The Bachelor: Columbus Edition

This past Christmas Eve Eve, Todd got stranded in the Columbus Airport when his plane couldn't land due to bad weather in Cleveland. Ron and Kristin came to the rescue and drove him to Cleveland! Hooray!

Ron and Kristin arrived at my folks' house with some happy news. THEY'RE ENGAGED!!!! Quadruple hooray!! Couldn't have happened to a sweeter couple. We're all thrilled.

The Pfun We Had With Pfeiffers In DC

We flew back from Cleveland to greet Brett and Vanessa and the kids at our place in DC. Loretta wasted no time in demanding an Elmo read from Aunt V.

Urban diaper changing, man....it can be brutal.

The nice unseasonal weather led us to the National Zoo.

Cleveland Christmas

Loretta steals Aunt Tricia's gift for herself.

Poor Gabriella. Like she doesn't read to enough pre-schoolers....

Home For The Holidays

The kids and I got to spend a week with my folks before Christmas, which was wonderful. Above, Nonna feeds Loretta some homemade minestrone. This scene was repeated seven times a day, every day.

Nonno: "When I was a boy, we would get an orange for Christmas and we were so happy."

Henry: "An orange what?"

Loretta burying something...probably Henry.

Getting Ready For Christmas!

Loretta dons her traditional stockings.

It ain't officially Christmas without Rock Band. Here, Loretta Lou tears up the Beastie Boys "Sabotage." And it was hard core, too.

Writing a note for Santa and putting out the mini-Oreos and baby carrots for he and his annymals. Mini and baby...hmmm...guess we're putting the North Pole folks on a diet.

On Christmas morning...look! All the treats have been eaten! But Loretta did have telltale chocolate crumbs all around.

Tattooed Lady On Changing Table

Meeting Sanny Claus in Mt. Pleasant Plaza