Puzzle.

I was asked to take a picture of the puzzle just prior to completion and once it was complete. I contributed a whopping one piece to this puzzle. Dana asked me to post the pics. Maybe she'll add on to this post...not sure. Good job to Bobbi for doing the majority of the puzzle. Also, props to Meg, Eva (Meg's daughter) and Jacob who blitzed the puzzle Christmas Day.

The puzzle prior to my (Dana's) contribution

The completed masterpiece

Sick Micah

Here is the little bud on Boxing Day, feeling seriously rotten. We got a big dose of snuggle time while he was feeling so terrible. I'm grateful he's got his spark back! Don't even mind his mischief so much ;)

Back in the Saddle

In Parras

Good thing Andrew got really into the blogging the last little while, because I have dropped the ball! Any down time I might have had while my parents were here (can't believe they're already gone!) got taken up caring for and comforting sick little Micah. He had bronchitis for a while and now he's recovering from strep throat. He had some scary high fevers from that and we have been back and forth to the doc and pharmacy quite a bit. Finally he is on the mend! No more fevers, but he is still so congested he has sleep apnea at night. Very disturbing. I am giving him the hated salt water nasal spray which helps a little but makes him scream. No fun.


My parents left this morning. Wow. Blink of an eye visit. They were planning to leave on Thursday but the weather has been so nuts in the U.S. and Canada they thought it would be better to leave a couple of extra days rather than pushing so hard like they did on the way down. Smart move, but very sad to see them go sooner than expected! We had a great visit though. Highlights include:

- The kids' reactions when they got here. They were so excited! And all over them, Papa in particular. It was a joy and a pleasure to see the four of them enjoying each other so much.
- Delicious meals together, in particular last night's Adults Only Steak Dinner
- Hilarious bloopers in the midst of our attempts at Awesome Family Photos. If only our remote shutter release had arrived in the mail on time.... well, maybe next time we'll get a photo of all of us together.
- Christmas Day, opening useful, fun, educational, thoughtful gifts and sharing Christmas dinner with friends as well as family



- BLOKUS!
- Lots of laughs and good times last night

And now Andrew is still on holidays for the rest of the week. How shall we spend it? Well, today is definitely a lazy day. This morning Sherrif Woody and I made pancakes. I tried a new recipe and threw some molasses in there... not terrible but wouldn't make it again either. I just tried to catch up on the sleep I didn't get last night but Micah didn't cooperate.

Christmas Day Photogs

check out www.thewillmsphotogblog.blogspot.com for the latest photos from yesterday!

Eva's First Pictures

Here are Eva's best 2 photos from yesterday. It's funny to hear her talk about downloading her memory card etc etc. I can't wait to teach her about ISO settings etc. Nerd Alert.
She likes her camera a lot however, she wants no advice or direction. That's our girl.

Eva's second official photo after we bought batteries at the Farmacia Guadalajara.



On the walk home one of the houses had this tree...

Present Opening...

We decided the kids could open one present per day leading up to Christmas. Last year it was toy overload so this year we thought we'd break it up a bit. For you traditionalists out there....Bah Humbug.
Anyway, yesterday both Eva and Micah opened gifts. Yesterday Micah received an awesome Dragon and Eva received "The Little Mermaid Part 2". Well, Eva had a problem with her gift and really wanted a toy. Just take a look at the sequence of photos and you'll see her reaction versus Micah's. It starts off great but then turns to bitter disappointment.
Yes. Yes. Yes.



No. No. No.






Today was a different story. I made an imprompto decision and decided Eva could have our old Kodak digitial camera. This only cost me a mere 600 dollars about 6 years ago. Nice price for a 3 megapixel badboy. Anyway, Eva got the camera and Micah got the movie "Wall-E". Both were excited this time.



Here is Eva in action. I'll download her card soon and see what kind of photogs she got. Should be a lot of fun.

Pictures from the past 2 days....Nothing more.