We really appreciate everyone stopping by and showing your support. Susan and Janelle, you guys rock! Tricia is so blessed to have you as Mom and Sis! Jesso – so glad you could come and be with us right afterwards! Cortney, thanks for being a part of this with Tricia and I.

We’ll try to add to this gallery as more visitors come!

 

Every year Dan’s (aka Gramps’) family gets together a week or two before Christmas to celebrate. Usually this crazy family event takes place in Indianapolis where a majority of the family lives. This year it was at Dan and Polly’s abode which made traveling with the little man much easier. There was also a lot more house to fit that many people into so it seemed a lot less chaotic.

Of course there was great food (you have to expect that at a Callahan Family event)! And great visiting with family. And amazingly enough, Santa always seems to show up! Wouldn’t you know that he would show up right after Isaac started napping. Figures. So no pictures of Isaac with Santa yet. Perhaps soon.

Anyway, head on over to the Callahan Family Christmas Gallery for great photos from this event!

At any rate, these many family events have created strong bonds and relationships for me with my cousins. When we were younger we used these gatherings to con our parents into letting us stay over at one an others house. As we have gotten older we have taken to shopping together and other fun activities. Most recently several of us decided to have babies at the same time! (This, of course, wasn’t very helpful for the family wallets, but it was fun for us).

One of the cousins, Amanda, is now living in Colorado which has put her out of the loop for the family tummy pictures and shower extravaganzas. However, she and her new daughter Hannah (born a couple weeks before Isaac) and her older daughter Abigail were in town for a visit this past week. The whole family was invited to hang out with them for the afternoon which was great for introducing Isaac and Hannah.

It is so funny how babies can be virtually the same age and so very different! It was so much fun seeing them together, taking pictures, sharing stories. I really do wish they still lived here in Ohio! What a blessing they are!

Here are a few pictures from the introduction of Hannah and Isaac. (If you click on the pictures there is a scroll button and you can see the captions I have included). Darin, if you are reading this you may not want to look at the pictures. She’s just so cute and Isaac just couldn’t resist!