Ok, so here is the long overdue third installment of the Christmas mini-series: Christmas in Utah! Between the pictures we took and those from Emily's camera, there were so many to choose from-just the thought of this post was overwhelming.
When we left off last time, it was the afternoon of Christmas Day and we were piling into the car for a 7 hour drive to Ogden, Utah. Much to our surprise, Nora was a great traveler!! Here, she reads an animal book while wearing her party shades.
We had several photo shoots over the course of several days. Here are some of the winners.
I just love the expression on Nora's face on this one!
Croix is soooo close to crawling...
Nora's all puckered up and going in for the kill. Problem is, she toppled Croix over!
Loooove this one.
Time for breakfast...
Nora took some time out and worked on the laptop Santa brought her.
It wouldn't be a trip to Utah without lots of outside time.
I just love this one too.
Nora eating snow-doesn't it just look cold?
Nora with Grandma and Grandpa after skiing.
She even helped Grandma carry her poles.
We took the time to check out downtown Ogden one day
and Nora posed for a pretty picture.
Grandpa read books to Nora
while Grandma did her best to hold both babies as often as possible!
Sadly, we had to leave for home half a day early due the threat of a major storm. It may have been several days later before we could have gotten home otherwise! While in Utah, Nora also got to meet her great aunt Barb for the first time. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures to share.
On the way home Nora kept occupied by listening to some tunes and was once again a good little traveler.
Whew, it was quite a holiday season. The fun didn't end here, after being home for one whole day we loaded up the car again and headed to the moutains of Colorado for New Year's Eve. Once again, the Emrick family was nice enough to include us in their vacation as they have for the past several years. The weather was freezing, but we still had a great time visiting with Brian, Anne and the rest of the family.
Well, it's January and we've been trudging through the winter days. Nearly every day this month Jeff or I or both of us have been traveling. Nora has been passed back and forth between us and is doing great.
Nora has been enjoying suitcase rides!
Maybe a budding baker??
It has been warm the past few days so on those days, Nora and I walk home from daycare. She decided to check out the cat on the bench outside daycare.
And before leaving daycare, Nora modeled on the foam blocks. She was just sitting there, I had to take a picture.
