Christmas 2010 by the numbers.

2..........babies of mine that thoroughly enjoyed their first Christmas as siblings.
59........presents unwrapped by all the Dearmans.

1,053...times Henry said "no, mine" in regards to all of his new toys.

1..........Christmas miracle when the internet started working again.

73........times Pops sang his "Little Liza, Little Liza Girl" song to his newest grandbaby.

1..........smallest baby cousin girl who has perfected the art of sleeping in the bed with her tired parents.

12........trips on the four-wheelers looking for the missing carved bear in the woods.

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748......scraps of wrapping paper littered around this house.

4,268...times Henry demanded to watch "Minah" on DirectTV.

1..........little boy cousin named Henry who had a b.l.a.s.t playing with his big cousins.

2..........big Christmas dinner lovingly prepared by Meme in less than 24 hours.

225......slices of bacon consumed.

1..........mama who was very frustrated that the dark-headed soft baby dolls are hard to find. 

7..........times Carla and I counted how place settings were needed around the table only to realize we counted wrong when we sat down to eat.

273......juice boxes consumed by little mouths and bellies.

153.........times I looked at Liza and thought "Damn, she is cute!".

365.........days until Christmas 2011.  Thank goodness!