December 25th (Saturday) MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Pacey got his first tooth last Sunday on the 19th! He's almost 9 months old! I can't believe he didn't get a tooth until now! But, everything at his own pace.

Rich and Roxane got in late Sunday night (at midnight). We went to a Christmas Market on Tuesday in Wiesbaden. On Wednesday we went to Rottenburg to a Christmas Market there. Then we stayed in Wurtzburg. It was a very cool city! We were walking to dinner, and Elee started crying and screaming. He kept saying his pee pee hurt. He ended up pooping his pants. We got to a restaurant and I went to the bathroom with him. It went all the way down his leg. We threw away his underwear and socks and cleaned him up. I ran to a store to buy him some new clothes and then we joined everyone for dinner. It was really good Chinese food.

Then next day we did some shopping in Wurtzburg. Then went to Bamburg. Richie and I took the two little ones and went to his favorite brewery for about a half an hour. We had an Urbach. It was a really good smoked beer. Roxane and Rich did some shopping with Josiah and Elee and went to a church. They lit a candle for Great Grandpa Frank, Great Grandpa Bill, and Grandma Judy. We got home late that night.

Today was a great day!!!! Merry Christmas! We opened presents this morning and just had a lazy day. The kids played with their legos and toys and Lincoln logs. Luna found my mascara and put it all over her face. She looked like Bert from Sesame Street with a huge black uni-brow. It was hard to get mad when she looked so funny and cute. We had a birthday cake for Jesus. Josiah helped me make a blueberry pineapple dump cake but he didn't have a bite. I thought he would like this since it wasn't really like cake, but he didn't want it.

Rich and I are getting ready for Venice tonight. We leave tomorrow about 11:00 AM. We are taking Pace with us and Richard and Roxane will be watching Josiah, Elee and Luna Jane. Looking forward to our trip. I really hope the weather is okay for us.