2009 HoliDaze

Our 2009 holiday season was a huge hit! We had a Brown Family Thanksgiving in Ridgecrest this year . Grandma and Poppy Hicks even came to eat turkey with us. Too bad we don't have any photos to prove how delicious our table looked! The last few months of the year were a technical fiasco for us. My camera broke, my computer crashed, and Eric lost the card that held all of our Thanksgiving photos. I'm still sick to my stomach when I think about how many memories were lost. Maya even started CRAWLING while in Ridgecrest. I'm bummed I don't have a photo to post of this huge milestone! Anyway, we are thankfully back on track and will hopefully be blogging more in 2010.

Maya's first Christmas was spent at home with both the Hicks' and Brown families in attendance. It was a full house to say the least! The food and champagne was delicious. We all had fun together. This was the first year that Lila really understood the whole Santa thing. She had a loot of gifts on Christmas morning. Santa was very, very generous. And Maya did what any other nine month old would do - ate paper then took a nap. It was a perfect holiday!

Christmas Eve Dinner

Circling the Tree

I really did love this tree. Even after is fell over.

Christmas Morning

Matching Christmas Jammies!

Mommy & Lila

New Years Eve was quiet this year. I see this becoming a trend as finding a babysitter is wishful thinking. We had fun with our pizza and party hats though... just the four of us.

2009 will always be special to our family. There were countless laughs, great times with friends and family, fun parties, warm summer vacations and (most important) the birth of our little Maya Raye. Looking forward to 2010!