"mas"

"mas" is what reese says for "merry christmas". the whole two words must be a little intimidating to say, so she just says the end. she does a much better job at saying "jesus". too cute!

our little reindeer!

we had a good christmas in budapest even though we were away from family and friends. we woke up christmas morning and i made a special pancake breakfast...a great treat for us these days! then reese got to open her presents. matt and i didn't get to open anything. we figured our trip to rome was a good gift for each other. reese had fun opening presents though...

hmmm, what's in here?

i like this! she got a winnie the pooh book with flaps to open and buttons that make noise! it's very cool.

nesting blocks. they are really cute. they have hungarian words on them.

the big gift...a wooden cradle that we bought in prague for her baby doll.

toys? who needs toys when you can have a wrapping paper hat?!

i think you need one too, mom.

our attempt to get a family christmas photo. this is the all natural picture still in our pj's after breakfast christmas morning.

in the afternoon we were invited to spend christmas with some missionary families from our church. it meant so much to us to be included. we were going to be at home on christmas day and for me and matt who are used to big family gatherings, we weren't really looking forward to just another day at home. we had great company, delicious food and sang christmas carols. it is our budapest christmas we will never forget!

merry christmas!