Goodbye Christmas!

It was a great white Christmas but it's finally over! We had a great holiday with my mom and dad. It was quiet and Olivia seemed to have fun. We started the day early and headed over to my parents house. Olivia was very excited to discover Santa brought her some lottery scratchers in her stocking.We continued with Mimosa's and breakfast and soon followed with presents. Olivia opened her first Christmas present and was excited to find an "Olivia" stationary set.
Everyone received great gifts. Phil's favorite gift was his Grand Marnier and mine was the Nintendo DS with Animal Crossings. Nick is hard to buy for but I think he enjoyed his gift certificate to Ghengis Grill and his jeans. My mom was surprised, as were the rest of us, with a cruise through the Panama Canal. Her and my dad are planning that for April. And we don't want to leave out Grace. She got the pedi-paws. We finished the day with a fabulous dinner prepared by our favorite chef, Chef Nono.

Christmas continued the next day with the arrival of Phil's parents and sisters. His older sister came from Chicago and it was nice she got to spend time with Olivia. Things have definately changed since she saw her in June. We opened more presents and enjoyed dinner out.

The celebration continued on Saturday with a prime rib dinner with my family. It is always great to have everyone together to celebrate the holidays.

LOTS of money was spent on Sunday while we shopped our butts off. All the money we received for gifts, was gone. We got some great things at great prices though.

Everyone left on Monday. Veronique went back to Chicago and Phil's parents headed back to Elko. Everyone made it home safe and sound.

Until next year........

Time Goes By

Okay...so I'm really bad at this "blogging" thing. A lot has happened since our first blog. I'll keep it short because if you're anything like me, you only want to hear the point of the story.

October: Olivia was baptised. She LOVES prunes! Halloween was boring since she didn't really get the point. We did manage to have fun at some Halloween parties. Olivia was the cutest monkey I have ever seen even though she hated the outfit!

November: Olivia started sitting up on her own. We finally made it to our first Wolfpack game. Olivia was entertained by all the crazy people around us. Thanksgiving was in Elko...oh what fun! Olivia loves sweet potatoes.

December: Olivia loves every food except green beans. She should be crawling any day now. I have started to baby-proof the house but I have a lot of work ahead of me! Good thing I'm not working. Christmas will be in Reno with my parents and my in-laws will come to town a few days later. Also, Phil's oldest sister will be visiting from Chicago. She hasn't seen Olivia since she was born so that will be fun! We'll be sleeping, like we always do, on New Years Eve.

January: Me, Olivia, and my mom are going to Florida to see Grandpa Amato. This isn't her first trip but I'll let you know how it goes!

In the beginning...

Wow! This is easier than I thought. I've joined the bandwagon and started blogging. My goal for this is to keep you updated on all of the fun and exciting events of the Tousignant family (while saving a little money since this is free). We will also be keeping you up-to-date on our Baby Jelly Beans site for the time being. Stay tuned...

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