So Chris and I were able to get away last weekend and have a night to our selves. We started off with dinner at Olive Garden and each ordered something new and it turned out amazing. Then we saw Brain Regan at the Wells Fargo Theater in downtown Denver. His brother Denis Regan opened for him and he was hilarious. Brain had all new stuff, or at least stuff we hadn't heard yet, and we were rolling in our seats. Our faces hurt afterward from laughing so much. Our seats were the very last row on the upper level, but we had a foot rest so it was very comfortable. It was a great night, the only thing I would change would have been my shoes and to remember my scarf. We had the wrong address so instead of only parking a few blocks away from the theater, we had actually park a mile from the theater. I wasn't planning on walking that far in my dress shoes or in the snow. It was cold and my feet hurt!
Malachi and my mom spent the evening together and had a good time. Malachi loves going to Grandma's house because there are so many new things he can get into and play with. Why I bring his toys thinking he'll play with them, I don't know. Malachi is learning new words every week and we had been working on "Nana" so when we saw my mom we would just have to put the two together. It only took one time for Malachi to understand who "Nana" was and it was so funny. My mom was so happy too. His favorite word right now is bye-bye. He says it every time he leaves the room or you leave the room. He gives great hugs and kisses too and already teases you with them. He is such a joy.
We recently bought a web cam, but are now waiting on the microphone we ordered to come in so we can chat on Skype. Our name is: Donatells. We hope to be chatting soon, and here are a few more pics from Christmas taken by my talented sister in law, Cassie.
The holidays were great. We spent Thanksgiving in Denver at my moms and Christmas in Wisconsin with Chris's mom. We definitely had a white Christmas, it snowed the whole time we were there. It was so great to see all of Chris's family again though. Cassie took a break from the nice Florida weather and spent Christmas in Wisconsin as well. Needless to say we are invited to Florida for Christmas next year so she doesn't freeze again. =)
As usual it took about a day or so for Malachi to warm up to people, but it only took a couple hours before he was sitting in Aunt Cassie's lap. He loved her! We all got more than we needed for Christmas. Chris received enough gift cards to get Rock band and we love it, I got a Kitchen Aid Mixer and it is wonderful, Malachi got a lot of clothes and toys. His favorite toy is a blender, Kendi received one at the baby shower and Malachi fell in love with it. Mom and Dad got him a 4-wheeler that he loves to ride around in. 
These last few months have been amazing and we have definitely seen God providing for us over and over again. For the first time since Chris has worked for El Paso County they paid out up to 30 hours of comp time and a pay for performance bonus. We just had work done on our Aztec and it added up to just under $10 of the money we had just received, so we able to pay for everything and not worry about it. Also for this year's income tax return we planned on trying to pay off a student loan. We just filed and are getting enough back to not only allow us to pay off a student loan, but also our credit card that we weren't planning on being able to pay off for another year. All of this is on Chris's income alone too. One of our biggest worries in anticipation of Malachi being born was could we survive off of Chris's income alone and for how long. Well, it's a year and a half later and we are almost debt free, have gone on numerous vacations, and haven't had to worry at all about money. God has continued to provide for us over and over again even in our doubts. "The Lord's lovingkindness indeed never cease, His compassion's never fail. They are new every morning: great is Your faithfulness." Lamentations 3:22, 23