Christmas 2011

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

We had a great, but quiet, Christmas this year. We woke up and had yummy cinnamon rolls for breakfast before opening presents. We helped Sophie open her presents, and she did surprisingly well. We would pull out a little strip of paper for her to hold on to, then we would move the present until the wrapping paper came off.


Sophie got a stuffed shark and wooly mammoth (in the picture, she is sitting on the elephant, but Isaac says it is a wooly mammoth). (I actually bought these stuffed animals for a Sub-for-Santa present for a little girl. I thought they were really cute. But when I brought them home and showed Isaac he told me that I couldn't give those to a little girl. He made me go buy her cuter (i.e.: more girly) animals, so Sophie got to have the shark instead. She loves chewing on his tail.


Sophie helped Mama and Daddy open their presents as well. Sophie also got a baby backpack for hiking. Daddy carried her around in it all afternoon as we made dinner. She thoroughly soaked the whole thing with drool and then fell asleep in a position where she seemed to be choking herself.


We went to a short church meeting before coming home and making cards for Peter and Jane. Every year Isaac and I write them a Christmas letter and put it in their stockings. I finally made stockings this year with the help of Isaac's mom, sister, and Isaac.


We then talked to our families on webcam and the day was over. It was a great holiday. I couldn't believe how busy it was considering we didn't even have any family to visit or other plans. We hope everyone else had a great Christmas as well.

P.S.- We also celebrated a mini-Christmas in Utah with my family where they gave Sophie her gifts. These pictures were taken at grandma and grandpa's house.

Road Trip

It is hard to believe, but Isaac is almost finished with medical school. He is half way through his 4th year here in Milwaukee. Isaac has decided to become a Pathologist. Lately he has been applying for residency programs, which require him to travel for interviews. Since I haven't been working anymore, we decided to make a trip of it and go with him.

First we drove from Milwaukee to Iowa City. Isaac interviewed while Sophie and I tried to entertain ourselves. That didn't go very well, so I don't think very highly of Iowa City.

Then we drove from Iowa City to Omaha, Nebraska. The city downtown there is really nice. I had a much more pleasant experience during Isaac's interview, so I think Nebraska is a nice place.

Then we drove from Omaha to my friend, Lucy's, new house. It was so great to see her and the family again. They have a beautiful home and seem very happy there. It was so generous of them to let us crash at their place for a while. It was also great to find out that Lucy is expecting a little baby boy. Hooray!

Then we drove all the way from Lucy's house to Salt Lake. It was a crazy long drive and there were difficult times with Sophie, but for the most part it was okay. Fortunately the weather was great the whole time and we didn't have any travel problems.

When we got to Utah we spent time with Isaac's family and my family. Isaac fly from Salt Lake to Arizona and New Mexico and it was nice having my family around to keep me company while he was gone.


This is a picture of Sophie's crazy hair when she woke up one morning.


Sophie enjoyed spending time with her grandparents and aunts and uncles. (Unfortunately I didn't take very many pictures with my own camera, and I never got copies of the ones with Isaac's family.)


On the way back to Milwaukee we stopped in Denver for another interview. One of the hotels we stayed at didn't have a crib for Sophie, so I tucked her into one of the beds. I was worried she was going to fall out because she can roll, but everything worked out fine.

We spent one more night in Nebraska before the long drive back to Milwaukee. It was great to see family and let them spend more time with Sophie, but I wouldn't recommend driving again. That is way too long of a way to go in the car with a baby.

Isaac's Birthday

This post is really late because of our road trip, but here it is anyway. Isaac celebrated his 28th birthday in November. Sophie helped him open his gifts. He got a movie, shirt, and candy for our trip. We left on his birthday to drive to Iowa for a residency interview. Happy Late Birthday Isaac.

Merry Christmas!