Christmas 2008

What a great Christmas! We started the holiday at my mom's house in Indiana. Then, we drove down to Georgia to spend Christmas with Jeff's family. We were fortunate that the weather cooperated and we had a fairly easy road trip. Jeff's Grandparents were able to make it and that made Christmas even more special. While Jeff's Dad had a short visit at the hospital, he was out just in time for our visit. We are so thankful everyone was present and healthy for this Christmas. Carter even had the opportunity to play with Grandaddy's trains and take a ride in his MG.

All Aboard!

Last weekend, we took a trip up to Green Bay. The railroad museum put on a special Polar Express train ride for kids. Well, anything to do with trains is right up Carter's alley (and Daddy's) so we got tickets and made a day trip out of it. They first read the Polar Express book aloud and passed out hot chocolate. They had people dressed up in costume to wait on the kids and then the conductors with lanterns. It was very cute. Then they took a ride on the polar express train. They were each given a bell and refreshments on the train ride up to the north pole. The final stop was to see Santa. This time Carter actually sat on his lap. Yeah!

Visit with Santa 2008

On the way to see Santa, we explained to Carter that he would have to tell Santa what he wanted for Christmas. Carter without hesitation said, "I want choo choos." When we finally got there and it was his turn to sit on Santa's lap, Carter quickly ran up and said, "I want choo, choos," and then ran back out of line. He was a little too nervous to sit on Santa's lap, but he would go to Mrs. Claus because she gave him a candy cane.