January 6, 2011

Christmas Eve in Wisconsin!

For Layla's very first Christmas Eve we celebrated with my side of the family during the day and went to mass together. In the evening we went over to Daddy's cousin Ryan's house, to celebrate with Grandma Janice's side of the family. We missed seeing Grandpa Steve and Grandma Barb since they were in Arizona for the winter! We did visit with Uncle Mark and Aunt Jenny a few days after Christmas...it was great to see them!

Layla got such nice gifts from everyone! Uncle Tim, Aunt Lisa and her cousin's got Layla a pink rocking horse!!! She loves it!  It the very first present Layla received;-) Thank you SO much!


 Amber and Layla
Uncle Tim and Layla
 Amber was Santa!
 Layla opening the gift from Great-Grammy. Layla's cousins loved to help Layla open all her gifts.
 Leggings to match the cute dress she got her! Thank you Great-Grammy!
Layla opening gifts from Mommy and Daddy...a mailbox;-)
 Cute outfit from Grammy and Pop
 "walker" from Grammy and Pop...she loves it. Thank you for everything!!
 remote control from Grammy and Pop
 Tried to keep the santa hat on Layla...not very successful;-)
The hat stayed on for a minute...just to get the photo
Great-Grammy and Layla
Baby's First Christmas!
Uncle Tim and Amber
Pictures before we went to Christmas Mass!
Amber and Layla 

Nicholas, Layla and Amber
Us with the kids!
 The Family!


More posts coming!

January 4, 2011

Visit to Wisconsin!

We just got back from Wisconsin on New Year's Eve day. We had a wonderful time and it was great to see family and friends over the holiday's! We have SO many pictures....since it was someones very first Christmas;-) Layla was great on the drive to Wisconsin....yes we drove 18 hours with a 9 month old!!! She is a awesome traveler! We decided that once we made it to Indianapolis that we were going to drive straight through!! We left around 12 midnight on Friday December 17th and arrived at my parents that night around 7pm!  On our way up to Wisconsin we stopped at a rest area in Indiana and it was Layla's first time seeing snow!! Here are some pictures of the first few days of our visit!
 Pictures at my parents house:
  Layla loves to stand!
Grammy and Pop had lots of toys for Layla to play with!
On the phone...Hello!
 Layla loves her Pop
 Layla and Great-Grammy
 Layla and Daddy
 HAPPY:-)
 Getting ready for a venture in the cold...;-)

Eating dinner at Great-Grammy's

 Daddy had to buy Layla a pair of Hot Pink Converse...they are too cute;-) 
Layla at Great-Grammy's
Giving Grammy a kiss!
Layla and Great-Grammy
 Layla and Daddy
 Eating at Grammy and Pops
 Layla and Pop
We stopped at Grandma Janice's house for a visit.
Here is Layla petting her cat
Layla and Grandma Janice
Layla had such a great time with her cousins. They love her so much! It was so special for Layla to spend time with them;-)
Layla and Amber
Layla playing with Josh
 Layla looks so small next to Josh:-)
Amber writing Christmas story...it was really good!!
 Josh and Layla
 Amber, Josh, Nicholas and Layla
 
I will be posting more pictures/posts soon!!