Happy Halloween!

Lots of big excitement lately!

I've started wearing my new baby hair. It's definitely a work in progress, but better every day. I don't have so many bandanna matches with my winter wardrobe. This is my brother-in-law Brad - our hair is pretty much the same. Well, ok, his is actually twice as long....

Here is a picture of the girls at a Halloween Party at Grandma Becky and Grandpa Dennis's golf club. They had a great time and their cousins were there too. There was a magician and Olivia volunteered to be an assistant. It was hard to believe she went to the front of the room. There were about 75+ people there and she can be pretty shy sometimes.

I'm leaving for Europe tomorrow. I've been looking forward to this trip for the past 8 months. Needless to say, I'll miss the family a lot. It's really hard to believe it's finally here. I'll be back on November 9 and share some pictures.

Happy Halloween everyone!!

Vacation at last!!

I know it has been quite awhile since my last post - I got a concerned phone call from my friend Liz. No worries - everything is going just great.

The port removal was a little creepy since they are slicing you open while you are fully awake and aware of what is going on. Of course they use a local anesthetic. Anyway, that is all healed up now.

We just got back from 8 days in Florida. The weather was pretty good for the most part. We drove down - it's about 17 hours door to door with our few stops. We went overnight on the way down and during the day on the way home (leaving FL at 3am). The girls were both fantastic in the car.

I'm leaving for Europe on Monday the 29th and won't be home until the 9th of November. I'm really looking forward to it (of course I'll be missing the family in the mean time). The first part of the trip I'll be attending a semi-annual conference that I missed this past spring. I can't wait to see all my colleagues from around the world that have been so supportive during the past 8 months. The conference is in Prague and I've heard great things about the city. Next to Italy, just outside of Milan, then Sibiu, Romania, and Tonneins, France just outside Bordeux and home. We'll only be in the other cities for 2 days at the most so we won't have much free time.

Here are some pictures from our trip. The girls had a great time and can't wait to go back in May.

Olivia teaching Carina some ballet moves....

Sunset at the beach...

Carina wearing her sunglasses upside down and putting on her own headband....

Our last evening at the beach...it rained NON-STOP our last two days there, ending around 4pm the second day.