Isabella's First Christmas

 

My, Isabella enjoyed her first Christmas. Plotnik and Ducknik, though, had the best time of all. While Isabella was sleeping, or eating, or giggling, or burping, or even taking part in the first PooPoopalooza I last night, Plot and Duck got to hang out with BZ and PD and 5H and Mummy and Schmeckl Plotnik and Little BearNik. It doesn't get any better than this -- family, friends, food.



Isabella got her first Christmas stocking. Duck had several old stockings around whose owners are no longer able to attend the holiday festivities, so with an I from here and an S and a few Ls from there, presto.

Christmas Eve dinner was pretty fabulous: Baby Back Ribs



Pickapeppa Shrimp



Navel Orange and Oil Cured Olive Salad



Sweet Potatoes in Rose Essence



Sour Red and Green Slaw...



...and top it off with (no pictures, for some reason) Pecan Pie, Sour Cream Lemon Pie and Pumpkin Cheesecake.



This is our Pumpkin, of course.