Holiday Mayhem..

I'll admit blogging is not as easy as I thought it would be. I mean this in the sense that it is hard to find time to actually be able to sit down write something interesting and also find good pictures to go along with my words. Kudos to all of you who update frequently, and whose blogs I read instead of doing my own! The holiday season has almost completely passed with New Years right around the corner. Thanksgiving and Christmas went off with a bang and actually rather smoothly as our first holidays with Malin.

Thanksgiving was spent this year at our cousins the Belligs. Here are a few Thanksgiving favorites!

Family Portrait


Little G and big G having a stare down!


Christmas this year was so much fun! Malin and cousin Grady went to see the Broadway Plaza Santa Claus, which I might add was rather impressive for a shopping center St. Nick! Malin also met some new members of the family for the first time ( cousin Marc!!) and really showed her true party girl spirit staying up way past her bed time on Christmas Eve and Night having too much fun with everyone! What can I say a girl after my own heart! Glad we know this ahead of time about Miss Malin! There were so many fun pictures from Christmas but I will choose the top favorites!


Grady taking Malin for a ride in his new Red Wagon!


Two Elves in there Christmas Pajamas!


Malin on Christmas Morning! She was very excited about her new butterfly ball!



The Engbergs loving on Malin!


Finally time to go to bed, with a kiss from Gran Tata on her forehead! I'm sorry but she doesn't look too tired to me! We thought she would fall asleep as soon as we got in the car, but no Malin continued to laugh the whole ride home! Hope everyone had as wonderful a Christmas as we did! This new year will be very exciting, lots of visitors, birthdays and FIRSTS with Malin~

Ciao, D Stone

To Blog or not to Blog...

Hello Bloggers.

I have finally entered the world of blogging! Initially, I had planned to start up this blog after sweet Malin was born and go from there... Well, Malin is now 6 months and I am finally starting! Better late than never I guess. A lot has happened since May 1, so I will do my best at a brief recap:

We moved from:

TO:

Don't fret fellow UW fans! Despite our new California address, we have maintained our loyalty to the Huskies (For now at least...) Also,

Baby Malin Arrived!


Malin Nicole Stone arrived on June 17th, 2010 {6lbs 6oz, 19.5 inches}. Currently, Malin is 5.5 Months old and loving life. She is a very happy and smiley baby and I think on the cusp of some new action i.e teeth, crawling etc etc.
I realize now I have started this blog at the beginning of the busy holiday season. I guess I will take this as a challenge to maintain a blog amidst the busyness of life and Christmas time!

Au Revoir,

D Stone