Friday, December 26, 2008

planes, a dog named Sadie and first snow

Here we are in cozy Merrimac, MA with the Evans family.

Our travel on Christmas Eve was not the nightmare I was expecting - in fact, it was quite the opposite. Our saint of a flight attendant spotted an empty seat just before take off and asked our row-mate to take it so that we'd have 3 seats together. Bliss.
Sadie is so busy these days, that I had been dreading the whole lap-child thing for our cross country flight. With a seat all to her self, she was able to wriggle, bounce and flop to her heart's delight without driving Andrew and me crazy. I brought along snacks and some new things (mini tubs of play-dough, crayons, stickers and a slinky*) with the hope that I'd catch 10-15 minute chunks of time for her to be occupied quietly. It worked. She played, babbled, ate, and slept. Andrew got to watch motorcycle races on his laptop. We landed in Boston, had our bags in no time and found both Nana and Papa ready and waiting for us. Perfection! Sadie greeted them with smiles, which made their day.
Once we arrived at the house, Sadie marveled at the beautiful Christmas tree (Nana has Christmas tree radar as Aunt Deborah says) with all of its lights, bows and ornaments. We visited, put out our stockings and got to bed.

Uncle Justin, Aunt Kat and Little Sadie (the dog) arrived on Christmas day and we've had a wonderful time together.

Our Sadie is delighting everyone with her joyful self and we've had nothing but great food, wonderful company and warmth.
Oh, wait...except for the snow. We just missed the below freezing weather and fresh snow, but there is still a couple of feet outside, so we gave Sadie a taste of it today. Nana helped her make her first snowman and I did my best to capture some digital memories.

We have more family to see in a couple of days - all of whom have not yet met Sadie. I'm looking forward to that, as well as deciding what to do for New Year's Eve and taking a jaunt up to Justin & Kat's place in Vermont.
I am admittedly a serious California Girl, but I do have a fondness for the East Coast, and am very happy to have met and married a man from here. It feels different in lots of little ways which make it unique and special.



*Leslie, this was simply genius, thank you.

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