Holiday

We are finally back at home!

We left on the 20th for Minoqua to spend some time with family and Ru's best friend cousin. The girls had a blast together-hope someday we can live closer. Our hotel was the cutest, coziest ever. Even had a jacuzzi tub which we made good use out of. We need one of those. I never knew how much fun a giant bath full of bubbles and my family could be!
We did a simple solstice in our hotel room and Ru was very excited to see mother winter filled her stocking!

We went back to my parents house to get my brother but his flight was delayed, instead we got him the next morning. We had fun but 2 weeks flew by. We did the whole x-mas thing, presents, merriment, drinking, friends, talking, then all of a sudden it was New Years. We all rang in the New Year-first time our family was all together for a new years since we were kids! There was also a wolf man in my basement......but that's a whole different story.







When we left Uncle Wes at the airport Ru cried and said "I just will miss him soooooooo much" it totally pulls at my heart strings now that she is old enough to get that we LOVE someone and the live FAR away and we don't get to see him everyday. We left the airport crying and I thought someday......my kids will be bringing each other to the airport.....someday......It blows my mind to think of them as adults and I am doing my best to soak in every drop of them before they are.





Ru also really wants to go on a plane to visit uncle W. We are going to start saving pennies to go visit San Francisco soon!
The girls are happy to be home and Ru has been having fun playing with all the toys she missed and having alone time. Lu is growing up faster then I can stand. She started using 5 new signs while we were away (waving, ball, drink, music and play)and her cognitive skills are amazing me! She has gotten so good at stacking, coloring, using nesting toys, enjoying books and the like. She also got 2 new teeth, a top and a bottom. I am in shock she turns 1 next month!