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...of just pictures

If you know me at all, you know that I can't not say something.  But I did want to share some of the pictures we got on Christmas day and a few since then, without much narrative.  Selah threw up a little a few times today, wouldn't eat much, and was a bit fussy, but overall in decent spirits.  I am guessing it is/was a little stomach bug, as I am starting to feel the beginnings of something as I type.  Excellent.  I guess I'd rather that it hits me at night rather than in the day when I am dealing with the kids.  So I'll bombard you with some pictures and a few captions and then I'm going to start praying that I'll be able to get some sleep tonight. 

Christmas Day:


Trains!!



"New" outfit I bought in the States that was too big for him at the time.  I finally pulled it out on Christmas as one of his presents.  This kid loves truck shirts and is starting to be very vocal about what he wears each day.  Funny kid.
Quinn got flip flops (for the constant trips across the courtyard between our kitchen/bedroom/dining room and our living room).

I got a bread machine! So not an even gift exchange.  Redeemed by the fact that Quinn, who is a serious bread man, has already benefited from this gift.  Two loaves down, many, many, many more to be done! 


Mobile for her crib (which I have yet to hang up, so she just holds on to it and chews on it).



We went to PF Changs with the Jennings for Christmas dinner.  After cooking a big breakfast, it was really nice not to have to do any more dishes.  Selah loooves Siena and lights up every time she sees her.  Sweet girls.  I can't wait for Selah to get older so they can really play together.

Abram dancing in the middle of the City Center.

Trip to the coast:
Steve and Katie invited us to go out to the east coast with them last weekend and stay in a very nice hotel, have dinner with some new and wonderful friends, and go to a friend's church the next day.  It was a very fun experience, because that's the city we are planning to move to next year.  It's much smaller and slower paced than where we are now and I think we are all looking forward to it.

Group photo.  The hotel had a pretty blue Christmas tree in the lobby. The guy who took the picture had a little trouble with the framing.

Trip home.

This is his "smile" face.  Love it.
Awesome new "car transporter" shirt from Nana and Papa.  Definitely a new favorite.

Small group friends.

Date Night:
We got a date night last night (Thanks Katie!) and went to a little shopping and dining area nearby.  Quinn wanted to eat at Nando's, a South African/Portuguese chain restaurant that he had been to with some friends when we first got here.  So we did that and then got a hot chocolate from Startbucks and walked around.  It was actually a little cold (without a jacket) and very, very nice.   



Nando's famous hanging chicken skewer thing.  It was yummy.

We are going to ride it sometime...

Blurry,  but it's the best one we got.

Then we went to the Gift Market on the way home.  We've been wanting to go for awhile, but have always had the kids with us.  That means we were either in a hurry to get them home for bed or worried about what Abram would do in such a place.  The gift markets are kind of like dollar stores.  Everything is under 10 dhs (about $2.50) and they have tons of stuff.  "Gifts", of course, like this votive candle holder...

... and housewares, like tons of dishes, pots, pans, utensils, towels, etc. Toiletries, cheap toys, cheap clothes, cheap lots of stuff.  A great place to buy some things and a bad place to buy other things, even if they stock said "things".  We purchased a bread knife, a muffin tin, a spatula, hand soap, a sippy cup, and a notepad.  It was a hopping place, even at 11:30 at night.  Overall, a good date night!  Next one we will go and see Les Mis when it finally makes it's way to this country.  I'm very excited.

Finally a video of the kids "playing" together while we prepared dinner tonight.  This is Selah with the stomach bug, so obviously it's not too vicious.  They won't be able to play like this for long for many reasons, but I think one of them may be that she's going to start putting up more of a fight soon.  Did you see that collar grab?  She's going to be a tough cookie! 



Here's hoping I'm able to fall asleep soon, although it's feeling like whatever this is is just getting started.  Boo.

Happy New Year.

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