Valentine's Portrait

A decent picture of Julia and Allison both! It's amazing. Both girls were wearing red turtlenecks and jeans and when we picked up the pictures of them it was just before Valentine's Day so the outfits fit perfectly. Both are moving into so many new adventures. Julia is the singer in our family Guitar Hero band. She does pretty well, better than mom as the drummer anyway. Allison has become very opinionated about things, but the poor girl can't quite articulate what she wants or needs. Instead she screams and points and throws her body around. She's learning more words everyday so that should help out in the matter. I think the most recent additions are the ones Grandma and Grandpa taught her..."stinky feet" and "no-no".

Merry Christmas!

We're a little late with this one, but it's a Christmas Classic. Allison loved Santa while we were waiting in line. She was "ho, ho, ho-"ing the whole time. But she felt a little differently when sitting on his lap. It's a good thing Julia was there to help keep things calm.

Florida Vacation

In January we spent 10 days in Florida. It was great to have a break from Wisconsin's winter weather. We spent 7 days at Disney World and another 3 around Orlando. It was definitely a great trip. The highlight for Julia was getting to meet so many characters. She had her picture taken and got an autograph from each one. By the end of the trip she had nearly 50 autographs! This photo was taken on our first day in the Magic Kingom. Right after this Julia got to wake up Tinkerbell. She got to do many special things like be a guest conductor of the Magic Kingdom railroad, ride in the driver's seat of the Monorail, participate on stage in a bird show and blow the horn three times on our Riverboat. We spent some time at the beach collecting shells and swimming, although it was rather cold in the ocean. It was much better to swim at the pools.