Monday, December 15, 2008

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas



















We had a whirlwind of a week this week as we tried to finish up everything we needed to do before flying to California on Friday. Daddy prepared for his upcoming conference, Mommy turned in a partial theory chapter of her dissertation and submitted it to her advisor, and Aidan played with his best friend Mosissa for the last few times before Mosissa and his family flew to Thailand. Things were hectic!

On Friday, we all got on a plane and flew to San Francisco. Aidan had a great flight (we got a free empty seat in between Mommy and Daddy, so Aidan got to sit and sleep in his own carseat), but we were happy to get off the plane and see Uncle Gabe Ruane on the other side. He drove us to Uncle Gabe, Aunt Karen, and Cousin Miya's house, where we stayed for the weekend. Uncle Matt, Aunt Devon, and Cousins Rae and Elsey all drove up from San Luis Obispo for the weekend. So, all the Ruane cousins had fun hanging out all weekend! Aidan was in awe of all the older cousins, and he had a blast following them around and playing with them! We played at parks during bouts of sunshine during a rainy weekend, played at a pizza playhouse, built a gingerbread house, opened some early Christmas presents, and enjoyed being together.
On Sunday night, Daddy left to downtown San Francisco for his weeklong conference, while Mommy and Aidan stayed Gabe/Karen/Miya's house. Daddy will be back Friday, and we miss him. But Aidan is loving hanging out with his cousin Miya (they have been running around the house giggling, playing tag, knocking down block towers, and generally being rediculously cute), and we are going to have fun until then, too.

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