Christmas Cheer!

We had a great little Christmas here in Spokane. Our attempts to get home were thwarted by the weather. We made the best of it and actually decorated the inside of the house a little! As a little bonus, we stayed much closer to a budget than we would have travelling.

We are houseing two cats for a friend, and they are a handful. The kids love them, though!

Caitin and Jamie have had mixed reactions to the snow we've received. Caitin loves it and is almost always willing to throw on her snow pants and go play outside. Jamie doesn't like getting bundled up like a pink marshmallow, so she prefers to stay inside with Mom.

One of our Christmas surprises this morning was Jamie deciding to walk around the house. She had previously been chancing a few steps at a time, but today she walked back and forth across the room many times, and seems to realize that it's an efficient mode of travel. She is, however, very fast crawling, so she's not completely converted yet.