A new years message

From Daniel:

I think I can now confirm that the "just started talking" phase is officially my favorite..

Funny

I said to Sydney that we were going to Auntie Earla's today, and that we were going to see all our cousins.

She says, "I hope we see some cookies too."

Happy New Year!

It's very hard to believe it's 2011. I was looking back last night and realized 2010 was positively dull for us. We didn't get any new jobs, we didn't buy any new cars, we didn't buy any new houses and we didn't have any new children... Dull, I tell you, Dull...

But, 2010 was a very challenging year for a lot of people that we know - good people who don't deserve bad things. And so my wishes for 2011 are all for those folks - I hope 2011 brings good things to all those good people in our lives.

Happy New Year everyone!

For Granny Verna..

Itty Bitty Baby is a hit

And has been officially named "Sissy"

A whirlwind visit (Literally)

We were lucky enough to have my Aunt Jane spend the holiday with us. We tried to show her a good time, but anything we could have done was definitely overshadowed by her being stranded with us by the big blizzard! We didn't get hit here in DC, but planes couldn't get to Bradley in Hartford due to high winds so she got to stay an extra day..

She had Christmas morning here with us:

The next day we braved the fierce winds to go to the Air and Space museum annex right near Dulles Airport. It was VERY cool in that they have an actual space shuttle right in the giant hangar..

And on the final bonus day, we headed down to see "cousin" Megan Platenik and finally meet her, Josh and the kids for the first time. It was great to see their brand new house - I'm seriously impressed with how much work they've already gone, given they've only owned it for 10 days :) Thanks Megan, for letting us come and play for a while!

Christmas is here!

Putting cookies out for santa..

Finishing up the cookies Santa left behind - after all, Santa can't possibly eat ALL the cookies at ALL the houses. We'll just have to clean them up - for breakfast. What the heck, it's christmas :)

And away we go...

Daniel likes being a reindeer..

Wiped out - but loving his pillow pet and Thomas blanket..

Loving her bike...

Relaxing with her pillow pet and princess sleeping bag

and the mother asks, "How is it only 9am????"

Ready to go on Christmas eve

We believe in dressing according to one's life passions:

Daniel is passionate about trains

And Sydney is passionate about candy :)