{"id":1629,"date":"2005-12-27T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-27T11:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/austenandgage.com\/christmas-in-new-jersey"},"modified":"2005-12-27T11:01:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-27T11:01:00","slug":"christmas-in-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austenandgage.com\/?p=1629","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/showelement?ID=61416&amp;size=large\" \/><\/div>\n<p \/>After weeks of preparation by Mommy, Daddy and Uncle Rin, everyone came to the new house in New Jersey for a Christmas celebration.  The dining table had to be expanded to fit twelve (plus three babies) and Mommy scrounged to find every Christmas decoration she&rsquo;d ever accumulated over the years.  Mommy and Daddy decorated a tree, cooked tons of Indian food (Aloo Pronti, Chicken Tikka, Basmati Rice), and even rush ordered suede furniture for the living room.  <\/p>\n<p \/>One little &hellip;<\/p>\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/showelement?ID=62604&amp;size=large\" \/><\/div>\n<p \/>two little &hellip;<\/p>\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/showelement?ID=61262&amp;size=large\" \/><\/div>\n<p \/>three little &hellip;<\/p>\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/showelement?ID=62611&amp;size=large\" \/><\/div>\n<p \/>four little cousins sitting on the new chair.<\/p>\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/showelement?ID=61398&amp;size=large\" \/><\/div>\n<p \/>Here are the guests listed in order of arrival (not that we&rsquo;re implying anyone was several hours late):  Lucinda, Davinder, Austen, Uncle Beerinder, Uncle Tod, Aunt Holly, Morgan, Grandpa Earl, Uncle Mark, Aunt Jen, Emma, Erin, Great Aunt Janet, Great Aunt Heather and Zack.  Opening gifts took a while.  Little hands move slowly.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/showelement?ID=62630&amp;size=large\" \/><\/div>\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/showelement?ID=62638&amp;size=large\" \/><\/div>\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/showelement?ID=62637&amp;size=large\" \/><\/div>\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/showelement?ID=62645&amp;size=large\" \/><\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/showelement?ID=62636&amp;size=large\" \/><\/div>\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/showelement?ID=61576&amp;size=large\" \/><\/div>\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/showelement?ID=62624&amp;size=large\" \/><\/div>\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/showelement?ID=61588&amp;size=large\" \/><\/div>\n<p \/>Cousin Erin got a big box of baby toys from Aunt Lucinda, Uncle Davinder and Austen &ndash; plus a new playmat\/tunnel.<\/p>\n<p \/>Emma showed off the bike she got from Santa, who ran out of pink bikes with horses.<\/p>\n<p \/>Grandpa Earl got a sweatshirt from Austen that read:  &ldquo;Four Granddaughters?  I reckon.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/showelement?ID=61585&amp;size=large\" \/><\/div>\n<p \/>Daddy made mosaics of all the kids.  See the blog entry entitled Mosaics &#8211; Christmas 2005.<\/p>\n<p \/>Aunt Janet finally completed Mommy&rsquo;s 2004 Christmas gift:  homemade mittens and scarf made with wool from Wales.<\/p>\n<p \/>Mommy got a Coach purse to match her shoes and a clock radio hookup for her IPOD &ndash; not to mention a beautiful letter from Daddy which Mommy will be putting in Austen&rsquo;s baby book.<\/p>\n<p \/>Daddy received a basketball game and pants by Kenneth Cole.  He seemed to prefer the former and disappeared into the basement for the half the evening &hellip; but I digress.<\/p>\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/showelement?ID=61414&amp;size=large\" \/><\/div>\n<p \/>Everyone watched as Austen&rsquo;s face lit up when she first sat in her exersaucer.  (This photo is from a few days later; Austen is wearing a Christmas gift from Auntie Heather.)<\/p>\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/showelement?ID=62571&amp;size=large\" \/><\/div>\n<p \/>Some assembly was required.<\/p>\n<div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/famousfamily2.dnsalias.org\/famousfamily\/showelement?ID=61419&amp;size=large\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After weeks of preparation by Mommy, Daddy and Uncle Rin, everyone came to the new house in New Jersey for a Christmas celebration. The dining table had to be expanded to fit twelve (plus three babies) and Mommy scrounged to find every Christmas decoration she&rsquo;d ever accumulated over the years. Mommy and Daddy decorated a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/austenandgage.com\/?p=1629\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Christmas in New Jersey<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/austenandgage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/austenandgage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/austenandgage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austenandgage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austenandgage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/austenandgage.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/austenandgage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austenandgage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austenandgage.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}