And then...Christmas in St. Louis

From Florida, we flew to St. Louis to see my parents for Christmas also. Hard to believe that was Caroline's 11th flight in her short 10 month life!! St. Louis was a little chillier than Florida, but we all had a great time. We saw Santa Claus on Main Street in St. Charles and enjoyed Christmas with Great Grandma and the rest of my family in St. Louis. We got to meet the newest addition to our family, Tim and Jill's little Olivia who was born right before Christmas.

We had a lot of family bonding time as the stomach flu struck my parent's house leaving us all under the weather for a couple of days. Once we recovered though, we were able to visit and eat some of the yummy food my parents had made. Caroline's big highlight over the Christmas holidays was that she stopped "combat" crawling and made the transition to hands and knees which means she is a very fast crawler -- up the stairs on the furniture, whatever she can find. Needless to say, we are both tired at nap time!

Christmas in Florida

Christmas started early for us this year as we traveled to Trent's parents in Delray Beach, Florida. We had a great time visiting with his parents, his sister, Tracy and their family that were in town and his brother, Tye and his family that live there. Caroline has three cousins (two of which are very close to her age!). She and Paulie wore each other out -- playing, playing, chasing and then playing some more! We took a ride on Gaga and Papa's new boat and relaxed at the beach. It was a great way to kick off the start of the Christmas holidays! Enjoy the photos!

Santa Claus Comes to Town

This past weekend, our friends Kelly and Del had a Christmas party at their house with all the kids and Santa Claus made a surprise visit. I can't say that a bunch of one year olds (give or take a couple of months) were all that excited to see a scary man with a big beard wearing a red suit, but Caroline didn't seem to mind one bit. She loved sitting on his lap (I wonder if she recognized him -- Uncle Crispin?) but she didn't cry, not even a whimper and even liked opening up the present. Enjoy the pictures!!

Nine months, 3 weeks and 2 days, and...

We finally have a tooth!! Hopefully you can see it in this picture as it hasn't broken very far out of the gums. We spent last weekend at the lighting of the tree downtown and Santa Claus made an appearance. Caroline liked the lights but could care less about the man in the red suit... give her sometime. Mommy and Caroline had matching outfits that Daddy insisted we wear out (this does not EVER happen, so don't start thinking that I am one of those moms), but my cousin Tricia gave Caroline this cute sweatsuit and I happened to have one in the same color. You get my drift. Anyway, we are looking forward to all of the fesitivities of the Christmas season. We will keep you posted!