Merry Christmas

Sledding

We finally made it down to Rochester to meet the newest Eckhoff. Landon was born almost a month ago and one thing after another kept keeping us from meeting him. Darren and Jeremy took Brynn and Peyton sledding down their huge hill (with a 3 foot snow drift dead center--thius made it quite comical to watch the boys try to walk back up the hill pulling two sledders) while Melissa and I kept Landon and Cara cozy in the warm house. I don't know what I was thinking, but I didn't even take one picture of Landon--grrr!

Holidazzle

We made it to the Holidazzle Parade on Saturday night. We had tickets for the hot seats since we had Cara Bean with us. We decided it is much more fun to participate on the curb. The large crowds inside the tent, cloudy plastic windows, and gross hot chocolate were really not our thing. Next year we will be out on the curb with the rest of the Minnesotans!

Two exhausted girls from our day of family fun.

Notice Brynn's light up wand she fell asleep with!

Poor Cara

Darren picked the girls up from Lynn's on Friday after work and Cara was a wreck. She had the worst cold I have ever witnessed on a baby. I felt terrible that we even sent her. All she wanted to do when she got home (after sleeping for 3 hours) was lay on someone's chest. Her dad was just the guy to do it! Amazingly, she woke up on Saturday morning and was much, much better. For being such and awful cold it sure came and went! Apparently a warm mist humifier with Vicks, Vicks on the chest, and a Vicks plug in did the trick! Our whole house smells like Vicks, but at least our girl isn't miserable any more.

Oh Christmas Tree

This Saturday we have tickets to sit in the hot seats at the Holidazzle Parade. The plan was to go get a Christmas tree Saturday morning, decorate it before naps, go out for an early dinner and end the night with the parade. Of course we could not have anticipated it being below zero on Saturday since it has been quite the mild winter. Plans had to change. We ran out quickly on Monday after work and picked out a tree. It still needs to be decorated, but at least we were able to pick it out when it was almost 30 degrees instead of below zero!

Five Mullenbach Grandkids

Nolan (15 months), Aubrey (2 months), Brynn (2 1/2), Cara (5 months), and Henry (6 weeks)

Some Favorites

Just a few of my favorites from the past couple weeks

Although she looks so much like Darren, her love for chips already proves she is my daughter!
Darren really isn't drunk...this is just how he takes pictures :)
She'll be ready to toilet paper houses in no time.

Sweet as pumpkin pie!

ADORABLE