NASHVILLE, TN
While Greg and Julia were at home trying to get over the plague we got from his family at Thanksgiving ('tis the season of giving!), I got to make a trip to Nashville to see this precious baby, Tucker Jay! His entrance into the world was quite traumatic, and I went up to help Ben and Jenny once they got home from the hospital. He is doing great now, and so is the rest of the family!
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| He loved his Aunt LaLa |
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| Happy Dad! |
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| Look at his little smile -- he knows and loves his Mama! |
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| Tucker is definitely from the dark side - we rule! |
SPOKANE, WA
We had some skymiles saved up, and so we used them to go and see Greg's sister, Kathy, her husband Rob, and her kids Grant, Abby and Anna. Anna is just 2 months older than Julia, and they had never met (and we hadn't met either). This was a tragedy that had to be fixed!
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| Anna, who is so much better at eating solids than Julia who stills barfs on puffs. Seriously, puffs!!?? |
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| Kathy and Rob and Grant's birthday ninja cake |
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| This is what I did for a lot of our visit - finished and submitted grades for the semester |
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| 6!!!! |
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| 3-yr-old Abby |
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| As you can see, Julia had no stranger anxiety with her cousins. She literally climbed on top of Grant to get to his awesome new toy castle. |
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| Abby loved the cake! |
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| Julia loved her uncle Rob |
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| One of the 4 photo shoots I did. Can you see her pj's? "I'm Santa's Best Gift!" |
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| What am I getting for Christmas? More cheeks!!!!! |
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| Elegant Southern Belle |
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| From elegance to a Jou-Lou-ia from Who-Ville |
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| Silly Dad |
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| Julia puts everything in her mouth these days |
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| Attacking Grant! |
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| Cousins! |
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| This is the real reason we went to Spokane...to get this family Christmas pic! Coming soon on a postcard to you! (Unless of course you're not on our Christmas list, in which case you need to email me and I'll put you on!) |
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| Does it look like we were having fun? Cause this was in a totally empty mall where we couldn't find Santa's Village or the huge light display outside. So instead we made kids pose in front of this gigantic tree. |
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| Abby loved her Uncle! |
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| I'm pretty sure the blocks in the background spelled "Joy," but obviously Julia can't read. |
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| Everyone except for Rob, who had to work |
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| Julia meets Santa! Good thing she doesn't care and didn't even notice he was made out of ceramic. |
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| The polar bear is squeezing Abby's cheeks! |
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| Baby Photo Shoot - Kathy got the idea on Pinterest. She also taught me how to use Pinterest and other lots of cool crafty things. My favorite Kathy quote of the week was in response to me saying, "What? Wal-Mart has a craft section?" Kathy said, "Are you even a woman?" Hmmm...debatable when it comes to crafts for sure. |
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| Eat this ornament! |
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| Happy Girl! |
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| Grant, Anna and Abby |
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| The whole gang - it was chaotic, but it was fun! |
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| There was a greenhouse that had an incredible light display over the plants. |
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| There's Rob! So he does exist! |
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And did you know Spokane is home to the largest Ryder red wagon? Yes, that is a slide!
No, we didn't go down it because it was too cold! In fact, I took this picture from the car because I'm such a wimp!
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P.S. Spokane was wonderful, but I would not recommend going in December. What were we thinking? It was FREEZING! But....totally worth it.
