It has been a while, so lots of pictures (unless I get interrupted)

Entry by Mark

Our family has been very busy this holiday season. Or, at least it seems that way based on how long it has taken me to get time to post more pictures. The big event was flying back to Indiana to introduce J to her Midwest relatives. We flew a red-eye flight to Indy via Minneapolis, and that went really well with J sleeping for most of both legs of the trip, and there was no crying on any of the take-off's or landing (not on the return trip either). We were fortunate that on the longer of the legs, we had an empty seat in our row so we could spread out a little bit. It was much easier traveling with a baby than I was expecting.

We were back in Indiana for about a full week. We had enough time to spend time with all my sisters' families and my Mom and Dad and not feel like we were rushing from one event to another. We stayed at my Dad's the whole time.

Here are pictures...

First a non-family picture, here is the interior of Indianapolis' new airport. It had only been open one or two weeks and everything was sparkly and new. I was very impressed, our bags even beat us to the baggage claim area.





This is a nice family photo we took while we were all lounging around Dad's house...




Here she meets her Grandpa Good..




Here she meets her Grandma Good...





Here J meets her Aunt Susie....




...and Susie's son...






This is at my sister Diane's home on Thanksgiving day...




Here she meets her cousin on Thanksgiving...





Here is a few non-Thanksgiving photos that I have been meaning to post, but haven't been able to find time to put up until now. This is J hanging out in her stroller before a walk on a sunny day. She didn't mind wearing the sunglasses, she is a very agreeable baby.




Here J tries sitting in a big person chair all by herself. Like all babies, she has intense fascination with anything we touch and then move out of her reach.





With all these toys of her own, you would think that she would not want for anything else





First a disclaimer, she was only outside for a moment and Rebecca voted for me to put J in a coat, but I convinced her it would be okay. Here is J experiencing snow for the first time. We woke up this morning to snow in Seattle.







Here is a picture from later in the day when she was better dressed for the weather. We were heading over to meet up with our PEPS group for brunch. Our group has continued to get together the 2nd Sunday of every month to catch up. It has been fun to see all the other babies grow so much in only a month. It will be really exciting in the next few months once they all get mobile and start non-stop exploring.




Rebecca took this picture while holding the camera at arms length.