Visit from Grandpa, Grandma Jane, and Alexis '08

Grandpa, Grandma Jane and Alexis visited us a few days after Christmas. We had a lot of fun seeing the town and just hanging out. Natalia is really getting around on her feet, drunken sailor style. She also introduced Alexis to the game of "take the puzzle apart", which was quite entertaining to both.

The end of Thanksgiving-and the trip home....

Here is one more picture of the family from Thanksgiving-we did not get enough with baby shots.

On the way home, we were waylaid to a different airport. After all the hullabaloo, we ended up getting home a full 24 hours after we had started out. This included a hotel stay and many, many hours sitting around and waiting. Natalia was great-we felt truly lucky that she was managed to be the most even-tempered of everyone through the plane rides, bus rides, interruptions in sleep schedules, and things that can possibly disrupt a baby's sense of inner harmony.

Thanksgiving in Phoenix

We all had a great Thanksgiving together in Phoenix-Natalia, Holt, Miriam, Ciera, Donovon, Tia Gloria, Melinda, Sylvia, Mykala, Anaya, Jaelyn, Marco, Daniel, Amado, and Militza, and, of course, many dogs. Natalia had a great time crawling around and exploring and getting her hands on everything she possibly could. It was a great workout. She even tested the ground a little bit on taking some steps, but still seems to prefer the 4-limbed motoring at this time.