Disappeared?

So I'm soooooo slow! I began this post awhile back. However, the computer would not let me upload the images to blogger. So I gave up for a bit. But I am back and able to upload tonight!

Here is where I left off...

Tomorrow will be a NEW YEAR! I can't believe how fast time as went by this year! This past year as been one crazy year for us as we welcomed Juliana to our family and made many adjustments to our lives. We learned all kinds of new things as parents and continue to learn. Life would definitely not be the same without her.

To finish off the year I better post pictures and update about December. Let's see where did I leave off. Oh yes... family day. On December 13, we had family day. We spent the day making cookies, watching Christmas movies and taking a trip to see the Avenue of Lights in Quincy.

As I had mentioned previously throughout December Bellena watched over our house and reported back to Santa. Some days she had little gifts for Juliana. One day she brought Juliana a new hairpiece, as you can see in the picture below.

I'm sure next year, as Juliana gets older, Bellena will be a bit more adventurous and active.

Christmas night we also left cookies for Santa...lol. Next year we have to remember the reindeer but it was way too cold for that and we were extremely tired. Sorry reindeer crew.

With Juliana being so active this year we decided to put the tree in one of the extra rooms. The room is a little small so it was hard to get a good pic of the tree and all the gifts in there. But you get the idea.

Bellena also left a report/certificate stating she had been good and on the nice list this year with a letter that she would be back next year to check up on her.

Anyways, after getting our gifts open, we ate, watched some Christmas movies and let Juliana try to nap before heading to Grandpa and Grandma Clark. There was lots of yummy things to eat and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. It really was a BLAST! We LOVED getting to hang with everyone and make memories rather than rushing through like crazy people. Making memories is what its all about... my favorite part of any holiday! Dick and Mary did a GREAT job with everything!

Juliana was completely exhausted by the end of the night. She fell right asleep as Lance was holding her.

And last for the month of December... Juliana became eleven months old!!!!! Oh my she will be one in just one month! Our baby is grown so much and can do anything she sets her mind to. She is very determined and wants to be independent. Juliana is growing and doing so much we can't even keep up with what new things she is doing because she is constantly testing her boundaries and completing new tasks everyday!