The Lighted Christmas Parade...

One of our annual Christmas traditions has always been to attend at least one Christmas Parade. We quickly discovered that we prefer the "magic" of an evening lighted parade.

For the second year in a row, we attended the Jesup Christmas Parade. In spite of temperatures dipping below freezing lately, the weather warmed up on Saturday, and it was actually quite pleasant.

Although we didn't actually plan it ahead of time, all of our family ended up at the parade. We managed to find each other, and the grand kids got to enjoy viewing the parade together, while we enjoyed watching the grandchildren watching the parade!

I took a few photographs, but they didn't turn out very good. It looks like it's raining or snowing in this one, but it wasn't doing either! I thought the photo has a magical look though.

This float always signifies the end of the parade. It's the same every year--with Santa and his reindeer on top. I found it interesting that Mrs. Claus was riding on a separate float! What's up with that?

We always enjoy our Christmas outings, and this year was no exception. I'm hoping to take in the light display at Guido Gardens one evening, and perhaps one other daytime Christmas Parade--in addition to attending a birthday party for a special little boy on Saturday! Busy times, but good times!

Christmas With Madison

This is how Madison spent the whole day on Christmas... I guess you could say, she slept through Christmas just like a baby...

Unfortunately, Madison had begun to have bad "tummy aches" right before Christmas. We saw this face a lot. Brandy took her to the pediatrician and she prescribed Zantac and Maalox...

"E" and I borrowed Madison from her parents one evening and had fun making pictures! We put this picture in some of our Christmas cards. It was great having a baby in the family again!

"E" surprised me by purchasing this little t-shirt from the hospital gift shop for Madison. I don't remember him ever buying anything like that before, but he said he thought of me when he saw it.