SURPRISE!

Matt was scheduled to work this christmas (big surprise) so I resigned myself to a quiet holiday spent with my sweet baby girl.  One of his buddies was on rotation with him and they had the brilliant idea to try and help each other out to have either christmas or new years totally off.  I was scheduled to work the New Years holiday thereby hoping Eddie wouldn't be too set on having one or the other off.   Two weeks before Christmas, they had it all set.  Matt ended up getting 4 days off surrounding the 25th!  Yippy!  The first time since 2007 we both would be off on Christmas Day! We found some (pricey) tickets to North Carolina and decided to keep it a secret.  Gretchen picked us up on Christmas eve-- and thanks to some clever scheming on her end, we snuck in and totally surprised everyone! 





playing piano with daddy

a little 'milk-drunk'

sweet jogging suit that matt got from daniel!  gearing up for
a Christmas Day run!

playing Xbox kinect.  BEST. GAME. EVER.

racing, kinect style

enjoying watching everyone look silly!

playing with Uncle Daniel

Pancotto Family

The snow starting to fall on Christmas!

A White Christmas in North Carolina!