Our Christmas

Wow...Christmas is already over! And now we're headed towards new years.
Well the holidays have been filled with firsts for our family. Most important one, Payton had her first Christmas!

She also had her first set of shots on the 21st. Man...talk about tough! For mom & dad that is! I teared up seeing her big ol'crockadile tears!

Another first for me, being laid off for lack of work! :o( I no longer work at Briggs Engineering. The economy is so slow that the company hit it's 8th round of layoffs, and unfortunately I was part of that! The hope is that they pick up around spring time. And I can go back. But only time will tell. I know it wasn't personal, if it were, I would have been gone a long time ago! I just miss using a different part of my brain that I haven't used since October 21st! ha..ha... I am looking for other places, but taking my time and being a little finicky at the moment. Has to be just the right fit. I have un-employment coming in, and we have a little saved up, so in a sense, I'm taking an extended maturity leave while looking for another job. With the hopes that I can go back to Briggs in the spring, even if its part time. I loved working there, enjoyed my job on so many levels. I've never had a job that I enjoyed this much. Wish me luck!!

We had a white Christmas this year! Haven't had one in a while! The picture below was taken before we really got dumped on, but the lights look so pretty with the snow!

We spent Christmas eve with my mom at her house, and then Christmas morning we got up had our Christmas, and then headed to Nicks parents house to have brunch and open gifts there. Then later that afternoon had the Fusselman family Christmas at the church gym.
It was nice to see everyone and enjoy extended family time!

We hope everyones Christmas was as enjoyable as ours was, and that everyone took the time to soak up the little moments that the holidays had to offer.

Quick holiday update

We're pretty much ready for Christmas! So is Payton, she has all kinds of cute outfits to sport for everyone to see! This one is one Grandma Ragsdale bought for her, love the butt! Whats crazy is that she's wearing 3-6 months in size. She's smiling allot and cooing all the time. Daddy can always work a smile out of her, she's already becoming a daddy's girl! We're really excited about Christmas this year, have allot to look forward too!

Our First Family Pictures

A while back my sister in law Carrie took our first family photos. Most have already seen these but some are not on the other sites where I have posted them. So here are a few of our faves!
I swear, if Carrie ever decides she wants a second career, she has one in photography, she has such a creative eye! She did a great job on our pics....as always! ;o)

December 12th, 2008

Well I blog quite a bit on other sites. Decided that I should do one on this site too, more people can look at it & keep up on Nick & I, and our journeys through life. Well on Tuesday this last week, our baby girl, Payton. Turned 7 weeks! Crazy how much she has changed since she was born, or even brought home from the hospital for that matter! I weighed myself the other morning, then picked her up to see how much we both weighed, she was one ounce shy of 13lbs!!! (Sheeesh kiddo...no wonder your diapers are getting tight!) She wear mostly 3-6 month size clothes, and in the onsies she's wearing 6-9 months cause otherwise they are too short! lol (she has daddy's long body...but she still got mommy's long legs too ;o)

She smiles allot now, and loves Mommy/daughter dance time in the living room!
Well a short blog, but I'll keep on this one & keep the updates comin!