute Christmas dress but she wasn't having it. This was the best we could do.

Why is at that Evans' holidays always end with a dance party of some sort? At least this Christmas no one ended up in a swimming pool fully clothed.... Auntie M and Papa did end up soaking wet when they decided to turn the whirlpool jets on while bathing Amelia. The problem was that without a full tub the jets blew water all over the bathroom. Poor Amelia might not have much hope.....