There's no way Christmas is next week, right???

This year, I feel like Christmas has just snuck up on me. It seems like it was just Thanksgiving. There's no way Christmas is next week, right??? Well, for once, I feel like I'm on top of things. We took our Christmas pics weeks ago, the Christmas cards are in the hands of the U.S. Postal Service, and most of the gifts for our families back home have been wrapped, boxed, and FedEx'd. I already even have Christmas thank you cards just sitting around waiting to be written (and I already have a few I need to write!). I just have this feeling, this tiny little feeling, that there's something I'm forgetting. And by the time I remember or realize what it is, it will be too late. Don't you hate that feeling? :(

Anyway, my parents are coming to visit us next week and we are so excited! I told Xander weeks ago that his grandparents would be coming to visit from San Francisco. Ever since we left San Francisco this past September, Xander has asked us over and over again if we can go back. Poor kid misses the family. Well, every time he hears an airplane now, he says, "Poh Poh and Gong Gong are coming!!!" It's so cute to see him so excited. I feel so bad when I have to say, "Almost, but not yet." He must think my parents are on the longest flight in history!

Well, I did mention that we had family Christmas pics done this year, instead of just of the boys like last year. So, here are a few if you're interested.

The family pic:


Awww, don't they look so grown-up? I can't believe how big they're getting. Time flies too fast. :(

And, of course, the obligatory Santa pic: