Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all and happy 6 week birthday Isaac! Isaac celebrated his first Christmas Eve here at home with his parents. We made the traditional Hauge Xmas Eve dinner of brats cooked over the fire (or in our case, the grill), homemade baked beans, and potato chips! This tradition was started when my brother Kirk and I were little in an effort by my parents to keep us busy on the big night. I've always loved the tradition and plan on continuing it with our little family.

Christmas morning was spent trading the fussy baby back-forth between Nate and I so we could eat our breakfast feast and open presents. Thank you everyone for all the wonderful presents for Isaac and for the gifts for Nate and I as well! It was a lovely morning. Unlike Minnesota, we did not have a white Christmas in Seattle, instead, we had bluebird skies and 40+ degree temps -- a perfect day for a walk. After our Christmas day walk, we headed over to Nate's mom's house to celebrate Christmas with Dave, Yulia & Lynne. Here are a few pictures from the very Merry Christmas at Tutu's.

Isaac opening his presents (he got a onesie for his favorite NFL team -- Go Vikings)! sorry Nate ...

Auntie Yulia

Our family's first Christmas

Isaac enjoying Christmas dinner by the fire

This is so neat ... a picture of me burping Isaac and a picture of my mom burping me when I was his age. See the resemblance? :P