Christmas 2010

On Wed, we finally made it to Memphis! Long story short, Monday caused us some chaos. I went to the orthopedic surgeon to look at my back again and his assistant scurried to get me an MRI. I ran around for about 7 hours to several different doctor's offices, had the MRI, found out I had a disc bulge on my S5 L1, and had an epidural injection of cortisone in my back. What happened next? We missed our flight Tuesday morning.

Of course, airlines suck and wouldn't change our reservations without a hefty $1500 fee. So, we ended up buying new tickets and left Wednesday morning.

Wednesday night, Ella wanted to open up presents so Aunt Emmy let her open one.

And, the next morning, she was at the tree again wanting to open up more.

Eating "i kem" with Big Daddy

Thursday morning we visited Santa. I'll have to take a picture of that picture (we don't have a scanner). Let's just say HILARIOUS! Ella hysterically crying in Santa's lap is the best picture we could have asked for. I don't have the pictures of this event yet, but the Christmas Village had lots of rides. We rode the choo choo train, teacup ride, dinosaur ride, and carousel. We also fed goats, saw a live manger as well as camels.

Thursday night, we went to Starry Nights with Grammy and Grandpa and then out to dinner at an Italian restaurant. The lights were really pretty!

Friday morning: Ate some great food and visited with wonderful friends and family at Judy's brunch

Friday night: We had Christmas with my Dad's side of the family. We are Irish and Perfect!!

Best gift ever - a wrapped canvas portrait of his best friend

Love this hat. Aunt Terry made over 100 of these for the children at St. Jude in honor of her sister.

Mema and most of her grandkids

Collin trying to lighten things up as we tried over and over to get a picture with Ella in it...we weren't successful.

Saturday morning: Christmas at my parent's and Ella's 1st Santa visit

She wasn't fond of Elmo's crazy antics

Trying on the tutu her Uncle Phillip gave her

FINALLY....a COMPLETE family picture! And a great one!

Kelley kids

Phillip and Katy

Christmas afternoon: Christmas with my Mom's side of the family

Gran, Pop, and their kids

Do you see an extra person in this pic? Hmmm...

Gran and Pop and all their grand and great grand (Ella) kids

Christmas night: Christmas with Grammy, Grandpa, and Eric (Brian's family)

Grandpas always make the toys work

Sunday: We left Memphis at 6:00 a.m. Short, a little crazy, but grateful that we were able to spend time with our family.

Sunday afternoon after Ella's nap, we had Santa #2. I pretty much just threw everything on the floor and was like "here you go"!!! We were pooped!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

12:54 a.m. and I'm going to bed...peace out.