Our Holiday Season

We hope everyone had an awesome holiday season. Here are some random pics of our season and what made it so great. Getting mail was AWESOME! Joey could not wait to see the cards and letters that came ( we had to keep out Aunt Martha's and Uncle Ricks out all season, cause Joey loved pointing out Molly as much as he loves hugging her : ) sorry Parker and Jeff but you are not near as pretty!!!!)

Anyway, here is Joey opening a letter from Santa that was mailed by a mystery party....who are you???? Cause Joey was so thrilled by your gift, as were we....to see his beautiful face light up....

PS - Joey is SURE he can read. He has just watched too much Sesame Street!!! He looks at letters and names them: some correctly, some not... A-D-R-Y-Z...so we had quite a time getting this Santa letter away from him : )

Opening a Mickey Card from Aunt Martha and Uncle Rick before going to Walt Disney World...Joey LOVED IT!!!

When we got home from TN Joey had more mail and a package (stay tuned...opened on C. Eve). A Penguin card from his Grampy and Mimi Zanoni with STICKERS!!!!
A card and $5 from Mamaw Zanoni...that $5 will go right into Joey's college fund so it can grow and grow for whatever future he chooses!!!

We learned a valuable lesson this year...CHRISTMAS TREES ARE VERY EXPENSIVE IN FLORIDA (over $100 at least).... they are not grown nearby and must be shipped in, so next year we are buying an artificial tree. On a good note we were at the beach watching dolphins swim today so there is a trade-off!!! Joey is helping us pick out a tree...doesn't he look like such a grown up boy!!!!

Helping Da trim the tree.... well kind-of

Decorating the tree....

And then he found the train...that for some reason would not work. Poor Baby, kept taking it to his Da saying "needs batteries!!!! Fix it Da!"! Poor Bill was heartbroke...the poor baby Joey would not let it go and woke up asking if Da could fix the train....

So, before he came home Bill went out and bought Joey a Lionel Polar Express and set it up around the tree. You have never in your life seen a happier boy!!!! or Da!!!!! They played the

rest of the night.

Joey figured out the remote in no time!!!!

Setting up the tree in Joey's room, complete with a carolling Thomas that he is dancing to in this picture.

The Advent calendar full of Hershey Kisses...of which Joey promptly took out and ate almost all of them....oh well!!! : )

Some Gallman Elves sent Joey his own elf whom he quickly found in the tree carrying gifts and candy. What an awesome tradition they shared with us...Thank You!!!!

Look what the Elf brought me!!