christmas vacation

I have been a little MIA from the blog lately because we have been keeping pretty busy since we got back to St. Louis after our 11 day Christmas vacation in Minnesota. I can hardly believe it's the middle of January and I'm already over 20 weeks pregnant with baby #2 (another reason for lack of posts - Ethan's naptime is my naptime too these days - being pregnant with a high energy toddler is exhausting!).

For Christmas - We spent a few days in the Twin Cities, celebrated Auntie and Baby Girl Schmaltz with a baby shower and enjoyed Christmas Eve with the fam. On Christmas morning we had breakfast with my mom and siblings and then headed up north to spend the Christmas and the whole next week with my dad and stepmom. Here are a few pics:

Auntie Lindsay, due in March!


Ethan and Grandma Sheila.Ethan enjoying a special ice cream treat.
In the picture below please note the very special snow globe Ethan is holding. Cousin Alyssa lovingly gave it to Ethan after he continued to play with it for hours and it seemed it was going to be a bit of a pain point to let go. Thank you Alyssa!
All in all a very Merry Christmas!