Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Jackson's first Christmas was a wonderful one. He definitely is the most spoiled 5-month old around here. Both sets of grandparents gave him more toys than we could fit in the garage, much less in the nursery.

We had an early Christmas with my family in Brownwood before my parents and Rachel took off for the mission trip to Mexico. That was the biggest downer of this holiday season: only getting to spend one day with my sister, Rachel, who currently lives in Baltimore. Valerie and Tom were here for Thanksgiving, so I didn't see them at all, but we had a great Thanksgiving with them.

The Saturday before Christmas we packed up and drove to Longview for a family Christmas with Mandy's family. We had a great time enjoying the first Christmas in their new house, although it was far too cold and windy to use the pool.

The 26th we all packed up and went to Angel Fire for a few snowy days of retreat. I had planned to ski 3 days, but I sprained my right thumb on the first day when a little kid forced me off the slope into the rough and my tips dug in and I flipped forward. At least it was the last run on the first day. Bummer. I still was glad to be up in the mountains. Amy taught us some new games, and David retaught some old ones. And Emily's new Wii . . . well, now that was more fun than any of us expected.

We got some great photos of Jackson all bundled up, and actually took him sledding down the drive. Lots of winter fun. Merry Christmas. Happy New Year. Welcome to 2008, Jackson.

I have created a new web album for the next phase of Jackson's development. Here is the link: http://picasaweb.google.com/dryanlocker/FourTo8Months

BTW, anyone can order prints of the photos from the webalbums just by clicking on the link that says "order prints" at the top of each album. Then you can choose who does your prints.