THE DAYTON FAMILY

JANUARY 2010: I got to see my BFF Jamie right after getting back from Germany while she was in town with her family for the holidays. Tay got to play with cousins!!! We got to hang out more with Ian & Bonnie! This included manicures & pedicures for the girls! I also darkened my hair. Taylor also spent lots of time doing two of his favorite things, playing basketball and reading:

I am definitely going to put up a post with more details of our Europe travels, but here are some fun Christmas Celebrations we had while visiting Ian & Bonnie in Henschtal this December. We visited lots of Christmas Markets during our stay, but this was our first one the day after we arrived. It is in Trier. We had delicious Bratwurst and Potatoes & Mushrooms. We also toured the Roman Church you can see behind us that was such a neat backdrop for the Christmas Market. This is another Christmas Market we visited while in Luasanne, Switzerland while visiting David's cousin Kirsten and her family. (Pictures with them coming soon!) Taylor loving his Santa Claus Teddy Bear that a lady gave to him (and a matching one to cousin Trevyn) in the Christmas Market. Taylor learned how to say 'Ho Ho Ho' this Christmas - it is hilarious...it comes out very forced and from deep down, kind of like, "ooh ooh ooh" haha! This is what Ian & Bonnie's backyard looked li...

WE HAVE NO IDEA!!! I had 3 ultrasounds throughout the day yesterday - the nice ultrasound tech kept having me leave for an hour or two and eat and then let me come back again to try to tell the gender and we could never tell. The baby is sitting really really low plus it had it's legs closed completely. So they said that we could come back during our appointment in a month to try again. Waiting another month seems like torture! At least it is not our first baby or I would probably die! Anyway, the baby had an adorable little face and is healthy besides a minor irregular heartbeat that they claim will usually clear up by the 3rd trimester - it makes me a little nervous, but since they seemed not too concerned about it then I guess I shouldn't stress too much about it either. The heart anatomy was all correct and beating properly, so that is a good sign. Anyways, I promise I will post Germany & Christmas pictures soon and I will post the gender around February 1st. Here is a...