Trip to see the Manatees

There is a great state park in Homasassa, FL where you can see manatees and lots of other fun creatures. I think Lily loved the Flamingo's best.

Flamingo

Sand hill crane

Hippo

Manatee family giving kisses (we saw lots, probably 30 of them)

Lily showing Grandma & Papa the fish

Christmas in Florida

We had a fantastic time in Florida with Ron, Merry & Andy. One of Lily's favorite things turned out to be walking Andy every time she could.

Chris and Lily after much walking

Getting ready to walk Andy

Lily on the carousel at Disney Marketplace (she had a fun time and it was even free)

Lily enjoying the view at Disney

Lily and her new friend Ainsley playing babies & dress up all at the same time.

Christmas (pre-vacation)

A few pictures from our adventures before we left for Florida over the holidays. Lily had a wonderful time decorating sugar cookies with her dad. She even made it through five cookies or so. I think it was all the sprinkles she got to put on the cookies that kept her going.

Enjoying Christmas time in downtown DC

We had a wonderful time today visiting the sites in downtown D.C. We got to see the tree in front of the White House that the President lights. We also visiting the National Natural History Museum complete with lots of animals for Lily to see. Then we wrapped it up with a good lunch downtown. Lily had a great time and fell asleep on the way home (after a Christmas cupcake was sampled).

Lily's second visit to see Santa

Lily was excellent visiting Santa this year. It was really her second time seeing this particular Santa. We first met him when the fire alarm went off at the mall. The Santa came right over and talked with Lily and she warmed right up to him. This of course made her extremely excited to go back and see him. She nows loves everything Santa, including the old movie "Santa Claus is coming to town".

Thanksgiving Fun

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend hanging out with Christopher who stayed with us for the entire week. Lily was so happy to have Christopher around. They took naps together every day, they hung out at the beach together, swam together, and generally just had a good time hanging out together. The weather was great (60 degrees and sunny) so we hit the beach a couple days. Lily was sad to see Christopher go.

On the Rehoboth Boardwalk (Lily & Christopher)

Lily and Chris at the beach

A little Christmas cheer on the beach

Zoo lights (back in D.C. at the National Zoo)

Catch up

It has been a very crazy month for us. Sorry about my lack of blogging. We closed on our house in Silver Spring in late October and then went crazy trying to get everything moved and put away. Still a bit of work in progress, but most everything except hanging pictures is done. Then in the middle of all that Lily and Kim got sick. Kim's virus lasted about two weeks, while Lily's was a bit shorter but put her in the hospital for the weekend due to lack of oxygen in her blood. Needless to say it wasn't our best weekend. But she is a-ok and has bounced back wonderfully.

Thought I would share some pictures of our last weekend at the beach house in mid October. The weather was AMAZING and it confirmed how much we love having a vacation house out there.

Lily on Rehoboth Beach

This is one of the great fishing/crabbing docks in our development.