Family pictures - by Caleb

We also wanted a family picture for Christmas letters and "Uncle Caleb" took lots for us in the Mee's backyard! Thanks, Caleb!
Our pick:
Grown up Abigail - Three, almost four:
Hannah loving life - almost ten months: Abigail and Daddy (The blue eyes):
Hannah and Mommy (The brown eyes):

Thanksgiving & Hannah's first tub bath

A few days after the move, we packed up and left the mess to spend Thanksgiving in Tennessee with the Mees. The three days we enjoyed together were lots of fun - most of our combined family was there and we did the annual photo shoot. One highlight for Hannah (other than all the attention of grandparents and aunts and uncles!) was taking her first "big tub" bath. She squealed and splashed and splashed and shrieked. Every now and then she paused to consider the water running down her face, but soon returned to splashing.

Tennesee and Kentucky in July

Julia, Abigail and Hannah spent three days with GramMee and Grandpa and family towards the end of July. Though we've seen them several times, this was our first trip to their home in a year! Abigail LOVED playing dolls with her Aunt Karen (six years older) and Hannah enjoyed the extra attention (or rather, attention from more people). Highlights of the trip (at least in the eyes of our three year old!) were swimming at the neighborhood pool with Andrew and Karen, attending Wednesday night church and Kids for Truth, eating a hot dog and pizza lunch at Sam's Club, and getting Bruster's ice cream with the whole family.

We made a day trip to Kentucky to visit Julia's long-time friend Rachel and her two boys. Noah was born a few weeks after we last visited two years and Milo was born a few weeks before this visit. So much fun to get together with my girls and her boys!