12.25, over the river and through the woods...

merry malfunction! our max had an awful cold this christmas and just wasn't feeling his usual jolly self. not even the giant elmo santa brought him could cheer him up. on top of that, mommy's camera broke on christmas eve and will be in the shop for 6 long weeks. let's just say the ol' blog won't be quite the same with the point and shoot (if i can find it, that is!). luckily, we had family to catch a few shots to document christmas '09!

max's christmas loot. the animal crackers were his favorite.

wellesley's stash.

note to santa.

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we started off the day at grandma and grandpa shearer's...

wellesley's first christmas!

fun family foto.

max hanging with the cousins...jonathan, caitlin, sarah and zachary. there's grandpa bruce, too!


another fun family foto. me opening a tin of cash? i can only imagine what adam is saying! probably some nonsense about saving.

max in the rocking chair that grandma and grandpa shearer gave him. about that outfit...it is the same one that adam wore on his second christmas. what, was that twenty long years ago?? it was so cool of grandma joan to save that for us!

we then headed to the pines to visit the za-parents...

incredibly, 98% of these gifts were for max and wells. isn't there some saying about grandparents spoiling their grandkids?

max with za-za and za-pa.