Santa

Where is Santa?  Well...Gramma and Grampa took Julia to the mall to meet Santa for the first time but it only took one quick look at 'ol St. Nick and she squeeled!  They didn't want to force it, so here's Julia walking around the mall in her pink Chrismas dress. This might be the best Christmas picture we will get of her this year since she doesn't stay still anymore!

Kisses!

Julia gives kisses all the time!
We recently taught her "eskimo" kisses!
She laughs when we rub noses.
I sometimes wonder if I'm smothering her with all my kisses, but then I realize that you can't kiss your baby too much and maybe the reason she's so cuddly and affectionate with us, is because she has been showered with our kisses from birth!

Thanksgiving 2011

We had an awesome time celebrating Thanksgiving with family! Afterwards we headed to Palm Desert for our annual Thanksgiving vacation! This year in Palm Desert we explored some new places since we had a 1-yr old:
College of the Desert Street Fair, Civic Center Park playground, the timeshare playground.
Julia's favorite part of the trip: hanging out on our little patio climbing on and off the lounge chair. Also picking up the rocks that decorated the grounds of the timeshare and putting them in to her mouth.
My favorite part of the trip: sitting outside on the patio in my loungy clothes reading a magazine.
Jesse's favorite part of the trip: golfing.