Hello all and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! I have had quite a fun ride these last couple of months!! I have been having so much with my mom and dad, and also with my grandma, grandpa, uncles, and friends. Here I am with my mom and her friend Jill and my little girlfriend Ivy! We went for a walk on a street where everyone has great decorations for Christmas! I was amazed to see all the lights, and even more amazed when I got to meet Santa for the first time!!




On Christmas Eve my family read "The Night Before Christmas", to me and I listened attentively and looked at all the pretty pictures. I was glad to have my grandma and poppa Don there for Christmas, but I missed my grandpa and uncles, maybe next year...









My grandpa bought me this Santa suit for Christmas. My mom and dad laughed a lot at me and told me they were sorry for putting me in the ridiculous suit, but I really liked it. It was nice, and cozy. Unfortunately, I did have a little poo accident in it, but hey that's what the washer is for, right?














Here I am with my grandma and poppa Don. They really like to spend time with me...I guess its because of my award-winning personality! Who are we kidding, its just because I am so darn cute!!









While my grandma and Don where here we did a lot of cool stuff! We went on the Redwood Railroad, in Tilden Park about 10 minutes from my house! Its a real steam engine that takes you through the beautiful redwood trees, I got a little scared when the engineer tooted his horn and the tunnels kinda scared me too, but I know I'll get used to it! It was already my third train ride! We also went on the ferry from Oakland to SF. This picture is of my mom and I on the ferry, it was cool!




Well that about says it all for me..this is a pretty darn cute picture that my grandma took of me, if I do say so myself!

Note from mom: The new year also means back to work for me! Although I am sad that my time with Rowan has come to an end for now, I am lucky that Mike is taking 2 more weeks off to be with Rowan and to make my transition back to work a little easier. January 22nd will be Rowan's first "official" day with our nanny, Charn. Mike works Sunday to Thursday, so he'll be with her 4 days a week, and home with dad one day! I know that everything will work out fine! Plus, I get to spend all summer with the little man...so I'll be counting down the days until June 10th!

Love you all and hope that 2008, not only brings us a miracle-worker of a new president who can help us to re-establish ourselves as a caring, and honest nation, but also brings all of you some amazing miracles in your own homes! Love Rowan, Mike, and Angie