The Seidel Family Adventures: Merry Christmas!

Remember when you were young and it seemed to take forever for Christmas to arrive? Every year I am more amazed at how fast Christmas seems to come and go. This year, Bob and I were exceptionally excited for Christmas and to celebrate with our little Anna's. We had a great Holiday. Anna loved her gifts, and while Bob and I know she would have been happy with just ribbons and wrapping paper, we were happy to spoil her on Christmas morning. Our Christmas celebration consisted of mass on Christmas Eve, lots of family time, eating wonderful holiday food, giving and receiving gifts, and one awesome Packer win on Sunday! One of my favorite gifts was one Anna gave Bob and I Christmas morning when we were opening Santa gifts at our house. We had jokingly set a goal for Anna to roll over from her back to her belly by Christmas. The past few weeks she has been so close I just knew she would do it soon and low and behold, Christmas morning she did! Needles to say, Bob and I were just thrilled! Only now, we really need to watch her close!

Bob and I both have this week off of work so we decided to take advantage of some of our free time and booked a night up in Door County Monday night. We had an absolute blast! Bob and I have stayed at the Homestead Suites in Door County quite a few times and were so excited to share it with Anna - it is such a great place to stay - the location is awesome, the rooms have giant whirlpool tubs, they have a great pool area, free breakfast in the morning and the rates are not bad, especially during the week. We took Anna swimming for the first time, went out to dinner at the Bayside Tavern, had a nice lazy morning, did some shopping, and had amazing pizza (homemade Italian sausage, goat cheese, and wild mushroom blend) for lunch at the Wild Tomato before heading back to Green Bay.

Later this week we are looking forward to celebrating our first New Year's with Anna. It is hard to believe how much as changed in 2010 - we had many highs and lows and are very thankful for all the blessings in our life and look forward to what 2011 will bring us!

Anna on Christmas Morning!