Christmas

We had a fun Christmas week with both sets of grandparents traveling to DC. Eden loved Christmas day, but was a little overwhelmed and had to take a nap before she could finish opening her presents. Books were one of her favorite gifts and I have to say they slowed down the present opening since we had to read each one before we could move on to the next gift. The day after we headed to Nana and Gramps' hotel to swim in the pool where she told Jeremy "I had so much fun!"

December 30 we headed down to Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg for a night. It has a huge indoor water park. Every time we walked in Eden did a little dance of delight. Randy Stoker (Duke Law friend) drove over from Norfolk with his daughter Riley for dinner and she and Eden had a lot of fun together. It was fun to see part of the Stoker family, especially Riley since the last time we saw her she was three months old.

The next day Jenn and Adam Strach brought Maya to play in the water park with Eden. The two of them had a blast and Maya was very brave on the water slide. Eden's favorite was the wave pool. Jeremy and I decided that Great Wolf is a child's dream and an adults nightmare. But, it was fantastic to see Eden having so much fun. She kept saying "Whee" and would run up to us to saying "I'm having so much fun!"

http://www.greatwolf.com/williamsburg/lodge

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Christmas

My Cousins!

No rest for the weary. Whatever happened to the wonderful month of relaxation we had planned?! Three days after the golf weekend we headed to Orlando where Jeremy played more golf with Manuel and Eden and I visited with Tina and baby Jake. We stayed for two nights and then traveled to Sarasota where Eden got to meet her little cousins and all of Jeremy's aunts and uncles.

Aunt Jane took us to the beach one day, Aunt Winkie had a fantastic family dinner and Uncle Phil threw a huge family BBQ/Swim party. You should have seen Eden around her cousins (who she kept calling "my cousins" or just "cousins"). She loved every minute until she decided it was time for bed and thats when she said "bye, bye cousins!"

We had a fantastic trip and really enjoyed seeing everyone. Thanks for the fun weekend!

Erie and the Great-Grandparents

The day after Jeremy finished work we got on a 6am flight to Erie, PA to see my grandparents. When we arrived it was a cool 80 degrees that felt fantastic after the sweltering heat of Jacksonville.

We stayed with my Godparents, Santina and John, and got to spend a lot of time with Great-Grandpa and Great-Grandfather. We even took Great-Grandpa to the beach and then he and Eden shared some ice cream.

Jeremy left a day early to fly to DC to close on our new house and Eden and I flew back to Jacksonville. She surprised me and slept the entire 2 hour layover we had in Philadelphia. So nice!