Better late than never.....I guess

I know, I know, you don't have to tell me, it's pathetic..... it has been way too long since the last post. And I will save you my long list of not-so-good excuses (does Kiwi routinely putting my camera in obscure places count as a bad excuse???) and get right to the recap of all our holiday fun! We kicked off Christmas-palooza with a delicious Christmas Eve dinner at 4 Daughters Pub (shameless plug!!) followed by opening presents at CoCo's house. We all dressed in our finest as you can see, with Kiwi pairing her lovely Christmas dress with her once pink-now gray Uggs :) We then headed to Portland where we spent Christmas day at Grandma and Grandpa's, or as Kiwi has taken to calling Doug, "Buddy". We had a great day; opened presents, brunched at Aunties, ate a great dinner at Juice and Robin's new house, and to top it all off, it snowed most of the day too! After returning home we headed to Newport Beach to spend New Years with "Ry and Cole" (Ryan and Nicole). Surprisingly the girls weren't the biggest issue on the plane ride, that award goes to the eight bags we decided to bring along.....ugggghhh. Once we got there we had so much fun, especially Kiwi, who was in high heaven with all the "bissesses" (princesses) she got to see. First Ryan and Nicole hooked us up with box seats to Disney's Princesses on Ice. Never in my life have I seen Kiwi sit for so long, she was mesmerized...and also a little disturbed when Snow White face- planted. Then the next day we all went to Disneyland. Despite the looks on their faces, they had a great time. Kiwi enjoyed seeing all of the characters, the Jungle Boat Cruise, and the parade, (but I think those churros ranked number one with her!). And of course Grandma and Buddy had to buy Reagan her first pair of ears while we were there, could she be any cuter!?! Well after a week we reluctantly headed home from our So Cal trip (70 degrees there, 30 degrees Medford) and tried to get back to some sort of normal routine. Even though our little holiday was a whirlwind, it was worth every busy second!