On New Year's Eve we headed down to Jacksonville, FL to visit my Dad and Step-Mom. My sister and her family also came down. This is the fifth year in a row that we've gone to Jax over the New Year holiday. This was also the longest car ride (over 6 hrs) that Natalie has been on. She did pretty good with it too. We were saved by the Baby Einstein and Signing Time DVDs for sure (we call it "baby crack"). We had a great time visiting with my family. Natalie finally warmed up to her Pepaw after a little uncertainty the first night there. By the end of the trip she was letting him hold her and play with her. She was scooting all over their kitchen floor and also trying to eat every little thing she could find to put in her mouth. We opened Christmas gifts the first full day there and hung around the house. We went over to the park by the St. Johns River that afternoon. The next day we went to St. Augustine and rode the carousel and walked around the old Spanish fort (fort Matanzas).
Natalie and her Pepaw
Pepaw napping with Ava
Braden was Santa's elf and helped organize all the gifts
Natalie with Mommy and Pepaw at the St. Johns River
The Schoonover Family 01/01/09 at the St. Johns River
First time on a carousel
She loved the ride
Strolling around the fort with Daddy
Too busy snacking on cheerios to look at the camera
Ryan and Carla at the fort
1 comment:
I check out your blog often, love to see pictures of all of you and get updates on what is going on with you all. Ronnie is always forwarding pictures and telling me new stuff that is going on with Natalie and how much she loves it when you guys come to visit. I really enjoyed our time together July 4th, if you guys don't have other plans, we can do it again!
Love you all,
Betty
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