Christmas pics! Click to see them bigger.

I was trying to get some work done today, but I am randomly locked out of the system I need. I am now waiting for my boss to get me reset. I have been a little slow in the work this week, because Nicky is sick. Poor guy woke up at 2:30 am, 4 and 5:30 on Thursday morning complaining of tummy pain and leg cramps. He didn't have a fever or ever throw up and seemed fine when he got up, so I sent him to school. The nurse called 30 minutes later. I decided he really must be sick when he slept from 12:30 to 3:30 yesterday afternoon and then from 4:30 until 8:00 am this morning. Nicky never naps. I really expected to be up at 3 am since he went to sleep so early. I can't believe he slept through the night like that. It worked for me though since I was so tired from being up and down with him the night before.

We did an awesome thing for Christmas this year. My family decided to get a beach house in the Outer Banks of North Carolina for the week of Christmas. The house was split 5 ways and my parents paid more than their share. This meant we ended up with an awesome 3000 sq ft house in Rodanthe that was 50 ft from the ocean. There is no way we could afford this house in the summer season. Here is a link to the listing Sea Horse Rodanthe It wasn't even our year to spend Christmas with my family, but Ned said if they were going to the beach, we weren't just going to visit a day or two, we were going to be there too!

Greeting the sun from the deck off the living room!



We got a small real tree and strung cranberries. Mom made a bow for the top and we made decorations from red and green beads and pipe cleaner. Mom folded doilies into fans and flowers. We actually removed the tinsel the day after we put it on. It detracted from the simple beauty of the tree.



We got creative when we hung the stockings by the fire with care!



The kids Christmas day!