A few Christmas photos...

We had a wonderful Christmas morning...Julian was a little overwhelmed with everything, but seemed to enjoy herself and all her new clothes and toys. As you can imagine, with a 20 month old, you have to play with or try on everything as it is opened...it makes for a long morning :) Ava didn't seem to mind though!

Ava Clare

On Friday, December 19th, Rob and I welcomed our new little girl, AVA CLARE!

She was born at 7:07 am, weighing 7 lbs 6 oz and was 21 inches long. Below are a couple of pictures that my sister-in-law, Courtney, captured just after her arrival. We are truly blessed to have TWO beautiful daughters and are so thankful for our many blessings this time of year!

The last self portrait...

Here they are - the last shots of the belly. We are inside 10 days (until my official due date) and hoping that our new little one makes her appearance any day now!

Little Fashion Diva...

Just a couple of pictures of Miss Julian from Church the other day - sporting the dress her daddy bought her. She thinks she is hot stuff and who am I kidding, she is :)







And here she is with her new ski helmet - we figured better safe than sorry as ski season is here and we hope she really loves it!

Skiing...

On Saturday, Dec 13th, we took Julian skiing for the first time - I say that lightly; we just took her to a small hill outside our house but as you can see, she really loved it! We've had lots of snow and thankfully she loves to play in it! ENJOY!

Christmas Tree Lighting and St. Nikolaus

The first two pictures are from December 1st, the Garmisch Christmas Tree Lighting...Julian was still a little sick so she was not cooperating with the camera, and she did NOT like Santa!





The evening of December 5th is St. Nikolaustag...that evening, children leave their boots outside the door and if they've been good, St. Nikolaus brings them a special surprise. If they've been bad, Black Peter brings them coal and sticks. Obviously Julian has been a good little girl, so here she is getting her treat from St. Nikolaus on the morning of the 6th...

November and beyond....

As we begin to truly celebrate this time of year, I know thatI am so blessed with family and friends! My sister, sister-in-law, and dear friend threw me a surprise baby shower while my sister was here visiting! It was a total surprise - I still don't know how they managed to pull it off :) We also had our major snow fall of the year while Kat and Curt were visiting. Below are a few pictures, I hope you all enjoy.


Katherine, Courtney and I with my cake



My dear friend Claudia...we are both about to pop!



Julian playing peek-a-boo


Curt, Kat, Rob and I at the Reissersee in Garmisch


Enjoying the snow - boy was it cold :)