December 28, 2007

Merry Christmas!

The Friday before the Christmas holiday, I took Taylor out into the snow and Jeff, our neighbor pulled her around in the sled! Here is a shot of Taylor enjoying the snow!




Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We all had a wonderful Christmas, spent with family and friends! We spent Christmas Eve at Tony's parents house and enjoyed the frigid weather as best we could. Taylor's Uncle Keith and cousins, Joshua, Kayla and Nick also came for dinner and presents. After the wonderful dinner of ham, sweet potatoes, tuna salad and rice pilaf, we opened presents... which the kids were very excited to do! We had a great time, and each received such wonderful gifts! Taylor got some clothes, a pull along doggie, some toddler cars, and stuffed animals. Grandpa also made her a beautiful wooden toy box! And that was just from Grandma and Grandpa! From Uncle Keith we got some clothes (which Tony loves - a shirt says "Daddy thinks he's in charge") and, of course a drum set!





We came home, visited with Jeff, Renee and Ashley for a little while, and then put Tay to bed. Later that night Santa must have visited because there were more presents than originally under the tree! Tony and I awoke around 8 am, but we let Tay sleep in an hour. We went and woke Tay up (she will sleep until 11am if we let her!) and opened presents! From us Taylor got a Little Peoples Barn and some Little People people. From Santa she received a beautiful overall dress and cowboy boots, along with a bucket of beads.







After opening presents at home we got ready for the day and went to Bushka's for breakfast. We made omelets and potatoes cakes. We then opened presents. From Bushka and Grandpa Mike Taylor got some clothes, a wooden sled (just her size) and a lion walker. She looks so precious on the lion! At about 4 pm we headed home and enjoyed the rest of our day.







Happy Holidays Everyone! Have a safe New Year!

8 comments:

Sandi said...

Merry Christmas Maegan, Tony and Taylor. What adorable pictures. I still love checking your blog to see updates and pictures. She is getting big.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the holidays, Happy New Year.

Sandi

Catalina said...

Taylor is beautiful, she does seem to grow well since she came home and she looks very happy. Have a wonderful New Year! Catalina

Susan said...

I love the toy box! What an awesome gift!
Meagan, i like your hair longer too. You always look so cute.

Hey, i don't have your email, but if you'd like to follow my blog, i made it private, so just email me at princess@tampabay.rr.com and i'll send you an invite.
We hope to travel in Feb, but we don't know. Our dossier got "stuck" at the MFA for i think 10 or 11 weeks now, but hope it will move the MOE in the next couple weeks. I have loved following your journey. Looks like ya'll had a fabulous Christmas. Taylor is just adorable!!

Anonymous said...

Seriously could Taylor be any more adorable on her lion?

Brenda said...

Maegan and Tony, I have followed your blog since you were in Kaz. I don't think I have left a comment before now. I could not resist this time. That picture of Taylor on the sleigh - that belongs on the cover of something! It is one of the most precious pictures I have ever seen. Have you sent it to your agency? It is a classic! Brenda (Mom to Zhenya from Almaty)

Maren and Peter said...

Hey you guys!
Wow! Taylor is getting so big. And how cute is she on that lion? Sounds like you had a great time over the holidays. Keep us updated. Rinat likes to hear about his little friends from the Baby House. He is sitting here riveted by the photos of you guys. Seriosly, he loves to look through his book of photos from Kaz. Happy New Year!
Much love,
Peter, Maren, & Rinat

Kim said...

Hi - I found your blog from the Kazapalooza blog. We are just getting the word out on a new cookbook we are organizing, the profits going to the orphans of Kaz. We are asking each family to donate 1-3 recipes by Feb 14th. I hope you will consider submitting a recipe to help make childrens lives a little easier. For more info please visit our blog.

See you at Kazapalooza!

Thanks,
Kim and Stacy
Two Hearts For Hope, LLC.
www.hopeforkazakhorphans.blogspot.com

Susan said...

hey-guess what. You've been tagged-to find out what that means, please so visit my blog. :)

ps. would love to see more pics of Taylor.