4:30 AM (Paris time): Man am I beat! Paige and I threw a European New Year’s party, celebrating in the New Year’s in the world’s coolest time zone. Trevor and Lizzy came to play with me, and baby Mathilda (9 weeks old) came too, but she didn’t play as much – she must have been partying before she got here because she was pretty passed out.

The party was awesome. We ate pizza, drank cider, and played with my new toys. Thanks everyone for coming!

I got to spend New Year’s Eve with Mathilda! Mathilda is only a 9 1/2 weeks old, and is the daughter of mom’s friend Kiersten (her college roommate). Mathilda is lots of fun and has very good manners. I liked looking at her and trying to touch her.

Grandpa and Grandma have a dog named Amber (well really it is Uncle Pauls and she stays there). All I wanted to do was watch her through the window, which is exactly what Drew and Nicholas used to do too. I love her! Dad had a a crazy idea and told mom we should get a dog because I loved Amber so much….mom gave dad a reality check and vetoed that idea:>

Here are a few more pics from Grandma and Grandpa’s house…we didn’t have quite as many from there because it’s madness with all of us kids running around, and not as easy to take many photos. You can view all of our holiday pictures by clicking here.

What’s the best part about going to grandma and grandpa’s house? Seeing my cousins! We always have lots of fun together.

WOW! I liked Christmas morning! There were presents and paper and ribbon everywhere! After our morning we packed up and went to Grandma and Grandpa’s in Modesto for more presents!

Santa knew I loved going on carousels and left me this on Christmas morning! I have been taking it everywhere with me!

I had so much fun opening presents on Christmas Eve! I was a little overwhelmed. My favorite part…the PAPER!!!

Gram, Pap, Aunt Tracy and Uncle Chris came to our house on Christmas Eve! We got to open a lot of presents..my highlight a train table!!!!!