Christmas Part Two

I have so many pictures, it's truly unbelievable.  But, we'll let these suffice for now.  I feel badly that I didn't get pictures of everyone that was present on our little Christmas sojourn to Arizona.  I took so many that I thought I must have had one of everyone, I guess I was wrong.  Anyway... I wasn't feeling very well just before we left Ohio, and Jon Mark took the following pictures to show that mom's really can't be sick.  Well, we can be, but our children may not honor it.  I wanted to lay down, just for a second, but those little creatures kept crawling all over me.

 Here is a pregnancy shot before leaving.  I think I was like eighteen or nineteen weeks along.

 This is how Ohio looks in the winter months... lots and lots of SNOW!  I've had a bad attitude about it recently and have said many times that the "sky keeps pooping on us".  Of course, I don't mean to say it around the kids, because I want them to like the snow.  Perhaps my attitude has worn off onto Mercedes.  Joshua loves the snow.  He likes making train tracks in it, and he likes blowing out his "steam". 

 But, this is how much Mercedes likes the snow... let's just say that she absolutely hates it. 

 She really HATES it... with a capital H-A-T-E-S!!!! 

 He loves his train tracks.  The cold definitely doesn't stop this train!

 This was taken in AZ.  I love my little girl's curls.  I love how her hair looks after her bath.  I just wish that those curls stayed when her hair dried instead of turning frizzy. 

 Wow, we're way out of chronological order, but this is a picture of the kids at our house when they opened our presents to them before leaving.  It's not the best picture, sorry.

 In AZ, we went to the zoo.  Jon Mark liked wrestling with the gorilla.  And, a few pictures down, you'll see he liked wrestling the alligators too.

 Pregnancy shot.  Ummm, I'm not sure, maybe twenty weeks along at this point...

 Back at our house, Mercedes loved opening her gifts.  She got a little princess chair, an alien looking doll that sings, and I can't really remember what else.  Joshua got an RC tractor, some games, a Thomas flashlight, and I'm not sure what else.

 The alligator picture I already mentioned.

 Santa brought Joshua a Geo Trax and Mercedes a ball pit.  They really enjoyed all of their presents from grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.  They were spoiled this year.

 Here is Kevin helping Mercedes open her shoes.

 This is Jessica, ummm, I'm not sure what she's doing in this picture.  But, like I said, I was short on pictures of everyone so I used what I could.

 Here are the guys sleeping just before a big get together we had at the McAvoy's house.

 Jessica bought Mercedes this adorable coat that gets a lot of attention.  Plus, it's really warm.

Sorry that my pictures are so out of order.  I didn't feel like dealing with the sorting of them all out.