Christmas Day

Christmas was so much fun this year! It was super fun to watch her open presents and kind of understand what was going on around her! She was also SUPER funny in the morning...loved it! We spent the morning at home in our matching pants and around noon my parents and B&K stopped by to exchange gifts. After nap we headed to the Davern's for dinner and more gifts. Juliette was spoiled by all!

the cookies mom put out (Juliette and Joey were already in bed)

opening her kitchen...well, the box

she wanted to kiss the babyopening more gifts

lalalalalalalalala

and the $8 gift is the winner!

bath time :-)

frosty the snowman...the singing book

her own computer, but she still loves ours!

nemo is so funny!

finding nemo...hahaha

video of daddy and juliette playing with nemo


all smilesjust so dang happy!!

merry christmas!

tried a new recipe and they were sweet!!! 2010 PANTS!!

Unkie B and Antie k stopped dwon for gifts...good wrapping paper!

thanks guys!

all dressed up!

Christmas Eve

We woke up Christmas Eve and brough Juliette to the mall to see Santa. From far away, she loved him...up close, not so much... After Santa we had to stop at Target and she konked out in the car. We've recently dropped the morning nap, but sometimes it sneaks back in, or a cap nap creeps in around 11, if we're in the car! At night we headed to my aunt and uncle's for dinner, but the late start was not all that great for Juliette. It was nice that it was close so that Joey could bring her home for bedtime!

checking out Santa

ehhh, not so much...

all tuckered out ready to go!

this is probably the best picture i have of her dress...

Fun in a Box

Every kid loves a box :-) ahhhhhhhhh!

hehehe

so much fun!

Christmas Card

Here are the outtakes from the first round (two rounds, but same outfit) of pictures I tried to take for our Christmas card. It's funny, last year I literally took 6 pics, used 3 ,and it was perfect. This year it was 4 attempts over 4 days and probably 50 pics...here are a few...

DW So long...see you next year!

Got in this pic on the last morning! enjoying a snack on the busthumbs up for a great trip!

DW Last Night

We checked out one of Wolfgang Puck's restaurants on our last night. Joey and Rian enjoyed some craft beers and Noelle and I enjoyed some girly drinks. also, a little cigar

secrets, secrets...

DW Who's that? MICKEY MOUSE!

Since Juliette was born we've "pushed" Mickey Mouse. I don't think it was in a bad way at all, but I really realized the extent when we she would see Mickey and say, in a whisper voice, "who's that". Apparently everytime we'd see a Mickey something, we'd say "who's that", so she must think it's his name! It really is pretty cute. She started it before she was one and I was hoping she wouldn't lose it before the trip :-)

Well, because of our Disney Visa cards, there is a special place in Epcot where we could go to meet characters...it's behind a closed curtain so you never know who will be in there and you don't know who it is until you go in...we got SUPER lucky with Mickey and Pluto. We also only had to wait about 10 minutes (which was the best part!).

first she waved from a distance

then Mickey offered a hug

and she gave him a kiss!

they also played a nice game of peek-a-boo

DW Epcot

We are in a stair climbing phase. Big time. She loves it. Joey spent a good 15 minutes with her at Epcot one night...

helping her up

BIG stepAfter the Nemo ride (her favorite), there is an aquarium exhibit..

Where's Nemo?

walking with daddy

baby fell asleep after a long day... ...so mommy and daddy enjoyed a drink at the end of the night in England